The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-07
Manitoba Forests a Mass
of Sweeping Flame.
MANY BURNED TO DEATH.
Settlers Have Fought Flames For
More Than a Week.
RIVER A REFUGE FROM DEATH.

Winnipeg Man. Oct. THE forest
close to .he boundary line, for the past
ten days, have broken out more furiously
than over. Ten or twelve persons are
reported TO have beon burned TO death
and tho fire ia rapidly spreading and
crossing over the boundary line into
North Dakota.
Settlers have been fighting TIE flames
night and day for over week. trying to
keep them from getting into the more
thickly populated districts. hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars worth of timber has
been destroyed and considerable grain as
we'll as some farm buildings.
Up TO this time the fire has been con-
fined to the Canadian side Of the bound
ary but the swath line between the
United States and Manitoba have boen
obliterated and great fears are entertained
that the fires will get beyond the control
of the settlers The flames are driving
hundreds of wolves and coyotes into the
open country and large ilocks OF geese
and ducks have been seen flying over the
burning forests
Near Whitemouth. c. Ii. Candry. a trap
per. was burned to death. A German
woman living near where the IRE oc-
Cured and was the most furious yester-
day a reported TO have been burned to
death and her children are missing.
East OF Whitemouth the situation Is
very critical. The section foreman at
parwin and his wife and men were
picked up by freight train and brought
into Whitemouth.
Roadmaster Horner on q hand car, at
tenn pied to run from Darwin with his
man, but nearly oil suocumbed through
sutfocation ana were compelled TO take
refuge in passing freight.
All the telegraph poles for severai miles
east Of the town are down and trains are
tied up.
At Broken Head. Man.. tho country is
on fire. On both sides Of the Broken
Head river enormous damage is being
done. The smoke is so thick that IL Is
impossible To sec 20 yards In any d.
rection.
MIR. nnd Mrs. Young, living south Of
Broken Head, about eight miles. lost
everything and only saved ther lives by
stayirg In the river for II hours.
At Beauzjour. Man. seven persons
Fave been burned To death. Mira y. w.
Thomas. her Young son ana daughter
had raco with tho flames for several
miles They had a team OF horses which
they kept on tho run.
Sparks from che burning timber were
| blown into tho dry grass of prairie
which they were compelled to cross and
! soo.i they were surrounded by the ilames.
| The frantic horses started TO run straight
| ahead into the burning timber. Before
thoy had gone far, the corriage overturned
/ and they were thrown down an embank-
ment into q small creek. This probably
saved their lives.
a report from Morris. Man. says q
| prairie fire has been raging there and
| that one family OF four persons Is known
/ TO hayo perishod. The fire is supposed to
havo originated from the spark of an
! engine.
MARSH FIRE SPREADING.
Valparaiso, Ind. Oct :. go The Kansakot
marsh fire is rapidly spreading in this
country, though the farmers have giver
up all other work and are fighting mt al
hours Of the day. Several more houses
were destroyed last night
| The big marsh near Iassinong caught
fire again last night and the flames swop
over acres Of land, destroying everything
in their path
The residents Of Hebron. koutz ant
| Knimsn are badly frightened. as IL Il
feared the fires may spread across th'
heavy bitches which have been dug aCros
these places.
SWEPT AWAY BY FLAMES.