Show SCORES LOSE MES IN FOREST FLAMES PAGE UNCHECKED IN RICH LUMBER REGION OF MINNESOTA three ahrea towns destroyed while fleo ing settlers are caught in literal furnace of at F piro re thousands of settlers made homeless warroad carroad War road minn tho the greatest catastrophe ta that has haa experienced la in fifteen years tools took place friday fridal night and saturday when the whole bole Alin minnesota neso t a Alani manitoba toba boundary country coun tr y was swept by fire are the death list hat Is a long one and constantly growing while thousands are homeless and the monetary loss losa la Is heavy ile the number of 0 deaths Is estimated from to almost entirely among settlers around the towns ol of De beaudette audette pitt patt roosevelt and grace tou this estimate may lia be too small email the flames still rage unchecked and scenes of horror aro are reported from every point crowds of able bodied men mostly woi wor kinen with no one to care for ran pell mell mf 11 to board the waiting train at beaudette Beau Deau detto to the exclusion of women and children and refused positively to in saving property properly an eastbound east bound freight train wont went through a burned culvert near pitt and blocked the line the towns of pitt spooner fw W B s and beaudette audette Bc were burned night tho the fire was heralded by a 8 shower of sparks and burning brands I 1 which swept across the beaudette river and tho the inhabitants had barely time to reach the special train that was waiting before both towns were on fire at all places the tha property loss in rainy river beaudette and spooner alone include ng the hat portage lumber com banys plant and yard at dolny alier and the yard of the mathieu lumber company at spooner will total about ono one and a halt half minion million dollars it will be some time becore the loss of lire life to Is known even evea approximately wagon loads ot of human bodies are being brought into the railway station at beaudette audette De it Is reported that many settlers crazed with grief at the loss of families and property are roaming the woods and searching parties are looking tor for the injured the dead and the demented one on family ot of nine one of 0 seven and one of bye perished on friday night at p to saturday a tornado ot of firo struck beaudette and spooner and ana within three minutes after the first ularm every building was ablaze within halt half an hour they were heaps of ashe q the people of these two eowna bad bpd just enough time to get out ot of their homes with what they had on their backs they were loaded on a passenger train that was standing at the depot and taken to rainy halny river ont it la Is feared that many settlers in isolated districts were caught in the names flames and perished no news can be had of many settlers and it Is probable that only the charred bodies of hundreds will be found |