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Show BBil j 'Northeastern Minnesota I' a Smouldering Ruin i With Hundreds Dead. Ideate list grows i Thousands Destitute and Homeless-Property Loss Millions. DULUTH, Minn.. Oct. 1-1 A large section of northeastern Minnesota three days ago a busy and prosperous business and farming country today was a smouldering ruin with hundreds of bodies of men, women and children, many of them burned beyond recognition, recogni-tion, strewn about the countryside as the result of the disastrous forest fires which swept this territory Saturday and Sunday. Latest estimates place the death list at close to 1,000 although no official figures are available. Hundreds of persons are more or less seriously burned, thousands are destitute and homeless and the property loss will run into many millions of dollars. At least a dozen towns and cities were destroyed. The worst blazes were at Moose Lake, Settle River and Cloquet. Relief work under direction of Adjutant-General W. F. Rhinow and Governor Gov-ernor Burnquist is progressing rapid - It developed that Counsellor Polk of the state department was at the British embassy in consultation with Colville Barclay, counsellor and charge in the absence of Lord Reading and other officials of the embassy. Allies Agree On Common Action Counsellor Polk's visit Avas considered consid-ered to be significantly connected with the word from London that tho British Bri-tish government is inclined to opposo tho granting of an armistice until complete guarantees of both a military mili-tary and naval nature come from Germany. Ger-many. This development, reported in an Associated Press dispatch from London, probably has some relation to the announcement Saturday that Great Britain, France and Italy were agreeing upon a common line of action. ac-tion. Charred Ruins Mark Path of Fire DULUTH, Minn.. Oct, 1-1 Charred ruins mark the path of tho fire which swept into Duluth destroying homes within tho city limits. Back of Duluth Du-luth the villages of Adolph, Munger, Five Corners, Barney, Grand Lake, Maple Grove and Twig which were thriving communities Saturday morning, mor-ning, are almost obliterated. Further west Carlton, Cloquet, Brookston and Brevator can be recognized only by sign posts. Pike Lake and Pine Hill are no more, while to the south the Moose Lake district is a smouldering ruin. Thousands of homeless persons have been brought here, hundreds more taken to points further south while many of those seriously burned have been removed to hospitals in St. Paul and Minneapolis. Refugees here seemingly have no desire to learn tho truth regarding their losses. Most of them believe that everything they had In the world i has been destroyed and city health of- fleers of the city have thrown open I every available house to enre for them, i Persons who have visited the burned districts declare there is no way to place a monetary estimate of the loss. Red Cross headquarters devoted almost al-most tho entire day in the effort to re-unite families. Oreatest difficulty has been encountered encoun-tered in supplying suitable clothing. The fire loss in Duluth alone Is placed at ?750,000, nearly 100 buildings having been destroyed. oo He, is a strong man who can over- como his smallest weakness,- |