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Show were found scattered between this point and the camp. At the camp, alone on the spot ' where one of the tents had stood, was found Ihe body of Grogan lleslde him was the carcass of a mongrel dog who had refused to leave the old man. The dead were bulled where they fell, fourteen in one grave at the head of the canyon, and the others near where they were found Patrick Grogan's bones were laid In a separate grave among the rocks and the dog's bones wore placed with thein. Forest Ranger Debldtt read a slm pie funeral service at the graves, his begrlmned comrades standing .with uncovered heads I FIRE CAUGHT FORTY MEN IN A CANYON. Spokane. Wash.. Aug 26 Patrick Grogan of Butte, Mont, one of the 21 forest men killed in the flro on Sel-zer Sel-zer creek, refused to run when he I saw death reaching for him. and died beside his tent, a faithful dog remain i i lng to share his fate. The old man and his dog were buried lu one grave. Grogan, who was wedl known in Butte ' and elsewhere in the Northwest, was the oldest of O men stationed on ; Setzer creek. j When the fires appeared threaten-1 lng early Sunday night, the men were Ivon orders to leave. F'orty started down the canvon toward Avery, six miles away, l'lvo were out on patrol pa-trol duty and could not be reached. The other 24 elected to stay In the Setzer Creek camp. Worn out by three days of ceaseless work, they declared they were in no more danger dan-ger there than in Avery. The forty men bad left camp less i than an hour when the fire swept up j the canyon from the direction in ! which they had gone. ! Two days later, when a searching party went up the canyon, they found I fourteen charred bodies lvlng together ! a mile from the camp. The bodies of nine others, who evidently had fal'-I fal'-I en In the mad race up the canyon. |