Show SQUARE MILES SWEPT BY FLAMES Additional Details of Desolation Desolation Desolation Desola Desola- tion Caused by Michigan Forest Fires STRANGE FREAKS OF FIRE 11 lum ii Some hl Fences Were ClO timid and Enc Enclosed c Were cro Left Lef Untouched Escanaba Mich May Ia 20 By U O.-U By a n tout tour our ma made tu today a of the lie entire district swept b by ly the tue forest fires on OJ Friday rl a afternoon It I was wa learned that the lit devastated dev cv- cv terlo territory covers a total of or four rOUL hundred square tithes miles The Time mo most l northern point touched touche b bylie by he the fires which In one ono afternoon cuse caused a loss OS of ot a a. mullen million milon dollars dolar or root nore was wa at San Sands l county coun- coun ty hl y while to the tho south It exten extended cd to Talbot Menominee county On Out 01 thu tait Lat cast the rivet river rIve an and the main line ine 0 of the Northwestern railroad combined com corn blued to form f Im I'm a boun boundary alT Tho Time most w tell point of ot the time burned district was vas os at Waucedah ah WIs tVis Blackened Waste tc Thousands s of oC acres acrs of cut CUl over her ber er lant lands are to today a a n blackened wa waste tm- tm tt Sites Sies o of villages are aro marked by 13 b tho thu remains of building foundations o and II im n some om Instances a few scattered hous which were saved b by strenuous efforts fort The he homes home Q of hundreds of of have disappeared their lands ands burned red and anti every er e piece ricce of or orv v swept awa away By Interviews Inter s today todar with wIh former residents resl ent of the different destroyed vii vil- 1 Jn lages ages es It I was wag learned that tho the fires IraN started at nearly the thc same time at nt nil all 31 and swept In lit a southeasterly direction In one great conflagration Strange Freaks Played Long jumps were taken by y tho timo lames flames in many man Instances leaving un- un touched points that appeared to bo be threatened and ui-id at others striking Inan In Inan Inan I an unexpected quarter quartel Strange freaks wet wen played b by the tho the In lii all al parts part of the district Houses were wert burned to u- u ground and picket ol t fences a n afew afew few fc- feet outside al are standing In other tn Instances fences surrounding homes hom wore destroyed arid and buildings v wet wet-s tle r left untouched Villages worn v completely surrounded b by flames ameR and seemingly h by tho the cl Intervention of at Q Qt lP h ence w.-n w. were saved c Iii 1 Initially Initially- instances iere s saved Ja cd b b. b by- by bythe the the heroic fight of ot residents Rebuild Throughout the ilium burned burm district to today tolIU to- to lIU tiny day settlers Is I's were trove cn engaged a e In Jn erecting r eln hous houses s on the time sites ite of their burned homes home showing we well weD the time spirit which cu enlisted caused these men to settle In a new district et and amid nn to emerge from rome a 3 catastrophe catas catas- catastrophe cl- cl their savings which destroyed of years without a n show of de despair Not mun many of tho the companies su suffering suffer suffer- er- er jn ing ot 10 losses e from the lie fires Ire will i bo be crippled in any ammy wa way according to an au- announcements b by tl the officials Wont Wort orl t I 1 Is s O CI Marquette Mich ch May ay 20 To Today's Today's ays ay's advices from Crom the tIme forest fores fire Ir zone in- in in indicate that the time worst is over Fires are said il to be he lung burning In imi a n few ftH scattered scattered scat scat- t re districts but lot for or tho most mot part I the he flames 1 have died led down and no imo 10 further great loss JOS Is expected that Is I is if f the gale wh which leh hia has been Jar largely ely re responsible re- re for Cor the time devastation does not set get et In again TIme The rains hoped hopet for foi failed InStead Instead In In- stead the wind subsided and amid with wIh a n tale gale no rio longer el present to fan the tho th- th gJ lames or cart carry the burning brant brands th he fires gradually r cea ceased their morel morel- freR le ess i work leaving ln In Iii their thel wake wale de deso- deso o- o Jaton atSon in lii many districts Only Ono One Death luth The Time greatest havoc oc ha h has H been hecim done donen donea Dickinson M Me- Me re- re In n a Delta nominee lion Iron and Luce counties with h ess s serious damage from Ontonagon Houghton antI and Iger er counte counties Probably nh cover the tho Jo losses ef as 01 the standing wi Imber through which the fIre fre swept vill be sa c saved If Ir cut within a year car or 01 wi several two wo There atc are reports of oC persons peron mi mining ll r but hut a as fat far as known he This only one omie man maim has pol perished mail miami was burned burne to death in a Delta Dela county count logging logging camp Much Ic Definition There is no doubt that much de deti e ti- ti t- t has been occasioned lonc by b tho orest tires The hu exact conditions In tres at t a distance from Mar Mar- luette are arc 3 not hero tonight to- to tight night but hut It I Is bt believed most of ot tho timo people of the time I hamlets reported de do- do troyed W were re able to save e but hut mil little UI moro noro than the time clothes the they wore Thus The ha people copie of neighboring towns are expected ex expected ex- ex to g give o shelter to the thc home- home and while there is le e. e 3 temporarily there will trill be bo b no starvation hard wi tar In giving the sufferers a n nn But to help 1 n lew w start in tn life there seems t ems room or 01 charitable efforts PIt Fifty Families This too sums up the time situation in he farming fanning settlements The Time sot sot- ol- ol farming lenn Uel burned out losing practically everything have boon been loen taken in b by their heir e more fortunate neighbors poor pOOl them however howe The rhe men mon whose el laid in waste wilt will arms have ha e been undertake ne their lick coura but it i will wl be e a hard struggle slug lo for talon or ot some sonic of or them Hence if outside Is need need- i is rendered i money e d above aboe all else Con Considering tho the wide ride expanse of oC the lire zone dotted hero lere and there with burned out areas area he the relief work would Jn In Itself coast coast- const const- ute tute no somali small smal tusk task As s far fal as con- con in this immediate territory are arc there are arc probably fifty arm era who have havo suffered lo loss and Jany many nany of ot the these are arc practically dest- dest desti- desti ute tute Subscription Needed Ln Lansing Mich May n 20 O. O. Go Governor Senator O. O Varner has ha wired former B B. B I. I Fuller of l Delta county count ask- ask askInS ng rig for tor information as to tho the n need of or InS popular subscriptions to relieve the distress ess of those made homeless b by bylie he the forest tle fites in the upper peninsula Governor Warner expressed ed a bele belief would b be needed ede hat that subscriptions t |