Show UN OBSGURBB I I I ATMIDBAY MIDAy I Forest Fires Do Great Damage i Oregon and Washington t Wash-ington NUMBER OF CASUALTIES Falling of Great Trees Resembles the Noise of Battle Millions of Feet of Valahle Timber Have Already Ileeii Lost Heavy Winds Pan the Flames Through the Dry Timber All Logging Railways Blocked lly Falling Trees Heroic Efforts of Men Vho Rode Through the Flames OLYMPIA Wash Aug 10Onh meagre details have been received from the burning district west and south of here The wires went down yesterday and the only method of communication com-munication is by messenger The city is covered with dense smoke and a shower of fine ashes is falling continually contin-ually 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 The engineer en-gineer and fireman escaped but Peterson Peter-son and White were burned in the 11 wreck Simpsons logging camp was burned completely and the heavy draught horses were saved only by the heroic efforts of the men who rode them through the flames The men saved their clothing and personal property by digging trenches All logging railroads rail-roads are blocked by falling timbers Heavy winds have fanned the lire through the dry timber till the roaring of the flames is heard miles away and the quick successive falling of the giant trees resembles the noise of battle bat-tle At Summit fifteen miles west of here several ranches have been destroyed de-stroyed and fear is expressed for the safety of some settlers whose escape by the road is cut off Millions of feet of valuable timber have been lost Much Timber Destroyed PORTLAND Ore Aug 10 Forefet fires have prevailed in the mountains throughout the northwest for two weeks past and the atmosphere has become so smoky as to almost entirely tbsctire the sun at midday In the Nehalem Valley much timber has been destroyed and it is feared Mr and Mrs North living on Clear creek have been burned to death |