Forest Fires Raging
The latter part of last week,
during the dry, windy days, forest fires swept great areas of Watauga forests.
Friday a fire was started on the railroad right of way near Mr. R.R. Colvard’s,
supposedly by a spark from a passing engine, and within a very short while had
spread largely over the wood lands of the Winklers, but, thanks to the efforts
of a band of fire fighters, the loss, aside from the damage done to standing
timber and a small amount of fencing destroyed, the loss was light. Mr. Colvard
lost pulp wood to the amount of approximately $100.
The same day, a spark of fire from
a railroad engine fired a barn on the farm formerly owned by Mr. Joseph Phipps
at Foscoe, and the building was soon destroyed.
We hear also that fire went wild
from the steam drill on the Boone Trail Highway and the Sands section had a big
proposition to hold the flames in check, and save much property from
destruction.
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