Show GREAT TF fORESTS ARE GIGANTIC F fURNACES I I I 1 SPOKANE Wash Yash Aug 23 That That I Elk City is still on tho map and out of r reach ach of tho forest fires Tn ravaging tho surrounding country which is ablaze for miles i is duo solely to tho the her heroism ism of tho the women of tho the town who while the male malo population was fighting the thea a advance of tho the conflagration guarded guardell their homes and tho he business houses extinguishing a number of incipient blazes started b by brands carried from frow tho the burDin burning forests Many of them stayed on the roofs of tho the buildings nil 11 Saturday Di night ht and but for their vigilance vigilance l lance and bravery the tho town would before before be be- fore this ha have havo 0 been boen a mass of smoldering smolder smolder- in lag ing embers for a under headway headway headway head head- vil village village vil- vil j way would have swept the entire Ja lage e as tho the high wind pr prevailing would have rendered futile all efforts to 10 subdue subdue subdue sub sub- due it The Tho town is out of danger but the tho conditions in the tho surrounding region is growing rowin worse The wind has again arisen to a n. gale alc and th tb the adjacent mountains mountains moun moun mountains are a seething mass mass of flames an es Tho The entire Iron mountain district is ablaze the fire on Squaw creek is burning burning burn burn- ing with ith renewed energy Tho The American river district is a gi gigantic ga- ga i. i gantic antie furnace for miles A A number of outlying ins settlements from which the inhabitants have fled fied are re certain of destruction and it is reported that the plant of the American Eagle agle mine one of tho the largest in the tho district is burning Scores of square miles of territory are arc involved and hun hundreds of men arc are wanted to assist in getting the tho conflagration conflagration gration ration under control Condition Conditions aro epitomized in a l brief message which came from Forest Ran Ranger er Purdy yesterday yesterday yes yes- CS to tov tDa Chief Ranger Brown at Grangeville Grancille It says 5 Desperate Situation Situation Whole desperate country country coun try ablaze Must pave have help to save property No Now ow that Elk City is saved the inhabitants inhabitants in inhabitants in- in habitants are turning their attention to keeping klepin the tha sta stage e road open and a call was sent hero here last night for hor hordes hores es eson on which to patrol the line lina and twenty twenty- five fi were sent bent out this morning j A A. Apack tHick pack train and aud four horse four wa wagons ons with tw twenty live nty rne men left last night loaded with with supplies and another train left left- thu this this' mornin morning The fire firo in the Clearwater reserve according to io advices received lato late last lad ni night ht b by Mayor Ionn onn is absolutely be- be jond vond control and all hopes of of subduing llio tho rno blaze until it rains have bave been aban aban- The rho pack train reported surrounded Sunday night reached a a place of safety safety safe safe- ty on on Rocky Rock ridge yesterday but are arc unable to reach tho tim rangers rangers' camp for which the they were cro headed The Tho fire on Old Man creek and tb the tho thor orTo r on on S Selway n near r camp 62 have hae united united unit unit- ed cd and no rio further efforts will bo be made to to control them Antono in Asotin county Wash endangered endangered en en- cred by a forest fire which broke out Sunday has been saved and the fires on Crai Craig mountain arc aro partially under control but the tho situation there thore is is still critical PREPARING TO REBUILD BURNED TOWN OF WALLACE SPOKANE SPOKANE Wash Yash Au Aug 23 The The tires fires have lm swept past Wallace allace the towns of or Coeur ha have hayo o passed tho the unit first stage stase of at wild unreasoning panic panle and have ha settled settled set set- tied down clown with more ore oro less composure to watt wall for the tho list of or dead Tho The list Is constantly growing glowing as the fore forest t rangers with red rimmed eyes ces and blackened faces penetrate the tho trails traUs now choked with fallen n logs and bring word of tire lighting crews cut ort oft camps comps wiped out ranches and homesteaders caught In the path of the flames names and mountain towns left len In at ashes Since tho the report ot tho the Bullion mine tragedy no new deaths havo have been re recorded recorded re- re corded Forest Supervisor Weigle has heard from practically all of ot his forest rangers and expresses no alarm excepting for fot the isolated gangs angs of ot tire lire lighters cut cutoff off etc from communication H Ho He also worried about Ranger Ne lighting fighting lire tire with a large crew on Independence creek from whom he ho has not heard for several days das In Wallace the people have largely re recovered re- re covered co from tho the shock of their narrow escape Saturday A force of or men has started to clear the ruins of or tho the Coeur dAI ne foundry work working n in ashes still hot and the erection of a n. new building will be under way In a few days Notices have been posted that mines at Burke Burko and andalon alon along the canyon canon will start tomorrow and miners are aro b being ln called caned back to work Before the week Is o er work will havo have been started on the reconstruction of or half halt the buildings wiped out Saturday night As fast as they can be assembled bridge bridge- building crews will be rushed to work Bridges All Gone Hardly a bridge in tho the whole country countr around Wallace is left and the Oregon Railway Ranay Navigation Northern Pacific and Milwaukee lines arc aio to some extent crippled It Is Impossible to give any accurate accurate ac ac- ac- ac curate curato or even approximate idea of or the tho extent of or the tho fires in the Tho The burn burned d district generally speaking extends cast to Missoula north to the I headwaters of or tho the St. St Joe Toe and In other di directions dl- dl I nobody knows how far l From rom the tho tops tapa of or the hills everything as far as ns tho eye oye can see la Is swept hare bare Until the tho forest forest for for- est rangers now out report at ot headquarters here there thero will bo be no accuracy in estimates of the tho fires fire's ravages ra Fear of or contamination In Wallace water supply has caused the water company com corn pany to send men up Placer creek and andall nil all Its Us feeders clearing the thc streams of or dead fish tish anti and charred logs There has helS been no I illness from use of or the water as yet yot et It It is said aid that Insurance on the th buildings de- de destroyed troed hero here will total Losses are ato still estimated at about The Wallace city council last st night appoInted appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed a a. committee to consider the relief of the tho homeless people Offers of assistance assistance assistance assist assist- ance have havo been received cd from rein man many If sources but none has been accepted Fires are aro reported all around Murray Muna but tho the town Is still safe GR GRAPHIC STORY OF OP OFA OFA OPA A VALLEY OF OP FIRE MISSOULA Mont A 1 Aig 23 The Tho Tho following fol fol- lowing from the tho correspondent correspond ent with tho Northern Pacific relief reller train at Saltese was re received ed cl last lugt night After hours of or the tho finest lighting fighting I ever or saw Is sate safe Superintendent Superintend SuperIntend- ent eat Fouler and his Northern Pacific men did the work and they did it BO so BOwell sowell well that thero were no property losses In the little mountain town except the tho railway stockyards and six residences on the went west end of tho the flat fiat It was a fierce fight but th the railway men were ere well wen organized well equipped and plen- plen directed It did not seem possible that tho the town could be bo protected when the flames came camo sweeping down upon 1 It from three sides but Mr Fowler and his hism m men n did tho the work ork and tho the I people eople who ho fled from Saltese e Saturday nl night ht will re return return re- re turn to find their homes and places o of bu iness Intact The Northern Pacific relief train which left Missoula at ot 2 o'clock Sunday morning marDinI to help Mullan did not get over o the divide to the th Idaho town but It porI per per- I 7 4 its just Juat as ILS a satisfactorily U I in another place Tho The train reached ached Saltese Sunday forenoon through dense denSA smoke and flashes of fire tho the pall of or smoke that hung over everywhere o o ga the impression that fire was near and the sensation of or Im Impending danger was hel heightened b by tho roar of tho the ever ever- strengthening wind and the increasing heat of or the atmosphere At It was found that the wires were all gone on the Idaho side and there thero wore were stories of advancing walls of or flame fiame on the di dl- dl vide It was a doubtful situation but after aCter looking it all aU over Mr Fowler de decided decided do- do to push on as far as he could and If Mullan could not be IMS rca reached hed to help wherever help was needed Air Laden With Fire Up tho the steep mountain grades rades west test of or Saltese we e went through h an Increasing ing volume of smoke smokeS and the air all became laden with ashes and embers At times the flames wore ere ereso so close as to seem dangerous but the train pushed on and ami would have havo crossed the divide down donn to Mullan Muilan had It Jt not been for or a burned bridge which was as encountered near Bo Bo- rax rox There we stopped Further progress progress ress rose was as impossible and there were signs that the flames names were wore flankIng us us so we dropped back down dovo the mountain to Salt- Salt cs ese e. e It was well welt that we wo did we wo were not riot needed at Mullan and we wo found Saltese Salt Salt- ese in dire c danger We Va reached Saltese none too soon the fire firo was a 0 scant halt half hour behind us and it was coming coining with witha a rush down tho the narrow canyon canon through which wo we had Just passed The main canyon canon of or the tho St. St Regis was aflame on both sides It was stilling stifling hot Also down Silver SUver creek to the south and down Packer creek to the north two other fires were coming at the rate of or four miles an hour Tho The wind had increased to a n. gale and swirled In all directions Borne upon the tho fierce blast were huge laming flaming brands and great chunks hunks of moss all MI afire anre like fireballs of or the Chinese war war- There Thero were cinders and ashes ev ev- ev It was almost impossible to sec and to breathe was to burn the lungs until they smarted Such uch was the situation which SuperIntendent Superintendent Super- Super Fowler faced From three side tho the fire was corning coming with a rush and each cach of the tho channels led right into the town Then came camo tho the best and fastest fastest fastest fast fast- est work I have havo ever er seen It was worth worthwhile worthwhile while to see sac the tho railway forces swing ln Into nto action Bucket brigades were formed ormed men were sent out with shovels ho the officers in command had hod their men mon lined Ined up with fth tho the precision and tl eness of soldiers moving into action In a few minutes the tho flames closed In n there was as a a. roar as os of ot a a. thousand cyclones thO there th-e e was the tho crackling of flames lamest there was the dread glare and there thero was tho the awful realization of or tho tue force orce of ot tho the rushing on destroyer But tho tIm fire did not encounter the tho easy proy which it would have found an au hour earlier It Jt was met by determined men men well equipped and all ready for battle And the tho men won Whole Canyon Ablaze This w was s at 7 o'clock Sunday night A V watch was wag posted to guard against Possible danger and a n. council of war was as held to to- determine what next should be bo done Then it Jt was that tho the discovery discovery dis dis- covery was made mado that our bridges had been burned behind us We could not noto go o 0 toward Missoula 1 If we wo would And the he tire was sweeping on down the tho St St. Re Regis ls toward Do Dc Borgia Bogia Henderson and Hau Haughan han beyond which lay Buford and the he two St. St Regis towns Four of or us started down through the burning canon can- can yen fon this morning Vo wo Vo used a handcar and we made St. St Re Regis ls all right It wa was wa an interesting trip I have enjoyed football foot- foot jail ball and I have pulled an oar but my arms and legs were wore never nc so sh shaky ky and tired as lS they are arc now with the tho effort o of that twenty mlle pump through the tho fire The Tho run down tho the river rl grade was wa like a moving picture show ghow only moro more realistic than anything ever overthrown thrown upon canvas canyas The lire is coming rap- rap idi diy behind us us as we passed Buford Burord a couple of or miles above c Ware Vare the blaze was there It Is moving the they say at a arate arato arato rato rate of ot about throe three miles mUes an hour it will bo be at the Junction bridge before long lont Thero are fire fighters hero In the forestry service preparing to back lire fire and it Is likely that St. St Re Regis ls will be saved Above here hero the tho situation Is able With tho the exception of or the site of Saltese nothing has hns escaped the flames names Between the summit of or the divide and Buford Thero are reports which we got at Borax yesterday that the west side of or the slope is Js In Just as bad sha shape C down to Mullan Mulian which we hear Is safe fiaro Everywhere there has been fire In Inman Inmany Inmany man many places it Jt yet ct et burns Death at Bullion Mine Eight mon men aro are dead at the Bullion mine near the Idaho divide The created ere crew had ted sought refuge in the mine when the fire came camo and part of ot them ventured out too soon The dead TOM WELCH DAN NICHOLSON LESLIE SELLERS S. S D. D ADAMS A. A BENTON LARRY RYSON LEW HOLMES ONE UNKNOWN Two others Floyd Morgan and James Tames Wright are so badly injured they will die William McKay died Sunday Sunda at Salt- Salt ceo eso as a result of ot burns received at Taft Tart The rhe report which come came In yesterday that property of or the Iron Mountain Tunnel Tunnel Tun Tun- nd nel company had been burned is entirely Incorrect Doubtless a mistake resulted from the damage to tho the dredging plant on Cedar creek on the other side of ot the valley from Iron mountain There Is no tire fire at Iron mountain and none near the mine HELENA COVERED BY PALL OF OP SMOKE HELENA Mont Aug 23 A 23 A heavy pall pan of ot smoke overhangs this city and the thc theair theair air is fairly permeated with ashes as tho the result of ot forests burning in every overy direction from this city Now fires flics are reported toda today at I Lincoln Gould Flasher Flesher Cascade and The fires at Lincoln and Gould 1 ar attributed to carel careless ss campers and they will be bt prosecuted vigorously The Jay Gould mine at Gould may be endangered If the tho fires tires spread to an any great extent Governor NorrIss NorrIs's office has hos received two requests for state troops to aid In Infighting infighting fighting tho the forest fires Forest Supervisor Supervisor Super Super- visor llor Conkling at Bozeman advised the tho governor that five sections of or state land had flad been burned over and that five more were wore endangered He lIe requested that the tho company of ot state militia stationed at Bozeman bo be ordered out Mr also sent similar information to tho the state board of or land officers Dave Davo HUger president pres pres- I I ident of the tho First National bank of or LewIstown Lew- Lew called caned up the |