Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-09-06
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:: at the foreigners head and, !:
:: climbing into the rig, compelled :.
:: him to drive the party out of :
: the fire scene. :
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May Fisher, proprietor of disor-
derby resort, is said to have been I'M
der the influence of liquor when the
citizens began to leave, and she re-
fused to go with her companions and
they were forced to flee for their lives
and she was left behind. It is not
known whether she persisted as it is
impossible to enter the town and the
woman has not been seen since.
Oscar LaFrance, editor of the CHS
holm Tribune, was in the Office and
above himthe roof was in flames be-
fore he was apprised of the danger
He was compelled to break win
dow to escape.
Business men ran home to get their
families and many separations oc-
Cured as they in turn fed to the
business district. CONSERVATION
reigned but as the road leading out
of the city was without fire and the
pail of smoke did not hang as heavily
as over the buring town, recognition
was extended and families soon were
reunited.
The Great Northern, the only rail-
road running into Chisholm, took fiat
cars crowded with homeless people to
Hibbing this evening, where the resi-
dents are throwing open their homes
and tents are being erected to care
for refugees who are entering the city
by hundreds. p'
The sheet of flame from the falling
and cracking forests tonight, driven
by a strong west wind, swept across
the city, buildings falling and disap-
pearing before it like tender plants
before the hot blast of the simeon. In
few minutes the structures on the
business thoroughfares were burning,
and the residence districts were being
ignited. By this time most of the
citizens had left the burning town,
and they soon stood on small rises to
the southwest and watched their
homes go up in smoke. a.,, 81
Alone on a hill in the southern por-
ton of the town stands the new high
school, which was recently erected at
a cost of SIZE, 900. No houses were
within several blocks of the school,
and although the flames beat toward
it fiercely, it survived. q, ~. ts5a.4. "
As the fire swept through the bust
ness portion it quickly destroyed the
First National bank building, valued
at $4,000; city hall property, $685.
000; railway hotel, $4,000; Chisholm
filter plant, $4,000; Lawrence build
ing, $4,000; Sapere & Sons company
building, $4,000; business structures
of A. Bergeron, John Turjawir, John
son NJ. Pessat, Matt Matesell, Jess
Dowding, John Mcdonald. John Anse1,
James Perovich, Ben Ledux, w. A.
Masters, J. Fl. David, j. Hayes, M.
Anda, M. Taulus, Frank Robineauitz,
H. Tosts1off, John Windquist, D. C.
Hackett and VIM. Jacobson. =
The Miners bank and other small
structures were also destroyed.
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Z. The loss on buildings at CHS .
$ holm is estimated at about ST. 8
!: 100000. :
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Last year $364,00O was expended on
new business structures, and all these
Improvements, as well as other por.
tons of the city, are in ruins.
Chisholm is a mining town in the
central portion of the Mesaba range.
Uuntil recent years it derived con.
siderable support from the numbering
industries also. Chisholm was start
ed about ten years ago by a town.
site company headed by A. M. CHS
holm, wealthy mining man of Du
luth, and has been one of the most en-
terprising and prosperous towns on
the Mesaba range. -1
The refugees poured into Hibbing
tonight until the population of 1000
was almost doubled. To relieve the
congestion, the Duluth, Mesabe 6
Northern railroad started a specia
train from Hibbing to Duluth, crowded
to the guards with homeless people
who are being taken care of here. NJ
organized efforts have been started
here to succor the refugees, but thu
mayor is expected to take the matte,
in hand and give a welcome to thu
thousands who are temporarily home
less.
The fires which have been burning
for the last two days encroached upol
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