FOREST FIRES.
FSB FKXSB ASBOCIATIOH. New York, June 7. The forest fires are still raging io the North Atlantic States The Washington Observer states that six hundred miles of the eea coast are Rested by dense smoke, rendering navigation difficult;. William R >cfefeUer sent 3000 fire fighters to tin Adirondams, where baud re Is of farmers are flaeing for their lives. The villages of Shermui and Crystal Lake in the State of Maine were destroy edf a thousand people baing rendered homeless, SEVEN TOWNS- DESTROYED. PRAYKB3 FOR RAIN. Received 9, 0.81 a.m. Nbw York, June 8, w Bain has checked the fires in the United States.. It is estimated the damage will •mount to £20,000,000. S'x thousand are fighting the flimes in Canada with small aucccess. Seven towns have been destroyed, the largest being Hopewell, where the damage is estimated at £5,000,000. Prayers for rain are general.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 135, 9 June 1903, Page 3
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147FOREST FIRES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 135, 9 June 1903, Page 3
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