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
,.. Of Life and Proper'y-The
vors of Destruction U"ab"'sa
And Spreading.

tacoma. Sept 12.-The nearest dis
.,,rous fire Is at Elma, 60 miles SOUTH
m.., Of here, where six large lumber
=, and ten houses have been de-
stroyed. 80, ,r.,
=, o'clock all wires to Grays hai-
~, country went down and no wora
san he received from Elma or Aoer-
dAen. ,o,,oa
,Aont If o'clock telegram reported
vrumelaw, in King county, on the main
,rs Of the Northern Pacific, east "a
vrsat danger. The town appeals Tor a
s..englne and hose, but, as many
.a.n brush fires are burning on Ia
soro.,s outksirts, none can be spared
,r,o town of Bucoda, In Thurstoh
county, IS miles south OF mere, was ssrn ~
,nky darkness at IL o'clock TINS iore'
noon. c,. s,a,o that
rssr'v All Of the mills In Mason county
Nv" r" an Are The town Of Matlock, that
"avntv Is In imminent danger OF tota'
OV s,y,een miles from olympia the Dor,
dsaux string Of camps, the BACK mn
Ws,rIot are in great danger torty
wan nave CONT on horseback 10 rescue
women and children. ,,
In Tacoma heavy darkness settled
down this morning, Boats cannot pass
ina narroWs on account OF darkhess
Al Olympia the electric plant hns
shut down, and al noon 1t was as dark
as the blacklist night,
Forest fires Of the most serious ma.
lure are pressing upon every slde OF
raunclaw. Every team Is being press
I'd into service.
THE DAMAGE SUMMED UP
Portland. Ore, Sept. lS,-The result
Of the forest fires, which are raging
IN This vicinity, may be summed up
substantially as follows up to the pres
emf time Tilamook City has been
saved from impending doom by a
timely change In the wind.
The forests in Douglas and Jackson
counties are on fire, but the damage yet
10 small.
snnt 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 Ace for their lives and rendered
homeless and fine timber belt des-
troyed
Bridges were attacked and residences
threatened In South Portland.
The sawmll 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 $4,000, and every
family has been fighting the fire since
Monday.
on tho 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
man are az work N cave nronertv In tba
dangerous heat
AT Pleasant Home, a sawmil was
destroyed, and four others were In dan
ger Fire companies were called out to
lryington. The residents Of that part
Of Portland were on duty from o'clock
Yesterday morning.
Sns and other noint Sp'' Wor anu az WI Wem
ding are swapping the timber in or
w 70 save H. The losses will amount
thousands OF dollars,
Inc destruction Of the village Of Vio-
gan and coasting ships is due to dense
smoke al the mouth OF the Columbia
mst Inc steamer Columbia is re-
Ei'ea TO be stranded In the river near
~'oila
"a Vhlah was burned to death near
,Neouyer Wash, and a woman and a
o,a are missing.
nas lumber and timber to the value
!" MesMO were destroyed In Chehalis
me damage near Lents, Ore, amounts
woT $4,000,
DTnls OF losseA from numerous coun-
communities are continually arriv.
s and the horde Of small individual
"ss VIII not be finished until rain
a nave come to quench the ever.