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Show THOUSAND PERISH' II FORESTS Search of Great Areas' of Farm Land Laid Waste Expected to Yield More Victims. , j Many People Believed Drowned in Lakes 1 When Taking Refuge From Terrific Heat, i Pl'tXTII. M:rn.. fvt. li. 1 n l"r:n.r. ion j reaching hro tiMii-ht from firo-s wcj-i Jnoithorti Minnesota tcu.l-d t cv;!irm re- j Ip.ru that m-.irly lv" perswi lo.-t th.vr j hws in the f irct fires of S.a inl.ty an ! , i t-u: day in this -e -;:oTi. At M- L.ikc 1 and :c:r.l:y nh-r.e the death l.M 1 Cv-i j pectci to Te.irh f-.'O. j He; oris from other myir ! -rrc ex- j pe -t'd to e;l the total. j t There is little daci-vr th fhnn-- breaking cat afrc-h. if wc.ith.-r ( -J.-'MiMi '. I hoi 1. A s'.i-ht wirid is Mowing off Iak ! Superior and whatever f:rts are reled; iftil be Mown ba-'k over burned f-e -t;.1!.. j j In the vicinity of Cass Lake, the wet- ! ern eUye tf tho fire zone, tho ird to- , I nii;ht revived arid the fires Marled again, j However, the town was believed not to J be in any immediate danger. TWENTY-ONE j TOWNS DESTROYED. j Officials said at least twenty-four hours , more will be required before an a -curate i figure can be placed on the loss of life and pro erty. Every hour brings additional addi-tional bodies to the morgues ai Miose Lake, Cloquct, Aitkin and LHiluth. Relief Re-lief workers are just beginning to learn the full extent of the damage. Latest advices tell of the destruction of twenty-one twenty-one towns and devastation of neu r ly a hundred square miles of timber and farm land. Duluth'a overcrowded morgues today presented a pitiful scene of activity. During Dur-ing the day hundreds of persons passed from one undertaking establishment to another in hopes of finding some missing miss-ing relative or friend. In the majority of cases identification was accomplished. Pet ween Lawler and Moose Lake, where the fire raged fiercest through the jack pine country, hears of bodies are being found. Thirty bodies were found in one root cellar. CLOQUET SUFFERS $12,000,000 DAMAGE. In the direction of Clonunt eighteen bodies had been found tonight and rescuers res-cuers believe more than 100 others still are in the neighborhood. Near Carlton eighteen were recovered today from the ruins of a school house. Tiie monetary loss at Cloiiuet, according accord-ing to the estimate of business men of that city, was $12,0110,000. No estimate can be made of the loss in other sections. General Rhinow said tonight rescue work is progressine as rapidly as possible and that all injured will be cared for before be-fore tomorrow morninfr. Governor Burn-quist Burn-quist and General Rhinow arrived here tonight and immediately went into conference con-ference with officials of the local Red Cross and public safety commission. Following Fol-lowing the conference, committees were appointed to attend the refugee relief and to consider means of raising money for rehabilitation of farms and rebuilding of towns. MEN AND WOMEN IN MOOSE LAKE ARE SEARCHING FOR DEAD J100S13 LAKH, Jlinn., Oct. It Men and women of the Moose Lake district of Minnesota, driven by fire from their homes, penniless, many of them wearing wear-ing clothing furnished by charitable relief re-lief workers, tonight took up tho search lor their dead. Barred by the military authorities from leaving tho city, they wandered between long lines cf bodies in the improvised morgues here, scar-chin? for Icy, I ones (Continued on Page Twelve.) i THOUSAND PERISHIN FIRES OF FORESTS (Continued from Page One.) who hav not been htard frcca 8 the forest fires laid wnsie this - of Minnesota ar.d a portion of L'-rU ' iscor.5iR four days ago. iloto- tn arriving at frequent ir.ter.- brot in more and more todies, ar.d t ' vigil of the -watchers contius! ''--m out the ntght. " Hard to Identify. :; Hurir. the rast twer.r.'-fo'ir i"rs -r todies of victims bve ter the charred No Man's Lard vrL' fore tne fi."e formed tre sir.;t"? of Ioclo Lcke ar.d Ke;tia'"rv majority of the todies, s;rr;e' vj -were taken to L'-jiuth. "stre &j y chs-rred that icerti'icaticr1. -: 1 dj-cuiL. dj-cuiL. Sc-archers have i-een on c;-t '' ten hours, but ti.cre has bee- is no s'.a Ker.ir.fj of the- pa.e cf ;----n " of 1 r t e rv aj s a : -r-h ; c h i h e fc -r, rouirr.t in. Ad ; u La n t Ge r. era. -w -t o n i cr. t e 5 1 : -r. -u e d mat t h r.-;---v . dead :n the il :-se Lai-ie at.d '-i ' reciona a or.e m.gh: rta:n live iuir . r.-be. with the ctr.c-r dead frc i .i r.q rerrior.s. w;iL it U t-eive:"";-, the !:?t of c-ad to rear the Irr.provd hcsr.tals here, ar.i rr.ar.er.t ir.btut.oi.s at L-ui-t-. are ' ; r for t h c u 5 ar. c c i m : re c r '. is l jurrrd refuc-es. rr.ar.y C-f wh; are i' critical conditio::. loment's Warning. The force cf res.-e ircrVers r !yjb(-d :orr.orrc-w, ':r.-:ra: K:.:o i' L'p to t.-:s t.n.e cz..y the rr.i-; r:: have been ex; Icred. I; hs "r-eer. ir :j sihle- to sear-n the gr-a; cr-;a5 c: :i3 -ar.d laid waste ty tr f.re ar.d 'j? s--arch is expected to re;-.": r the j . i:c of hu drees rr. re v-.:;:r.s ir 3 rums of the.r destroyed h;rr-s. I'ii 7'?rc-r.3 a'o are tt". .ved tc- hav : drowned in I'.kes m nh:;h th-: :m -r f up from The err: fie heat, ta -dr t h f i re m . h t pa t'e m by. hi rtri' iJ'.'-s here, in a sero-s cor.i.;::; x; re. said they s:i f-r ." ie cc'.d water w -ulc me f-crr.ci rij Ai.-ove then-.. K ru 1 res d ? r : 5s r f urr ees say. -civ-n tut a merer.: s warn:-.; bel : -.e fiery h-Th-ar fwept c;-a rjr- -them. A r-ai cf rr.oke had h-ir o the country d for hour?, ar.d i i or ty b- ..-cd the hvv."5: to be rrrr 1 the " fall f r;s." which aro ar.raai 7 renews 'W'-.t:' the cAr.cer V-ecans ; rar-'r.t v- rj?red to ce.".rs :- & --i'cd together herever a s'..crt cj -;o" m tr.e c cand seemed to v;i prot-v-v.,. Who.e fan ihes have b icimd y o '. f V-i ' .h their r-cviirs turr.-ii crisp, ii a ir.a;or.ty of cass. rhsj My. death a . caused ty s.::":"ocat.:-. -w.vs r. crvitui'.y preceded ly ua.vas; r.css. f fh-ir'! in chance of rvh.ef wori faro una'c e to irvke ar, ax-.irate eitiv. of the .ter:a! d..,tv.e r. s hin-r iyn fre It a? s-t'd. hewevr. tVa: i" tr.ii . t-:ct aVre fifty saare v. ih? has C s:r p;ed c-an of t.mlvr, crcrs. uvea and ha.n an hah: t.t : .-r.. No further ii;:-ccr ;s artieir-atfd r" ihouch t'.e cvri'.iQVo" co'it'.r.ues ia h.tod a re .is. Kite s.xita iva soat't. L of l-,ko. dr -f:i bv .i h:ah w::-. said to te c.r.r.'.rc P".:ii w-.ih -c.;rrct: in the path of the tat-ies. r;2 w. 5 1 cl.cved efforts of tV fire !ica wou'd pres ent the f.re frctu i'.ui |