Show TERRIBLE Tin KIBLE FILES Slane toWs dreadful imitation tation bany bowis seriously damaged DULUTH minn sept 23 ever since since yesterday afternoon ashes and burned leaves have be falling in the city while the air la Is eo so full of smoke th that at the I 1 fog whistle at the harbors mouth baa has oi been san kept blowing to guide the vessels all along the line of the st paul duluth road fires are raging at barnum machton Mah ton lake and mettle river the floreo damage is confined to whatever of value ue there is in tho the standing timber near the railway on the line of east era em minnesota at north hinckley considerable valuable timber has been ruined and urea fires are still raging on the northern pacific east of here fires are doing immense damage to settlers and crops besides wiping out vast quantities of standing pine near iron river thirty forty miles east where there are many settlers valuable property Is being lost the settlers are putting in all their time trying to save their bouses houses the range of the fires is toward ashland and their progress is greatly aided by tha the fact that a week ago heavy beavy winds blew blow down much timber the foliage of which is now dried out sufficiently to feed the flames minn blinn sept 23 this thle village was thrown into the wildest excitement yesterday by the r report that a high storm was driving a forest a fire toward the town and complete destruction was threatened officials of the bt st paula paul deluth road wore were dispatched to hold the limited until the women and children of the town could be sent away it was done and all the freight cars were also pulled out t b by y special engines by tour four ou c I 1 ac k the flames bad had reached the outskirts of the village all night they battled with the flames trying to save the buildings and aided by the cessation of tho the wind they were saul this morning the danger r was gone and the women and ch children 1 I 1 dren returned |