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Show TWENTY-FOUR" HEROIC FIGHTERS DEAD IN FLAMES WALLACE, Idaho. Aug. 2,1. Daylight Day-light this morning showed that imminent immi-nent danger of the city's destruction had passed, but it brought also confirmation confir-mation of losses which were only tu-mored tu-mored and suspected during tho conflagration con-flagration of the night. At least two died in the city fire, John .7. Boyd, a pioneer of the Coeur d'Alenes, and former for-mer Orogon Railroad & Navigation company com-pany agent, and an unknown man or woman who was incinerated in the Michigan hotel. Only tho skull of tho latter was found in tho ruins this morning. morn-ing. Of the fire fighting forces an accurate accu-rate toll of the dead and wounded is not available, but the known dead number 24, the total injured 25, in addition ad-dition to ten .blinded. Tho work of the city firo department, members of the Twenty-fif th infantry, colored, volunteers, and tho forestry forces alone saved Wallaco from total destruction. The conflagration in tho east end was stayed shortly after 11 o'clock, and bnck-.flring on adjoining hills to tho west and south prevented now fires in those directions. It is estimated es-timated that the loss in tho city is about $1,000,000. The entire eastern section from Seventh street to Canton is destroyed, with three terraces of residences res-idences on the hillside. The principal buildings burned and the estimatod losses follow: Losses Are Heavy. Coeur d'Aleno Hardware companj' warehouse. $150,000; Sunset brewery, 80,000; Pacific hotel and annex, $G0 000; Coeur d'AIene iron works, $S0,-000; $S0,-000; Oregon Railroad & Navigation depot, de-pot, $60,000; Times Printing company, $25,000; Worstell Furniture company, $50,000. About 150 residences. aro destroyed de-stroyed and many other smaller business busi-ness places. Providence hospital and the Federal company's big mills are the only buildings saved in the cast end. Tho fdrest supervisor reports tho en-tiro en-tiro counhy between Wallace and tho St. John river is swept practically clean and the loss of timber is stupendous. Fires between Burke and Mullan threaten both towns tonight, and many women and children aro being sent awa3'. Relief Expedition Organized. With daylight a relief expedition will bo organized to go tq Placer and Big creeks, whoro tho fire fighters' camps are located. These men have .boon scattered scat-tered over tho country, driven hither and thither by tho flames. At War ICaglo tunnel, three miles from Wallnco, six dead were found and two were badly burned. Five of the dead in tho tunnel had sought refuge. Thc' lay with their faces down in the water, covered with wot rags and blankets, and had died partly from tho firo and partly from suffocation by smoke. The injured were relieved with olive oil and brought to the hospitals. At Big creek twelve dead were recovered, re-covered, two injured and three unfortunates unfor-tunates who were completely blinded. One fighter wns found dead near Mullan Mul-lan and sixteen who wero more or loss seriously burned. At Pino crock throe wore dead, five blinded and five otherwise other-wise injured. It is impossible to learn tho names of the dead, most of whom came iu from Spokane and othor points at tho call of the forestry service. Tho bodies arc being buried wherever they arc found. Days and weeks may clapso boforo anything any-thing like a comploto ostimate of tho fatalities is available. Fires Still Burning. Fires are still burning around the city, but most of the hillsides facing the town are now hurnod off and unless the wind rises it is believed to bo comparatively compara-tively safo. Two or three hundred neoplo aro left homeless in Wallace, many having lost their belongings. A thick pall of smoke still hangs over the city and a watch is being kept at points of danger. Tho water supnly is good Tho lighting plant, which was disabled last night, has resumed operations. |
