FOREST FIRES
CABLE NEWS
(United Press Association — By Elechie Telegraph — Copyright.)
IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON STATES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON STATES. (Received May 15, 12.10 p.m.) NEW YORK, May 14. At Portland, Oregan, twenty-four square miles of timber was burned through forest fires. In the Oregon, and Washington iStiates many lumber mills have been destroyed. Several villages ar? threatened. There aire large forces of fire fighters at work.
LOGGING CAMPS WIPED OUT DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO MAN\ , MILLIONS. (Received Last Night, 11. o'clock.) OTTAWA, May 15. The dry weather has started numerous forest fires in the Western States, and in various parts of British Columbia. Many logging camps have been wiped out. The business section of a town on the seaside of Oregan was destroyed. Hundreds are homeless. The total damage amounts to millions of dollars.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10637, 16 May 1912, Page 5
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135FOREST FIRES Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10637, 16 May 1912, Page 5
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