The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-09-10
FOREST FIRES RENEWED.
Woods Again Blazing in
Minnesota.
Embers Famed Into Flame
by a Gale.
Nora and Other Towns in Danger
of Destruction.
Inhabitants Compelled to Take Refuge
In tho River-Flres in Duluth.
Gloomy Sabbath NJ
HinckIey.

By the Associated Press.
DULUTH, Mimi, Sept. 9.-The forest
fires wero renewed again today in this
region by heavy southwest gale which
steadily increased in force. The sun
was shut out and the horizon again took
on the sickly yellow cast OF the fatal
Saturday a week ago. There was great
excitement here. The sensation was in
tensided by the breaking out Of forest
fires in the city limits. Fire crspt
around in the underground at Oneats
and caused some apprehension. Then
an alarm came in from Duluth heights,
q suburb surrounded by timber. The
fire department sent up o detachment,
which little later sent for an engine.
Then excitement was at fever heat, for
news had been coming of the side-track-
ing Of a st. Paul and Duluth passenger
train, because of fires ON all sides of it,
and Mora, on the eastern Minnesota
road, was reported on fire.
AWFUL HOT AT MORA.
At 8 p. m. today the operator at Mora.
on the Eastern Minnesota, while chat
ting with the operator at Duluth about
the danger of the fire, suddenly broke
the conversation. saying:
''It'a getting awful hot down here. The
people have nearly all taksu refuge in
Snake river, and I'll have to follow un-
less there's a let up"
Juat few minutes passed and he teIe-
graphed:
II fly. So"
Tests of the wire few minutes later
proved they had gone up and it is i'm.
possible to raise Mora since. The people
took warning in time and are believed to
be safe.
OTHER THREATENED TOWNS.
At Kerrick the inhabitants put in tbs
IN the evening the danger was over.
Barnum had narrow escape all after.
noon. At Kim berly on the Northern
Pacific large gang OF railway laboreis
saved the town.
There WAS state OF terror among the
refugees at Pine City. for it was feared
another cyclone of fire was at hand.
at p. m. the wind shifted from
southwest TO northwest, thus driyin @
back the flames. and at IL o'clock thev
had almost entirely died away. No
danger is now feared unless the wind
springs up again.
FIRE ALL AROUND.
MINNEAPoLIs, Sept. "a Duluth sps.
cial to the Tribune saws:
The operator at Mantowa this after.
neon reported fire all around him and
choking smoke. At Sturgeon lake and
Mosse lake tires also caused uneaoiness
to residents there, but no reports of dis.
aster have been received up to a late
hour tonight. TIE rth-bound limited
train arrived at Duluth at 10 O'clock 70.
night. Passengers reported much fire
along the outside of the district swept a
week ago.
AT Ross City the residents became 40
frightened that they boarded a freight
train standing on the tracks, go az to be
ready for departure, but the danger
passed when the wind subsided.
EMBERs FAMED INTO BLAZE.
Sr. PAUL. Sept GA gale of wind
was blowing in the neig b borhood of Mora
and Miiaca on the Eastern Minnesota
this afternoon and the smouldering
iorest hres were quickly famed into a
iarlous olsze which for a time threatened
Mora and Ground House. The wind.
however. has since gone down, and for
tne present the danger is believed to be
over train crew ia being held at
GROUND House to help fight the flames.
mould they break out again, and 10 take
the people to a place OF safety If the
tifes get beyond control.
The saw mill and lumber ward at
5oulss, which is south of Milsca. were
teatroyed, Notwithstanding the dasner.
ate efforts of the fire fighters, and thu
oss will be heavy. The last reoort
rom Mora in this city was that the |
own was in Immediate danger.
GLOOMY SABBATH,
A Hinckley, Minn., special to tbs
Pioneer Press says:
This has been q1iet and gloomy
sabbath. The searchers after the bodias
# the victims of the great forest f rss
ire resting, but will resume thar work
n the morning.
Coroner Cowan and a party went TO
sandstone today, where they buried 30
'odles. TEere were no religious ser-
ices here today; no clergymen were
resent, but number of the peonle
rent to Pine City to attend the ma.
norial services in that CITY,
Five bodies were found last night in a
ellar OIL hill just north OF the Kettle
lvsr, and were buried where found. Ii
! believed here the death list in Pine
.idge county will exceed 500. az eome-
hing like 100 are still unsccountsd
'r according to Coroner Cowan's
STATE RELIEF WORK.
The state relief committee. appointed
Y Governor Nelson to investigate and
It on foot the best measures for the re-
Of OF the sufferers by forest fires at and
'ound Hinckley, made formal state +
snt. 1t rectes the first work of relief
'ne at various points, and states that.
far as immediate relief is concerned. !
has been splendidly taken care of and
most effective organization establishe cd
carry on the work. r
This leaves but little for the state
mmission to do in the way OF tempo 8
ry relief, but hundreds of people have .