DANGER OF GIGANTIC FIRES IN STATE ADDS TO DISASTER

Growing danger that devastating forest fires will follow hard on the heels of floods and the hurricane of last week and sweep the western part of this state and other affected areas, put new fears in the hearts of disaster sufferers yesterday.

The extent of the fire hazard in the shape of fallen timber is shown by the almost total loss of the 2,300 acre Harvard forest in Petersham where between five and ten million board feet of lumber are down. In an attempt to preserve the safety of lives and property in this region by prompt emergency measures Ward Shepard '10 Director of the Harvard Forest, is in Boston today to confer with Harry Hopkins, head of the W. P. A., and state officials.