| Show DEATH lISI 1131 IN FOREST FORESI fl ES NEAR EA 1000 MARK Thousands of More l or Less Injured Refugees From Froin swept Flame I 1 District District- of Minnesota l Are Ale Cared For ForD ForD D ULUTH T UI UTH inn Minn Oct 14 14 Information mation reaching h here re ton tonight from swept fire-swept northeastern Minnesota Minnesota Minne Minne- sota tended to confirm reports that nearly J persons lost their lives in tho the forest fires of Saturday and Sunday in this section I At Moose Lake and ana vicinity alone the death list is expected to reach Reports from other districts arc expected e to swell the total There is little danger of the flames breaking out afresh if weather co conditions conditions con con- hold A slight wind is blowing blowing bowing blow bow ing off Lake Superior and whatever fires are revived will be blown backI backover back hack over burned sections I In tho the vicinity of oC Cass lake the west vest western ern cm edge of oe tho the fire tiro zone tho the wind to tonight tonight to- to night revived re and the fires started again However cr the toWn was be- be not to be in an any Immediate dan dau- II ger Total Uncertain said at nt least twenty four hours more will bo be required before an accurate figure figuro can bo bu placed place on the tho I loss of or lito and property E cr Every hour brings additional bodies to the morgues at Lake Cloquet Altkin Aitkin and I Duluth Relief workers are arc Just beginning be- be ginning to learn the Jhn full nt of the tl-iA d damage Latest l' l advices Cilc- Cilc t tell ii- ii of th the d- d de destruction destruction de- de of ot twenty one towns and devastation dC of or nearly square miles of or timber and farm land Duluth's overcrowded morgues toda today presented a n. pitiful scene of ot activity During During- tho the day hundreds hundred of or persons passed from one ono undertaking establishment establish establish- establishment ment to another in hopes hODes of ot finding some somo missing ng relative or friend In Inthe Inthe the tho majority of or ca cases es identification was accomplished Between Lawler r and anti Lake where the fire raged fiercest through tho the jack pine Dine country heaps of ot bodies are aro being boing found Thirty bodies were found in one root cellar Found In III School In III the rho direction of or Cloquet eighteen bodies had been found tonight ht and rescuers rescuers res res- cuers believe bello bell o moro more than others still are In the neighborhood Near ear Carlton el eighteen teen were recovered pred today from the tho ruins of or a l schoolhouse Tho The monetary loss loul at al Cloquet ac according according ac- ac cording to lo tho the estimate of business men of oe that ell city WAS No estimate estimate esti esti- mate can be made of or the loss 1053 In other sections General Rhinow said tonight ht rescue work is progressing ns nR rapidly as possible possible pos pos- sible and that all injured d will bo cared for tomorrow morning Governor Burnquist and G Gr eral Rhino Rhinow arrived hero tonight a j a-j t 4 1 Immediately went into with officials of or the local Red fled Cross and public safety com com- mission Following Following- the conference committees wore won appointed to attend tho the refugee relief r lIer and to consider means of or raising money for tOl rehabilitation of ot farms arm nn and rebuilding of ot towns Penniless Refugees Searching g for Dead Moose Lake Jalc lInn Minn Oct 11 Men H. Men and Uld women of ot the Moose Moo e Lake district of Minnesota uta driven b by fire from front their Continued on Pago Page S S. S I I I DEATH LIST I IN FOREST FORESTEIRE FORESTERE ERE EIRE NEAR 1000 MARK MARl Continued From P Page Af 1 1 1 homes home penniless ninny of ot them wearIng wearing wear wear- Ing clothing furnished l by charitable r relief ler workers tonight took up the time learch search for Cor their dead Barred Bared by the time military r authorities from len ln leaving tho ho city tho they wandered between long Ions Macs hie of oC bodlos In tho the mm- mm pro morgues here searching for loved ones who havo not be been n heard from since tho forest tires fires laid waste wasta this timis section of or Minnesota and a n portion porton of or northern Wisconsin tour four days das ago Motor arriving at frequent In Intervals intervals In- In brought In moro and more moro bodies anti and the tho sad vigil of oC the tho watchers watch watch- cr ers era continued throughout the time night During tho the past pt twenty four hours tho the bodies of oC victims liMo havo beef belf found In the charred No Mans Man's Land which b before the fire tre formed the smiling smiling smil smil- In ing shores of or Moose lake e and lettle river The majority of or time tho bodies hodle some somo of or which were taken to Duluth were ero so o badly charred that Identification tion ton will wI be bo difficult Oodles Coming In ln nt Searchers havo ha 1 been on omi duty for tor t ten n hours houm's hut but there ha has been as- as asyet 1 yet d no slackening of ot the time pace of ot shortening of ot Intervals at nt which the time arc are brought In iii Adjutant General tonight estimated that th the tho number of ot I dead In tho the Moose lake lako and Kettle river nver riv rh er Ir re regions lon alone one might r reach ach 00 i The These with wih the other dead from froni nd-j nd Joining regions will I It I Is h believed beJe swell the tie list of at dead to near tho time 1000 mark Improvised hospitals here here s and the permanent Institutions at nt Duluth are re caring for thousands of or moro more or less Injured refugees eeg many ot of whom hom arc aro Int in ina ina a t critical nl condition The Time force orte of ot rescue worl workers will wil be doubled tomorrow General says Up to this time only the time main roads have been heon explored It I has hns been Impo Impossible to search the great areas area of ot farm land laid waste by tho the fire tre and that search la is expected to rC result ll In tho the finding of or hundreds more vie vie- times Umes In th the ruins of or their destroyed homes Many fan persons also are be believed believed be- be le ed to have h c b been en drowned In lakes In which they the took refuge from rom the terrific heat hen t thinking tho the fire might pa pass them by bj Man Ian Many refugees ees here In Ina Int ina a t serious condition from exposure said time tle they stood for tor hours hour In coli cold coUl them water while tho the flames ames raged above Little Given Glnn Rural residents resident refugees sa say were given en but a moments moment's warning before beforetime tho time fiery tery hurricane swept down upon them thom A pall pail of or smoke had hung huns over overtime o er tho time countryside for Cor hours and ami a majority ma ma- ta- ta I jorl belev believed d tho the holocaust to be I merely the fall raU fires rc which arc aro annual annual an an- nual occurrences When hen the danger became apparent tIme the they rushed to cellars cellars cel eel lars or huddled together wherever herc er a slight depression In the time ground seem seemed el to promise protection Whole hole tam families Ies have havo o ha been round found suffocated their bodies burned to a crisp In Tim a majority major major- It ity of or cases eases physicians sa say death was caused by suffocation and was mercifully mercifully merci merci- fully preceded b by unconsciousness Or Of In charge change of at relief work still tl arc unable to make an accurate estimate of ot th the th material damage amase re resulting ro- ro suiting from rein the fire re I It was said Id however that In this district alone fitt fifty miles mies has been stripped clean of or timber crops crop live stock stoel and hu n habitation No further danger Is anticipated al although although al- al though the time conflagration continues In Isolated areas Fires south and south south- fouth- fouth west of pf Cass CaBs lake lale driven en b by a a high wind Ind were said to be gaining tonight with wih tho tIme city directly In time the path of the flames but hut It I was wa believed efforts of or tho tIme tire tro f fighters would prevent the time there I fire from attaining serious re t lons I I |
