| OCR Text |
Show rFOREST FIRES HAGjSGt a.'NEMpLISPEILM Great Damage Is Being Done and: Scrcral Have Barely ' Bcapcd WHq Their Lives. ' KALisPELL, Mont., Aug. 4. Forest fires are raging la aH dlreotlofis from KalispeU and great damage Is being done. Telephone communication with Co-lambia Co-lambia Falls and Tftuta Fish la cut oTf. and It la known many fires are between Kattspetl and Uwse town In tb timber. tim-ber. Th4 amount of damage cannot be defmrtely stated, thoagft the sum will run Into the thousands of dollars. It has been reported her by people returning re-turning from White Ish that church buildings and three residepcea had been burned, as a result of forest fires getting get-ting to the town, and that the framework frame-work at the- brickyards had burned. It is thought that the main portion of the tow-a will eot be-burned unhes a very high wind ehoutd set in. The Are on both sides of tho railroad track leading lead-ing from White, Fish to Columbia Falls Is raging' fiercely. Travel to White' Fish was cut off Tuesday night by the fire In the heavy Umber along the road for aeveral miles. Another large fire started near Dayton creek, doing great damage to the pine timber in that section. Great clouds of smoke made their ap Parance Tuesday night, and this morning so much smoke was In the say a to obliterate the sun, and one could not see a distance of three miles 1a any direction. Reports are received that fires are raging in all directions, and oa Tuesday evening fourteen distinct fires could be traced northeast and west of Kaiispell. Word has Just bee received here that one rancher who lives near White Fish had all hi buildings and grain destroyed by Are and that he and his family barely escaped from the burning burn-ing furnace. The whole side of the mountain west . of Kaiispell la on fire. Forest Supervisor Haines is doing all he can to right the fire, but his rorce of men Is Inadequate to cope with the situation, sit-uation, and the- fires will burn until a good raia seta In., . |
