Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-13
NORTHWESTERN
/ HOLOCAUST.
Alarming Spread Of the Great For
est CONGREGATIONS
NKY DARKNESS IN PLACES.
,o.. or Life and Property-The
wors of Destruction U"aba'sd
And Spreading.

r.ooma. Sept. 1.-THE nearest dis
..,-oua fire is at Elma, so miles SOUTH
woe, Of here, where six large lumber
mia and ten houses have been &c
sroyed. go. ,r.,
49, o'clock all wires to Gray's aar-
~, country went down and no wora
can be received from Elma or Aper-
deem. o.,oa
,hout II o'clock telegram reported
urumclaw in King county, on the main
~. of the Northern Pacific, east, "a
s,.,t danger. The town appeals Tor a
-. sngine and hose. but, as many
.mon brush fires are burning on Ia
,n,na,s outksirts, none can be spared.
The town of Bucoda. In Thurstoil
oonntv 4; miles south OF here, was III
,nIy darkness at II o'clock this fore'
Mon e..,.o s,ata that
.aarlv ali of the mills In Mason county
n ns an Are The town of Matlock. mat
Sounty Is In imminent danger or totai
siy,een miles from Olympia the Bor--
dsaux string Of camps, the Black hiIi
Nstriot are In great danger forty
r,sn have CONT on horseback TO rescue
women and children. ,,
In Tacoma heavy darkness settled
down this morning Boats cannot pass
ths narrows on account OF darkhsss.
Al Olympia the electric plant has
shut down, and at noon II was as uark
as the blacklist night
Forest fires of the r!ost serious ma,
,ur are pressing upon every SIDE OF
Eaumclaw. Every team is being press
I'd into service.
THE DAMAGE SUMMED UP.
Portland, Ore, Sept lS,--The result
AZ the forest fires, which are raging
IN this vicinity, may be summed up
substantlally as follows, up TO the pres
,nt time Tillamook City has been
saved from impending. doom by
timely change In the wind.
The forests In Douglas and Jackson
counties are on fire, but the damage yet
Is small
Supt. Ormsby OF the Cascade forest
reserve saws that no fire has yet en-
tered the reserve.
sixty people In the town of Spring.
water, Clackamas county, were forced
10 fee for their lives and rendered
homeless and fine timber belt des-
troyed.
Bridges were attacked and residences
threatened In South Portland.
The sawmlll Of the Bridal Veil Lum-
bering company and the whole town Of
Palmer, situated 20 miles east Of Bridal
Veil In this county. has been destroyed.
The damage in eastern Multnomah
county amounts to s42,500, and every
family has been fighting the fire since
Monday.
Several families have been burned out
on the section line road
Three dwellings and the county
bridge are gone In Pleasant valley.
The flames surround the dwelling Of
resident OF lockwood and are rae
Ing west along the base line road.
To protect the town of Gresham men
stand guard night and day. Fully 100
men are at work to save property in the
dangerous heat
At Pleasant Home, a sawmill was
destroyed. and four others were In dan
ger. Fire companies were called out 10
lrvington. The residents OF that part
@Portland We're on duty from 2 o'clock
yesterday morning
Valuable timber has been destroyed
near Coburg, Wilhoil Springs and Wen
ding and other points Men at Wen
ding are swapping the timber In or
Der TO save It, The losses will amount
70 thousands OF dollars.
The destruction OF the village of Vio-
seems certain. The non-arrival of
gam and coasting ships Is due 10 dense
shose az the mouth Of the Columbia
HSer, The steamer Columbia Is re-
ported to be stranded In the river near
Astoria.
"A woman was burned TO death near
vancouver. Wash, and woman and a
ulld are missing.
INNS lumber and timber to the valu,
uNm,O0O were destroyed In Chehalls
county, Wash.
ine damage near Lents. Ore, amounts |
70 over t25O00.
DehOs OF losseA from numerous coun-
communities are continually arriv.
~ ana the horde OF small individual |
. ssses VIII not be finished until rain
.aall nave come to quench the ever. |
sesdlng flames. The weather bureau |
ahours. '"'" WIZ" 'iie peA'
1T BECOMES AWFUL.
una Wash, Sept lS.-Forest fires
fssing over large area of country
IRA ', hiIna- Several large mills suf- |
zen destroyed. A ''"e ""''
va ss sMr mill and village has been
~ out The men fought brayely
T,s rsa 70 yield and fly for their lives.
t,s "' loads OF refugees are arriving
An sae burning district and people |
N,v vslnning 10 move out of Elma.
6s,,a nim houses and barns have been
M wv Ashes and cinders are fall
ses ~ Elma' A high east wind ia
Nv "e IRE and gives It terrific veloo- |
mn 20, vod Fellows cemetery, one and |
nan, r, from town. is burning and
ree,n, luna citizens are taking every
Ii, non 10 save their homes from
BE smns ana calamity. The seven
ov., nss nave an aggregate value OF |
MI" -, =. million In their plants alone. |