Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-18
FOREST FIRES RAGING.
Range Being Devastated All
Through Oregon.

Portland, Ore. Sept. 13.--Forest fires
are burning over the Cascade and
Coast ranges from British Columbia to
the California line, destroying millions
of feet of timber. many farm houses,
barns and much live stock. Two pep
pie are known to have lost their lives,
others are missing and scores arc
hurrying to places OF safety.
At Bridal Veil, Oregon, yesterday
the Palmer sawmill and the Brewer
mill were burned. Elsie Palmer. pro-
prietor OF the Palmer mill, was burn
ed to death, and an American named
Tricky is missing. About forty mills
are in danger Of being surrounded by
ilre.
On Mill Plain, near Vancouver. eight
farm houses were destroyed yesterday
and Mrs. Hendriekson and her two
children are missing.
Tillamook, Ore, which was thread.
ened with destruction yesterday, Is no
longer In danger.
In Washington, the town of EDum-
claw, on the Northern Pacific in KIM
county. is in great danger.
Forest fires of the most serious M.
ture are pressing upon every side.
Every team is being pressed into ser
vice to take people to places OF
safety; water supply is cut off by the
burning of the mains. but every effort
Is being made to protect mill property.
WORT cannot be received from Elma
or Aberdeen. the wires to those
points being down. II is known, how
ever, that six large lumber mills and
ten hoases have been burned about six
miles south of Elma. Many similar re-
ports are being received from Wash
ington points.
At Ducora. forty-five miles south OF
Tacoma. the town was in total dark
ness at noon.
The last report from Shelton was to
the effect that nearly all of the mills
in Mason county were on fire. The
town of Miltlock, that county, was in
imminent danger when last heard
from and timber 100 feet high was
burning.
Kalama, Wash, Sept. 15.--News has
reached here that the forest fires in
the Lewis river district have wrought
sad havoc. Ten are known to be dead
and fifteen people were rescued with.
out clothing except gunnysacks.
Five logging camps are burned out
completely. Many families have lost
cNcIytuiuB.
The worst OF the fire is on Lewis
river, about twelve miles above Wood
land. The country is well settled, and
there are doubtless other casualties
not yet reported.
The fire has spread from Lewis
river north to the Kalama river and
fifty sections of the finest timber on
the coast are destroyed. It is impos.
sible yet to give any estimate of tho
amount of the damage done to prop
erty. Oak Point, village twenty
miles below here on the Columbia
river, is totally destroyed
A great fire is also raging along the
Coweman river In the northern part
of the country.
Everything combustible in its path
was consumed. Many logging camps
have been destroyed. Two men from
Bars camp are reported missing,
people are panic-stricken and many
are almost crazed with grief over loss
of property.
Cow:itz county thought 1t was going
to escape until yesterday, when the
reports came thick and fast, each
worse than the last.
Five people are dead and two miss
ing, with only partial reports from the
district.
A courier just arrived from Lewis
river states that there are only two
houses left standing on Lewis river
from Traits Place to the head of thu
river, a distance of thirty miles, and
that not less than fifteen persons have
persisted.