Show ESCAPE BY Y WADING ADING FIFTEEN MILES IN CREEK SPOKANE Wash Au Aug The The four families ol ot homesteaders der who h were re reported re- re r- r ported burned to death on La Ln Tour creek I county Ida Mo escaped d by wading fifteen Ireen miles mies along lon tho the bed of ot tho the creek with firo Oro Burning down to the waters water's edge forcing the refugees frequently to submerge themselves lS when the tho flames almost reached their faces face fames The families were those of or Walter Osborne Os- Os borne bore B. B A. A Smith F. F O O. Andress and J. J O O. Andress The aged father of ot the was borne orne on a stretcher by the tho other men They arrived cl at St. St Joo Joe with their charred charrer clothing ready to fall tall from their bodies |