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Show MANY LIVES SAVED IN MINNESOTA FIRE Heroic devotion to duty on the part of ited Cross workeri In northeastern Minnesota saved hundreds of lives, soothed untold pain and fed, housed and comforted tens of thousands of homeless refugees In th awful forest tires which devastated a district of 100 siiuirc miles. The Dilluth Red Cross Immediately formed a committee, opened tile armory, armo-ry, the Churches and the courthouse ' as a temporary refuge for the victims. The canteen service in Duluth and also lu Superior, Wisconsin, served hot meals. The First Aid Department of the Nursing Servlcu had physicians and nurses ready to meet all the incoming in-coming trains, and the Motor Corps scoured all the roads leading out of Duluth, bringing in hundreds of people peo-ple who were exposed to extreme peril, and Worked for 24 hours without paWS for rest. |