| Show p I Flames Through o Ti Timber Timberlands I lands a n ds Blazes j Menace California C I O Oregon eJr C Community mu y A Aba Abandoned Aban- Aban Ji t to M Maw w of t X Fire f I t POPULACE e FLEES S Flames Blames Rage Out of Control Con Con- R Reported d T Associated Asso elated dated Press Ten Press T n hoie and a schoolhouse have haye b been en destroyed in n the L Barro di district tri t mil miles iV from fron l' l h hire here re by a forest fire weeping sweeping t to to- wa waid d th this ts city Every bodied o i cJ man in th tha- community ty ha hIS has beet bei pl placed ce on th the fire fre line o. o s The flames were within two mile of ot Estacada with a. a pup population of 2000 shortly before ren noon on and burn burn- Irig hig o out t of or control on a w ten mile T front fIori t Many Jany the or firefighters deserted tl the thc ion fron b lc k to homes lr in t the tho city to ave save personal belongings al Virt Virtual p panic nc Pre th this s UtI lit lit- Ut- Ut I lila lie lle m mountain resort resort tJ town n as ag the flames anc advanced PORTLAND Ore Oie Se Sept t. t IS 16 UP All comm communication to o Ya Ya- Yacolt colt coIt small Clark c ton town which lies tho path tho pal h of nn an tor sorest forest st st. f tre fre had been boeti se severed ered b by the ilie fires shor before noon today L lN f ng s to the town was s forestry Ot off off- I cl V It I 1 t bt T 0 t p p 4 of t f r. r Or pr j jj j ed ed Pross The Th The 1 northwest forest fires fIrc drIven before re brisk hot oL wl winds bec became caldrons na today oy I iaK l ready causing at at l t. t onO one CJe death th and and- threatening two towns with m- m destruction d 1 ns the they wept on unchecked by the of thousands ot Ight lighters rs Wash Wasi a little own n In ln Clark Cl rJ county about 28 23 ml miles es from Portland Portland- wa was believed td n flames s in Sn the Dole Dot district burning slowly since August A gt st st. 4 4 4 up up u de an tn e east Hd and auya nt as rwei- rwei ep- ep Continued oh on n page 5 V I S i Fl Flames Fk m Race t Dds S Blazes Menace California OREGON COMM UNITY COMMUNITY ABANDONED TO MAW OF fF- FIRES FIRE r Continued from mm p M pe pe 1 In t toward n th the town at It an an aLarmIng alarmIng alarm alarm- Ing Residents ti tiera were era t- t In lag Ing RANCHER DEAD This fire caused the death of It Philip Ro Boe t t rancher whose homo home considered at t midnIght ht was caught in the fu rushing mass of ot flames His Hla iou sou- William Jr J 11 ii t. t was was' burned hell he attempted attempted at- at tempted to ro cuo l Ms Jofs Is father an and l Mr Mrs Roe Roc was 1 less ss burned burned- At Estacada in Sri tho th lie Cascade mountains cast ast of or Portland officials dale ere considering evacuation of ot the town when hen flames l' l lS S' S unchecked reach reached d within tour four Tulles of or Hs boundaries toda today Doz Dozens ns of or farm families bad Already lied fled to that that- town for fol it w was s i. ered ered- probable that special trains train would have t to be run to it t to move o the the- populace t to Fort Portland nd The Thc United Stats States tOl forestry service ser se- vl vice o made mado a desperate attempt t to save Yacolt this morning Trucks with fighting equipment equipment- w were ru rushed ed to th the scene acetic with all aU possible pos pos pos- sible Beld arid if It the they arrived In time tIme Ime there there- w thero WM was a remote possibility thai that hat the town tt h hi bA J. J nc an J. J cording to C C. M. M r. r Granger district forester for tor Oregon and Washing Washing- ton CAUGHT IN TRAP The most d disastrous fir fire fize f fh Iii th the history of ot tho the civilized c northwest st st. occurred oc at YAcolt in hi 1302 1902 when cl s to tot two to score pero persons ertons 18 were re cut off ott by flames rind lost l their lives U All 11 firM in tn the north northwest were sero itt Ii more mor serJ serious us conditions today when 1 the humidity Lo 10 tho tito lowest Test level Jevel of or weeks and ami fresh east Winds ln 8 the blazes to new UCH life me This fire at Yacolt wn wa Tyas f. f 1 driven dIven te beto teto fon to to a a 40 wind windi Ind Th Tho fife In the Mount t Ho Hodd d na national na- na forest forest- which started last weak e near La Ln D De Dee e defIed nil et efforts of ot men mea to stop top It jt and caused c. several Injuries It was was ap approaching ap- ap Garfield Gu just tast u ot of Estacada Es Es- A J change e in 19 wind after r m midnight dri ht d. d th the Delph creek state state trout Hatchery and a n number of ot homes hut but soot sent the fire rushing down clown O 11 on Log L La LaBarr Barr fa famous a amoul moul old mountain mo rc resort ort and de destroyed tie tie- it it At midmorning moke on on this Url fir became so thick that the fight fight- ers era ero forced back and It it- was Wal advancing before the tIme wind Ind un ml- ml n- n checked All AU women omen and been sent to Estacada and anil tOE men Impressed impressed im Im- Irn- Irn pressed to fJ fight ht the fla Numbers of ot other fires In Ore- Ore Washl Washington g an although dangerous dart dan gero s because ot of the weather l' l con cnn and wind were v bell believed ed at least leant temporarily Jn In check k I |
