Show ft THE NORTH WEST IN FLAMES IMMENSE FORESTS SWEPT BY FIRE Roaring of tho Flames and Falling of tho Trees Heard for Miles Enormous Damage Portland Or Aug 10 Vorest llres have I prevailed In the mountains throughout the northwest for two weeks past and tho atmosphere has become so smoky us to almost entirely obscure the sun at I 1II11h1ay In the Nohalem valley much timber has been destroyed and It Is feared Mr and Sirs North living on Clear creek have been burned to death I Olympia Wash Aug 10Onl meagre details have been received from the burning burn-Ing district west and south of here The wires went down yesterday and tho only method of communication is by messenger I messen-ger The city is covered with dense nmokc and a shower of fine ashes is fallIng fall-Ing continually Thus far two deaths have been reported Lars Peterson and Thomas White were riding on a logging train near shelton when the train went through a burning trestle Tne engineer and fireman escaped but Peterson and White were burned in tho wreck Heavy winds have fanned the fire throuirh the drv timber till the roaring of the flames Is heard miles away anu the quick successive falling of the giant trees resembles the noise ot battle At Summit fifteen miles west of here several ranches have been destroyed and fear is expressed for the safety of some sutileis wliose escape by the load Is cut alt Millions of feet of valuable timber huo been lost cieattle Wium All 10 Forest fires in this part of the State have caubed enormous enor-mous damage to property mid for the Past two weeks the mnolo lIes been so dense In the lugot Sound cities that It has been with dllliculty people are able to stand tho stifling atmosphere It has been sevcinl weeks since there was a ruin or a shower of sufficient duration to dampen the path of the forest flames and the lire have consequently assumed tremendous tre-mendous propoitlons i Montisano Wash Ant 10A destructive destruc-tive lire III l sweeping over the eastern part of Chehalls county Fences build lOgs and BrowliiB crops have been de Btroycd Tho damage cannot yet be estimated esti-mated but will bo large The loss falls on many small farmers who have lost practically all they possessed Tho lire IH 1 not yet under control and threatens several large shingle mills So far no lives have been lost but one man has lost his eyesight from fighting the flames |