Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-01 | Page 4 | 1500 Men Fight Forest Flames

1500 MEN FIGHT FOREST FLAMES FLAMES' SAN BERNARDINO CaL Cat Oct 1 Large P-Large Large stands of sugar sugarpine pine fell victim today to the most disastrous us fi e fire e in the San Bernardino national forest since 1918 With 2000 acres of at brush and timber timber timber tim tim- ber reduced to ashes ashes on on the rugged mountain slopes 15 miles west of here the blaze which started Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day was fought along a mile five-mile front by more than 1500 men drawn from C C C camps and W P A projects project Fanned by strong winds the spectacular spectacular spectacular spec spec- flames last night raced up ridges to an elevation of feet teet after burning over the western half of ot San flat and three foothill foot foot- foothill hill canyons A forest lookout at the flat Oliver fled to safety down clown a firebreak firebreak fire fire- firebreak break into Lytle canyon Two hundred men men on the eastern edge of the flat their communication tion lines to fire headquarters severed reported their safety by wave short-wave field radio The south fork of Lytle creek adeep a adeep adeep deep canyon stood as' as asa a barrier against the fire for buildings of ff Glenn Ranch and other resorts situated in the area Forestry officials officials of of- or- or who described the fire as the worst in 18 years indicated these properties were riot not directly men men- aced Half Halt a mile from the south border of the blaze the Boulder dam power line was guarded against possible danger Three assistant regional foresters E. E W. W Jefferson Mayhew Davis and Fred Funke flew from San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- Francisco cisco to make an aerial survey of the fire today Citizens Prepare To Rebuild Town MARSHFIELD Ore Oct 1 UP- UP weary Fire-weary southwestern Oregon citizens depended today upon con- con tinted tinged high humidity and favorable winds to hold in check forest fires which razed one town and claimed 11 11 Ilves I J Auth Authorities believed the peak of 01 danger past but checked weather r forecasts hour by hour because the slightest unfavorable change w would uld mean renewed danger for the area Officials at Bandon a town of 1500 which was virtually destroyed began began be be- be- be gan planning construction of a new city while the ashes of the old were still warm The city council met met met- with Mayor Ed Capps presiding from the running board of an auto auto- mobile The mayor said any kind of temporary temporary tem tem- shelter will be permitted but that the council can order all emergency emer mer- gency structures removed upon days' days notice Between and buildings buildings- almost all In Jn town were town were destroyed or damaged beyond repair Tottering Totter Totter- Tottering ing walls J j the busin business ss is district were dynamited as a safeguard to citizens returning to rebuild their homes While fires still dotted th the territory territory terri terri- tory only two were moving one was on the Marshfield-Coquille Marshfield highway and the other in the Marsh- Marsh field-Bandon field section Neither was endangering cities At no point along the fire lines Jines was vigilance relaxed The possibility of ups flare at moment remained any fighters Veteran firefighters fire fire- remembered the great blaze that conflagration of 1934 a claimed no lives Jives but brought billion dollars property damage of a half- half to a rich timber belt along the northern coast of Oregon There the fire was broke out in far more controlled but fearsome proportions after fter a period of quiet