Show GRAND MARIAS IN GREATEST DANGER Forest Fires Sweeping Over OverStates OverStates OverStates States of Michigan Wis Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin and Minnesota Duluth Minn May 11 A wireless message from Grand Marias late to tonight tonight tonight night says sas the wind has risen anew and again the town is in grave danger of total destruction The fire struck a large belt of dry timber three miles from town this afternoon and the strong wind is driving the flames toward the lake Every Eve available person per pet person son in the town Is fighting the flames lames DROUTH TilE THE CAUSE St Paul Mimi lInn May IIa 11 Owing to the unusual drouth in Minnesota the for forests forests forests ests in the north and eastern parts of ot the state in northern Wisconsin and Michigan have been heen burning for sev several several several eral days das and great damage has been done So o far however no fatalities have been reported Little rain has fallen In Jn Minnesota this spring and since the last snow snowstorm sno snowstorm i storm of April 24 4 and 26 not nat enough moisture has fallen thoroughly to wet the ground Ordinarily soaking rains ral s prevail during April and May Everything Eer Is dry as tinder espe especially daIly in the woods and fires started by b settlers in cleaning their lands ana ano by sparks from locomotives spread rapidly into growing fires For the last two days da s a strong wind has been blowing over oer some of the northern counties and this has helped the spread of ot the flames blowing the smoke over a wide area arca The air last night In iii St Paul was pungent with the theodor theodor theodor odor of burning brush and grass hard lIard Fight Unile Reports received from Calumet Mich state that the fires about Alls Ails Allston AUston Ailston ton South Range and Bal Baltic Baltic Baltic tic are less serious today toda From Cass Case Lake Minn lInn also the reports are ate more assuring After several hours of hard fighting by forest rangers r and volun volunteers volunteers volunteers a line has been established around the fire Ire and the wind has abat abated abated abated ed Indications today are that the fire there has been checked unless the wind comes to cause the fire to Jump the barrier The damage done to seedling trees and homesteaders property is said ald to tobe tobe tobe be great although no estimate Is pos poe possible possible sible The same section of Minnesota was swept by fire tire two years ago At that time Chisholm a town of 2500 people was wiped out and the residents of ot Grand Marais were taken from the town in boats The state militia was sent with the naval reserve vessel Gopher to assist the firefighters Wind Ind has Una Abated Ab Specials from Two Harbors Mimi Minn say the wind has gone down and that I Ithe the forest fires are under control Another dispatch from Houghton Mich says that some of the fires in that vicinity have haye been brought under control but that new fires tires have started in other places and with the wind blowing as it did yesterday the work of stopping the fire Is difficult Calumet Mich reports the danger passed |