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indhatbasbli-oadelyatOUBare, for 1 a itor to iis-irty 086 is ese led aa-for hat 86-ire-Clt-for «e-I at in* ketantiathasbe-rty►OS*chindichth,ld-uuuuoii uaii|(cr iu u uuiisinuuuunirepublic?*1—Bellingham Blade. »IFOREST FIRES.The damage to timber thus far this year has not been as great ae was anticipated when the reports began to come fponi.various parts of Western Washington.In Whatcom county the McCosh Logging company have been the chief sui-ferers, they having lost tneir donkey engines and .considerable timber. Bhingle bolts belonging to mills on the line of the B. B. A B. C. R’y, were destroyed and some of the mills were saved only by back firing.Iu Snohomish county, in the vicinity of the Tulalip Indian reservation, the fires were considered serious, but on the whole, there was not any great damage done. In the eastern part of the county, along the line of the railroads, where several small mills are located, some damage was done to the timber, but none to the mills.In Lewis and Cowlitz counties, reports show little or no destruction of timber, while in this county the fires in the vicinity of Stockwell’s and Poison’s camps are now practically extinct. This is largely due to the heavy fogs that have been swept in from the ocean, keeping the underbrush damp, and the fires, instead of being fed by the northwest winds, have been deadened by the fogs brought in by it.Possibly the only county that has suffered very much from forest fires has been King, as several heavy losses has been reported there.
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Aberdeen Herald
Aberdeen, Washington, US
Thu, Aug 18, 1904
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