This week in 1898, the United States, Australia and New Zealand were all experiencing massive forest fires. Three million acres of the Carolinas burned in just a few hours – in the middle of winter. Later that year the northwest quadrant of Colorado was on fire.
12 Feb 1898 – TERRIBLE BUSH FIRES. – Trove
12 Feb 1898 – NEW ZEALAND. – Trove
12 Feb 1898 – THE TASMANIAN BUSH FIRES. – Trove
12 Feb 1898 – A SCHOONER WRECKED. FLOOD AND FIRE. – Trove
12 Feb 1898 – HEAVY RAINS. – Trove
12 Feb 1898 – MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. – Trove
Broken Hill Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Australia) – Weather Spark
12 Feb 1898 – VICTORIAN FIRES. – Trove
12 Feb 1898 – TASMANIAN BUSH FIRES. – Trove
11 Feb 1898 – NEW ZEALAND. – Trove
San Francisco Call 27 August 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection
25 Aug 1898 – FOREST FIRE IN FRANCE. – Trove
San Francisco Call 27 April 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection
03 Oct 1898 – FOREST FIRES IN AMERICA. – Trove
Los Angeles Herald 14 August 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection
08 Feb 1898 – THE FIRE FIEND. – Trove
San Francisco Call 27 April 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection
The Aspen Daily Times June 30, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
Los Angeles Herald 23 July 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection
Los Angeles Herald 31 July 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection
Wildland Fire: History Timeline | U.S. National Park Service
22 Feb 1898, Page 3 – The Semi-Weekly Messenger at Newspapers.com
The massive fires of 1898 burned well into November, making the fire season at least nine months long.
“Reports from the western portion of Colorado continue to tell of the ravages of the forest fires which bid fair to devastate the greater part of the forests of the state.”
The Colorado Daily Chieftain October 1, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
Fort Collins Courier October 6, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
Herald Democrat October 2, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
TimesMachine: September 30, 1898 – NYTimes.com
TimesMachine: October 3, 1898 – NYTimes.com
The Colorado Transcript November 9, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
Oregon recorded their record temperature of 119F twice during the summer of 1898. This years’s “record” heatwave topped out at 118F.
What is the hottest temperature ever recorded? | kgw.com
San Francisco Call 9 November 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection
