The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-16

KALAMA, Wash, Sept. 15.-The lat
est report fro mthe Lewis river forest
fire shows that the fire is practically
! extinguished and that relief parties are
tory and gather more definite infor-
! nation. 1t is positively known that
sixteen persons have been burned to
death, as follows:
AL REED AND SON, and a party of
seven others, whose bodies are burned
beyond recognition.
W. E. NEWHOUSE.
MRS. GRAVES.
JOHN POLLY, wife and two children,
and brother of Mrs Polly.
D. L Wallace and family, who were re-
ported among the dead reached Trout
Lake and were saved. A large number
of campers at the lake saved themselves
by taking to the water on logs and RATS.
Forty families are left homeless and des-
titute. But two houses are left stand
ing ON the upper Lewis river.
Loss of Life Heavy.
VANCOUVER, Wash, Sept. 15.-Re-
ports of loss of property from forest
fires still come in on every hand,
of the damage can be obtained. A re-
port from the Dale settlement east Of
Bells mountain is to the effect that
nearly every settler in that section has
been driven from home and his prop
erty consumed by the great wall of fire
that swept through there.
A Washougal report says that the
loss of property in that section is worse
than was at first thought. The coun-
try around, including the Shamaka,
Last Chance, Latton and Blue Bird
mines, is a smoking ruin, and many
people are homeless. Lattons saw
mill at Bear Prairie is destroyed, and
two other mills back of Fern Prairie
are also in ashes.
Mayor Eastman, of Vancouver, has
issued a call for mass meeting of
citizens tomorrow to devise ways and
means to succor the suffering inhabi-
tants of the burned districts of Clark
county. Fully 100 families have been
burned out in the vicinity of Elna,
Wash. The loss is estimated at $780,
600.
Outlook More Hopeful.
ABERDEEN, Wash, Sept 15.-The
conditions in regard to the forest fires
in this section have materially changed
for the better. The reports Of loss of
life in certain instances have not been
confirmed, all those having been re-
ported as lost, are now being accounted
for, although there were some narrow
escapes and startling experiences in
the Hoquiam river. Lumbermen say
deadwood, etc., and that green timber
has not been injured materially.
Sky Again Visible.
TACOMA, Wash, Sept Is. = The
smoke has cleared away and the sky
is again visible. Fires have abated in
all directions. Reports from Marion
county, saws tho Sl<u has tharo
the fires have ceased and the men have
gone back to work in the logging
camps. The damage is less serious
than had been apprehended.
Washington Is Interested.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept 15.-The
interior department has telegraphed
the superintendent of forest reserves
in Washington to employ additional
men to guard the forest reserves in
that state against the forest fires now
raging there. The superintendent is
directed to make a full report on the
subject, the only forest fires reports so
far reaching here being unofficial. The
department also has telegraphed for
recommendations and suggestions as to
what steps should be taken by the
government to assist in fighting the
fires outside of government domain.
The interior department has telegraph
ed authority for the expenditure Of
$500 in fighting the fire on the South
Platte forest reserve in Colorado. Al
though CONGREGATIONS are raging in
various parts of that state substantial
ly little damage has been caused to the
forest reserves there.
Loss Estimated at $1,500,00o.
PORTLAND, Or, Sept. 15.-Twenty
lives have been lost and 1t is roughly
estimated that $1,500,000 worth of prop
erty has been destroyed during the
past week by forest fires in Oregon and
Washington. Many more people are
missing, but it will not be known how
many are dead until reports from all
districts are in. The estimate of the
property losses does not include stand
ing timber, but includes saw mills,
houses, barns, shops, cordWood and
farm implements. Thousands Of acres
of timber have been burned over, but
the destruction of great timber has
not been heavy. Relief is being hur-
ried from this city, Tacoma, Seattle,
and Vancouver, Wash, to those who
have lost their homes and crops. The
cities where the greatest destruction
occurred are LentZ, Spring Water and
Bridal Veil, in Oregon, and Fifty Plain
Lewis River and Elma, in Washington
In all the places it is esmtimated there
are about 500 people without food and
shelter. The fires have nearly burned