The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-08
FATALF0RESTF TIRES
Loss OF LIFE REPORTED FROM A
NUMBER OF CANADIAN
VILLAGES.
CLOSE TO THE BOUNDARY.
DAMAGE ON THE DAKOTA SIDE
OF THE LINE YET
SMALL.
PROPERTY Loss OF THOUSANDS.
Timber and Grain, as Well as Farm
Buildings, Food for the Adj
yancing Flames.
PROPERTY Loss OF THOUSANDS

WINNIPEG, Oct. THE forest fires
that have been raging in Manitoba,
close to the boundary line, for the past
ten days have broken out more furious
ly than ever. Ten or twelve persons
are reported to have been burned to
death, and the fire is rapidly. spread
ing over the boundary line into Da-
kota. Firemen have been fighting the
flames night and day trying to keep
them from getting into the more
Tricky populated districts. Hundreds
of thousands of dollars worth of tim
Der has been destroyed, and consider
able grain as we'll as some farm build
ings, but up to this time the fire has
been confined to the Canadian side of
the boundary, but the swarth line be-
tween the United States and Manitoba
has been obliterated and great fears
are entertained that the fires will get
beyond the control Of the settlers.
Near White Mouth, H Laundry,
trapper, was burned to death. A Ger
man woman living near where the fire
was the most furious is reported to
have been burned to death, and her
White Mouth says the fire is spreading
rapidly. East of White Mouth the sit
uation is very critical. The section
foreman at Darwin and his wife and
men were picked up by freight train
and brought into White Mouth Road
master Horner on a hand car attempt
ed to run from Darwin with his men,
but nearly succumbed through suffo-
cation and was compelled to take
refuge in passing freight. All the
telegraph poles for several miles east
of the town are down, and trains are
tied up.
At Broken Head, Manitoba, the coun-
try is on fire. On both sides of the
Broken Head river, enormous damage
is being done. The smoke is so thick
that it is impossible to see twenty
yards in any direction. Mr. and Mrs
Young, living south of Broken Head
about eight miles, lost everything and
only saved their lives by staying in the
river for twelve hours. At Beausejar,
Manitoba, seven persons have been
burned to death. A report from Nor
ris. Man, says prairie fire has been
raging there and that one family of
four persons is known to have persisted
The fire is supposed to have originated
from the sparks of an engine.
All the suffering and loss of property
caused by Saturdays prairie fires are
not yet known. The devastation seems
to have been widespread, reaching
from ST. Annes, in the southeast of
Winnipeg, to st. Laurent, on the shore
of Lake Manitoba, and from Morris
to Brokenhead. Loss of property is re-
ported from all this area. Today
brought news from ST. Laurent of IN
additional fatality. A Miss Price,
daughter of a farmer near ST. Lau-
rent, became insane from the effects
of the fire and left her home, and it is
feared that she wandered away and
persisted in the flames. She was be-
throthed to Mr.. Upholm, whose dead
body was found in the track of the
fire. Capt. Allen, who was badly
burned in the fire near Lake Francis
while driving home with a load Of
lumber and who was brought to the
hospital for treatment, is dead from
his injuries. Fires are again raging
about the city, but no serious damage
is reported.