Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-08 | Page 8 | Aviator Lost in Forest Fire

AVIATOR LOST ! IN FOREST FIRE! Calls for More Men Sentj Out to Fight Serious I Blazes SEATTLE Waah. July 8 Hoy. lonis. a Ketohlkan, Alaska, aviator, who hopped off hero Friday afternoon I I for Bclllngham Wash., wsh mlsslnKj today, it wos feared he was lost in the smoke and haze of the forest fires prevalent in western Washington. 1 n-1 dei ordinary condition the trip to' MelllnKhum would have taken hlra less' than t wo hours. ; Calls for additional men to fiRhi forest fires were bolng filled lodavj i timber protective agencies of everj county m Western Washington, While cooler weather Friday dc-1 creased the Impetus with which the, names hail I, ecu spreading. I he volume ol 1 epo rta tr.m every forested area of, tho iat- had aroused timber owners and stato authorities to tho peril and crews v. 1 1 . deink- .iiigiiicniid with all 1 ho men available. imports' to Btatc Forester Fred E. Pa ... late I rlday mKhl indicated thut1 no now blazes or eonse-qucuce Developed Develop-ed Friday, although a number which had originated during the pfccodlifi days, gained propo'rtions which threr.t-I threr.t-I encd to break frcm nil possibility nfj ! control and to oat their way into) stands of very nasi timber. I Railroads also have added their men 1 0 he fighters. I i: S III t 'Hi in I OLIjOWS VICTORIA i: C., July s. Vancouver Vancou-ver Islnpd fore-i five.-, continued burn" me- today wl'.h new Impetus when the! Comas joined with one burning out of, Minsiea wreaking destruction on for-' ests iiiihr-rtci untouched. With the Wind at high velocity Fridav nl gh. llva fighting became a hopeless task, although everj available man on the Island was in the service. ixigcinp railroads in the lino of ; flames have ieon burned out nnd the settlement of Campbell rfvor was b ought into the danger zone today. Six families were horn pleas as the result re-sult or the fire which destroyed the i..-in Baj asttleraenl Friday night. 1 LIGHTNING M 8ES 1 liti s SPOKANE, Wash., July Whether Wheth-er Friday night's rain Willi its light-n.np light-n.np accompaniment chocked, or ,ig-! I grAvated forest, r 1 ea in this district' ;w.ia nn open uuestion toilrtv. lightning adds to the number of cues J each time unless followed by a heavy downpour Friday night's ra,n was quite light In and about Spokane and was preceded by .1 30-mlle nn hour ! wind Spokane h.,d been without rain for 29 successive days.