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Show had to move from Bank to Residence street. But do what they did, the firemen could not 6tem the rushing conflagration. Soon everything on Pearl, High, Residence and Bank streets In the Immediate vicinity, all east Seventh, wus being consumed. Worstell's furniture store, one of the handsomest places tn town, was licked lick-ed up. So was Samuel's and the Missoula hotels and Smith and Corner's Cor-ner's building. Th Coeur d'Alene hardware store and Iron works were destroyed. As we carried the last patient pa-tient out of Providence hospital the flames were playing all around II. The people, wild with excitement, were running en masse toward the train. We had been completely cut off from the main part of the city and were driven to the woods. I fear that many perished against the mountains. I don't see how some of them could escape. "My God, man, I will never forget the way that fire dashod over that mountain and down to the town. It broke out In a dozen places and came sweeping like a mighty wind. I do not think 1 ever saw such a gale In this country." "What per cent of the people, of tho town live on the east side?" he was asked. "About one- fifth; it Includes all of the Second ward and there are but three other wards." "Where did thlj fire originate?" "Somewhere on Pine Creek about a month ago and burned over both oast and west Forks United States soldiers sol-diers had been fighting the fire back In the mountains for days. Late yes terday afternoon a company of negro soldiers came to town; they were driven out of the forests, and It was then that we first began to feel that we mglht suffer. The smoke was so thick that the lights had to be turned on about 5 o'clock. "Vet, I repeat. I did not sec any cause for uneasiness until five minutes min-utes before the town was on fire." I HARROWING TALES i TOLD BY REFUGEES MISSOULA, Mont, Aug. 21 It was exactly 9:30 when the first train from tho Wallace district pulled Into Mis- J soula. It was made up of a variety of cars, principally boxes, and carried a mot pitiful looking crowi A thon sand or more of the people of Missoula Missou-la were at tho station to receive and minister to the refugees A table, and chalrB were placed upon the lawn and everything ready to serve sandwiches and coffee. Two dozen or more ladles and some of the leading business men of the city were there to wait upon the visitors. Ambulances, automo- i biles and street hacks were standing ready to be pressed into service. Before the train came there were some who did not believe it would bring any but a few sick people who were carried out of Province hospital ! But when tho refugees began to climb , out the spectators realized that something some-thing out of the ordinary had driven them from their homes. Among the very first to get out of oue of the box cars was a nurse, wearing uniform uni-form and cap, and carrying a tiny 10-day-old baby. At her heels w as the J mother, nervous, pnle and emaciated, trembling from bead to foot like an aspen leaf. Followinr this trio came another, a nurse, a nlno-day-old child and a frail, frightened mother. From tho car ahead a desperately 111 and fearfully weak man was lifted. By his sldo hobbled an old wrinkled faced pioneer, traveling on crutches. There were a hali dozen other feeble persons per-sons Worklngmen. covered with grim, accompanied ac-companied their families The poor ' fellows had not had time to wash their faces or change their clothes j One mother with four children was weeping for her husband and an 8 year old son who missed the train. Two of her little ones, a 14- ear-old boy and a small, blue eyed, flaxen haired girl, were in their night cloth-1 es. The boy, who had been aroused from h)s sleep in the excitement of the moment, ran out to see If his brothers and sisters were safe and did not havo time to return for his togs. Ills baby sister who did not ' quite understand what bad happened was lifted from the bed In her night gown and literally carried away asleep. The father of this family, Otto Grafenbnrg, ran back to try to save his homr and was left. ' The mosr pathetic story of all Is that of Dorothy and Dorrls Baldwin. 11 years twins, a pair of bright eyed brunettes who got neparated from their grandmother, Mrs. Fulc. who was host In the race for the train. Their mother. Mrs. May Baldwin, was out of the cllv cooking In a railroad ( camp and knew not of their danger. Their prandmolher with whom they lived, started with them, but discovering discov-ering that she had left her purse In their little house, turned and went back for It Later the children saw her 6i niggling to cntch the tiain. but the fire was sweeping at such a ter rlfic pace that thr- train had to pull out lo escape. They believe that she succeeded In mounting a handcar that carried away a number of people. ' George Bryan, who was on the second sec-ond rescue train from the fire district dis-trict presented a pitiable spectacle. ' His rough hhlrt was stiff with blood, his beard was malted with the flow from wounds on his head and face and from streams that had flowed from nose and ears In the fearful effort i which he put forth to bring out of the . flro his injured brother, whose charr ed body he was ac last forced to leave In the blading forest above Mullan, where he and his brother were prospecting pros-pecting in the bills. The two started and the biother fell breaking his log. Then began the terrible struggle of the survivor for the saving ot his injured brother. Through smoke and fire he stumbled on but the fire gained on him and at lencth over come him. Finally was hardly able back upon his brother aud fled. He was hardly able to talk. So swollen was bis tongue. A purse was made up for him and he was sent cast to where he has friends. W. H Bai nett and Dr. K A Lock- 1 hflrt. two of the most substantial men in the first party, were in the thick of the light for life when the fire struck the town. The one resides on Bank stieet and the other In the Y on the eas. side. Both brought their families but left nil of their belong-Id belong-Id "You never saw anything like it" j fcaid Mr. Barnott. j "The fire came un Placer Creek, south of lown. and crossed a heavily i timbered rldse which mounts to I point more than 1.000 feet above the I streets. A regular gale was behind It wben It hit the crest of 'the hill and sparks fh-w several hundred yards ahead of it. j "Tills was about 0 o'clock and the business scticn of ihe town was crowded with people. No one dreamed that we were In real danger. An hour prior to that time, when we first began be-gan to see tho flames on the other side, numbers of women and children were bundled off to the railway stations sta-tions who iv trains were being made up lo take them out if it seemed nec-essury; nec-essury; but I did not feiir. "Bui, sir. when the lire reached the j top of that mountain and sparks began be-gan to fly, cvcrbody hustled- 1 do not believe thai the flumes were five minutes coming down that hill Fifty men with oil and torches could not have spread such a tire. It struck residences on the way down and came rourlng to the business section of the east side. The Tlnn-s building was one of the ery tlrst to go. The top I of a little laundry was twisted off and hurled against the Pacific hotel, which I burned like a tlnderbox. The fire de partrueDt was called nut. but it could uot stand before tne uerco blaze, and |