Show ANY NY fiRE I h ARE LOST rest est J s' s Supervisor Weigle oo of His Ills Employees t Are Missing MOST OF JEVES IEVES c ABSENT MEN HEN DEAD of Flame Raced j gh gi Forests at Railroad Railroad Rail Rail- road Speed I H io I-io J 4 i o WARDNER Ida Aug 23 4 t j r fires re res are ra raging l within a a. aj 4 j and a ft half of W Wardner ardner and 4 town town i is in grave ave danger 3 4 1 c hundred men from the Fed Fed- 4 Caledonia If-Caledonia and Bunker Hill H 4 IM N havo been boon Bent sent out to toto to 4 3 It re re The women and chil- chil to 4 are prepared to leave leavo a oito oi- oi to Ito safety bein being still open 4 irce res of the fires that threat threat- 4 Wardner are to the cast east and 4 j to th the west Government 4 Deadwood south of 4 o og 1 peak are ablaze If 4 Vater ater supply fails there will cill 4 small mall chance chanco of savin savine saving 4 er e 4 town has nearly in in- in- in J 4 tants So far there ther has been 4 loss 1055 1 of life in Wardner 4 t r r. r 4 1 MM lM I-H I I I KArE KANE Wash Wab Aug 23 Three Three ft fin firo fighters of or a total force torce of ofen sen en n which has been beon battling with les es ei in the burning white whit pine of ot northern Idaho are unac- unac 4 dor 1 for tor today Government Forest sor ar W. W R. R Weigle in an inter- inter at t t Wallace today declared his belt bet be be- lt t nearly all of at this entire num num- perished it t of my total force of men received word of the safety of at oo 00 said the supervisor others when last t hoard board from di dis triet where tho i ae Te been fiercest along lon ion the tho item tori ten of tho the Coeur d dAleno dAlene and andrJ J rJ e. e I am forced to tho the awful i lion ion D that at nearly all of these those men t their lives Jive verin verin- in- in my life said Mr Waive Wei Wei- bave vs ve L seen Been conditions so ap- ap 1 hames have hae defied all re- re and Iud alon along alone at the rato rate twenty to seventy five miles tare have swept everything before p p and ond down gulches across and rand over deep ravines they Ded iD leaving only ony death in int t riser l r sent Ran Banger er A. A E. E today to open up the old Mul Mul- to tho the Bullion mine mine bodies It-bodies t tb b dies are buried bUrled These ron ht to Wallace tomorrow from Fort Geor George e Wright Wrights ht s aid id 14 in clearing the tho path wing tilt tig ia is ii a partial list of dead dea to itha fire areas in n northern northeastern Washington HOLMES J Spokane AS S 8 WEI WELSH H Spokane IE E ZIGLER Newport 57 7 years cars T New NewS ECA Newport AS fABREY Newport ew N J AS CADY rancher Newport 1 iVIES DAVIES AVIES rancher Now Now- I l' l lY Y Garwood Carwood Ida aged aed 17 Gem Ida ENCE BYSON RYSON aged 50 WalI Wal Wai- IE I SELLERS o aged agod ed 18 Gem D DAMS IS aged 30 Chicago 2 r. r SON iSON SON Hillsdale Wis Sis ELGIN n aged ed 6 60 Wallace IM M Y Taft TaCt Ida IlJa dead JJCK CK AMES IES rancher Di Dif Big BigI f I f ff JA BI-JA rancher of C L BOYD Wallace ENE Placer crock re k H War WarS Wart t S SMITH h burned near Mul- Mul IY Y 1 familiar Spokane piled lied on 0 Placer creek creck DRESS PRESS wife and md five chit chil r t creek near Cataldo ro- ro ITIE wife and two chil 4 f erek k reported dead DOHNE wife and one reported dead fireman killed I 4 A Tt GRY and two tivo chil r 4 rt dead reported n a fi 1 i i anil their families I OI ioa road acar New New- orth jern Washington ton un- un n- n tV r r according to wor word which to to today todar The Tho 01 f b j are arc in the l tt nil it will ill be bc impo impossible sible f for several days das feet of white hite pine luJ n was wag con completely 0 of tho tho- tho trees hem being le v n tho the ground round A. A U nl out to the tile B 1 Fork d where t twelve A under the tho ruins This p tie e clearing of thirty 10 Wallace eo o dead at Big Fork In Yang with broken le logs legs s are alII totally ft f x Wallace i. i hea head bead lIon Mullan say gays t that a t im- im I 1 Id 1 mediate danger to that t camp has hns pa paused eed The fires have havo eaten caton away all the dry dy brush on all aU sides of the town so BO that thai nothing but ut clear land lies be tween the tho fire firo district distract and the nearest buildings s. s Women and children left for Spokane and other towns and ad arc ar safe now nov to return Ilea Heavy v clouds are arc hanging hangin over th the I district and rain is expected I MISSOULA REJOICES REJOICES THAT SUN IS ALMOST VISIBLE MISSOULA Mont ont A 1 Aug 23 The Tho forest fire situ situation tion alon along the tho Coeur d dAlone dAone A Jene branch lino line of tho the Northern Paci Pacific c is decidedly edly improved this m morning according to reports to-reports from front the tho railroad officials During Daring the ni night ht the tho high winds which prevailed yesterday died thed down down and andin in nearly every burning I district dietrict the fi fighters were able ablo to make progress a against the flames At t St. St Regis where the situation was very serious all nIl day yesterday the tho condition is now encouraging in fact many of the refugees are preparing L to return to their homes in that town Tho The Blackfoot Lumber company saved its property and today todar feels little anxiety concerning concerning- tho the mill From Wallace nn an ur urgent ent call has been received through the tho railroad company for nurses and sisters ot of of charity to aid aidin aidin in Ii the rescue work which is bein being carried car car- ried ned on in in that city The town to is practically free from danger daner and tho work of clearing tho the debris is bein being rapidly pushed There are some somo fires around Mullan and Burke but these are not of alarm alarm- ing D nature Famous Bridge Gone ne The Tho famous CI S S 5 bridge and the Carbon Car bon boa Hill brid bridge e. e both located between Wallace and Mullan have been de At Lookout L the Northern Pacific Pacific Pa station was burned completely yesterday and the thc approaches to ro the Dorsey tunnel are gone one No report has been received from Saltese today but Superintendent Fowler of the Northern Pacific and his forces left loft St. St Regis early toda today for the isolated station and will direct operations connected with track repairing which is to be started t. as 38 soon as the necessary equipment reaches that place Locally reports are aro mado made that a number of incendiary attempts were mado made last ost ni night ht at St St. Re Regis s unknown persons person being char charged ed with burlin burling Jj iD brands aDon among the buildings in inthe inthe inthe the the- business district of tho the old town No arrests have thus far been reported No positive report ha hal obtained been of tho the situation at Henderson but it is b believed by refugees ees that little loss was experienced at that place The Mann Lumber company saved cd all of its property prop erty which consisted f mills mills' mills and and many bu buildings s to together with piled lumber amounting to at least feet Through Trains Again Through h passenger service has been Inaugurated on the main line lino of the tho Northern Pacific a temporary track haviD having been boen constructed around tho the burned tamed bridge bride at Tuscor From rom tho the Bitter Root Boot section no serious ser sor- sor ious fires aro are reported The TEe smoke is lifting perceptibly hero at 11 0 o'clock clock this mornin morning and the sun Bun is almost vies vies- bJ ble Word was received this mornin morning atthe nt Sit ho the forestry department from Supervisor Supervisor Super Super- visor Penn who is stationed at nt Kooskia Koos- Koos kia da Ida to to the effect that tho the fires in in that hat district are raging fiercely and aro are beyond control High winds are aro pro- pro The Tho fires have covered a district dietrict dis die of or some somo fifty ty miles square Th The Tho town of Troy ho bo reports is is threatened and the tho residents havo have requested that thata a company of troops bo sent to that place Mining Property Damaged In Ore Oregon on gulch JUlch immense loss is ia ro- ro ported sorted to the Big Blatt Mining linin company's com corn pany's paDY's property The firo fire damage is is said sad to have havo reached at least so ao far and the tho flames arc aro still dc devouring property Stevens Stevens' camp amp o on og Windfa Windfall creek is reported destroyed but no loss of life is is said to have havo occurred The Pu Puget et Sound Railway company this mornin morning outfitted two work and relief trains to go JO to tho west end cod of the theine theline line ine to repair brid bridges ts t's and to seek seck out those who fled when the tho flames spread over that district on Saturday night and Sunday Another relief expedition is being started up tho the ill fated Cedar creek and another pack train Is Js outfitting outfit outfit- tint ting at Iron mountain From the tho Idaho Mi side e furious fires are arc reported coming over tho divide nt at tho the head of Rock creek and heading toward Eight Mile Milc creek east of Florence This fire iro has a front of eighteen miles and ands is s said to be bo extending alon along Deer creek in tho the direction of Donner Bonner On the west side sido of the Bitter Root valley alley many fires are aro now reported A late report report report re re- re- re port from Supervisor Koch who is at St. St Regis legis indicates that many of themen the themen men reported to have perished in Buford gulch J ilch are aro safe at nt St. St Regis and arc as assisting as as- in driving back the fires that threatened the tho town The Tho Milwaukee officials official say that a r afire aire fire ire is burning along alons Deep creek above Iron ron mountain and aDd is driving rapidly toward to to- ward vard the town of Cobden SMOKE COVERS MONTANA LIKE PALL FROM VOLCANO BUTTE Mont Aug Aus 23 Although Although 10 ire forest firo fire of cons consequence rages raes within miles of Butte Butto the smoke nun hung lung so heavily over this city last night that the environs environs themselves might have havo been ablaze Conditions in central Montana are little ittle improved The Tho blaze blazo south of was not under control at 9 D Do o o'clock and troops are demanded Tho The Thoires fires ires in Lewis and Clarke county about and Gould still rage Nei Nei- hart Barker and other er towns in in Cas Cas- ade cado county are yet vet et in in peril the tho ex ex- act status statue of tho the 1 blaze Blazo being unknown A prairie fire near Harden in in Yellowstone Yellow Yellow- stone county threatens that town whilo while it is rumored that Wibaux in Dawson awson county is is threatened by hy a prairie fire Those Theme fires fireR are all aU independent of the he Co Coeur ur d' d dAleno blaze Many are aro I hundreds of miles niiles from tie tic scene of that hat conflagration but tho the entire state Continued on page pago 10 MANY FIRE K i Continued froni from page prairie and forest is like hike t no one ono can tell what city vity wi wiThe wiThe wiThe The smoke now covers a It several hundred thousand qt o cr the time state like a aa a a- Only fain tam cnn can tho the Various arious fires us as the tho farmere tar far m more mere re than they thoy can handle do 10 tb not seem to ble BELIEVE PARTY OF THI FIRE FIGHTERS P P. SPOKANE a Wash Aug Ul m men n out DC a crew of forty forty- fighters In it charge of or 1 ad arc are missing in i ri to have havo perished Sate Satui their camp on Big creek n. n it tr tho the St. St Joe Joo river sixteen nA n ii A er A Avery very Ida was s swept pt by fl This word was brought to S W. W V. V D D. lcJ l McLelland a z-apher z who returned from A It tea McLellan was one of party which made the trip Id to itt Sunday Sunda morning lu iii tho tIme effort or rec recover v r tho the bod hod dead Tho The heat hent woe so 1 party part was unable to approach h where the tamp camp had stood A According to tho the seventeen stood 3 who reached Avery tho the first them while they were i they realized their danger th incompletely in the completely surrounded by fir fl Tho The seventeen who ho were ahl their wa way to safety have little any of th their lr companions are laro missing men were cre 1 fo fighting service largely from of Spokane TROOPS TROOPS' ORDERED OUT BY GOVERNO nOIS BOISE Aug Aut 23 As 3 a r stricken stricken- di dt viges vices from tho the ed cel at a no lato late hour I Is Governor J. J II Dr Brady dy has his 0 0 oj state troops of Idaho at camp at American Lake to once to cI dAlone Alon 1 Ida assistance looking lookin to the 81 aUB distress as a result of fe rn raging aging in in northern Idaho Idabo jit |