The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-09-24
B|M|DJL, MIMI,
IN GREAT DANGER
CITY CALLS FOR AID TO FIGHT
THE FOREST FIRES.
MICHIGAN HAMLET ATTIRE
Bark River Reported Burning Up
Conditions In the Adlrondacks
~. Grow Worse--DaiIy Lose
1874 There Is Enormous.

st. Paul, Mimi. Sept. ga mes
sage was received at Gov. Johnson's
Office late Tuesday afternoon stating
that the city of Bimidji, with a popu-
lation of about 1000, is in serious dan
ger on account of forest fires and ask
ing that help be furnished to fight the
fire. Gen. Andrews, chief fire warden
of Minnesota, was directed to look
after the necessities of Bimidji. The
town is in Beltrami county in northern
Minnesota, on the Minnesota and In
ternational division of the Northern
Pacific railway
Several Towns Out Of Danger.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Sept. 23-The
fires at Fifield, Phillips and Coolidge,
and the surrounding country in north
ern Wisconsin, while still burning,
were under control Tuesday, accord
ing to dispatches received at the Wis.
consin Central Offices in Minneapolis.
No rain had been reported from the
fire district. The fires had spent
their fury, and unless heavy winds
should whip them into life it was said
niue was 10 be feared.
Little Settlement Destroyed.
Rhinelander, Wis, Sept 23.-Satuit,
a settlement of half dozen homes,
three miles east of Rhinelander, was
destroyed by fire Tuesday morning
The settlers fed to Moons Lake, where
they are being cared for. No loss of
life has been reported. Rhinelander is
now regarded as safe and the fires
have been quieted by lack of wind.
Michigan Village Burning
Escanaba, Mich, Sept 23.-The vii
lage of Park River is burning, the for
est fires having broken through the
lines of the citizen fire fighters.
Worse In the AdIrondacks.
North Creek, N. ". Sept. 23.-The
forest fire conditions In the Adiron-
dacks are growing worse hourly, with
no sign of relief, although 5000 men
are engaged in fighting the flames day
, and night. Not single fire has been
checked and the smaller ones burn
ing are rapidly spreading in vast con.
fiagrations, which in some instances
are coalescing. At least $4,000 acres
of valuable forest lands are on fire and
the extent of the destruction may be
much greater.
A big fire has broken out at North
Hudson, in Essex county, where $50
men are fighting it. This fire is al
ready miles in extent In the village
of North Creek the smoke is so dense
that it was impossible to see SO yards
in any direction. Never has it been
known to be so dry in this locality.
The streams are drying UP and the
supply of drinking water is almost ex-
hausted.
Fighting to Save Cottages.
Malone, N. Y, Sept. 23.--With only
two light showers since July 20, north,
ern New York's wooded sections are
in no condition to withstand the forest
fires raging in the vicinity of Mountain
View and spreading and growing more
dangerous hourly. Forty men are try
ing to save the cottages at the lake
and along the river at Lake Placid
and, with thousands of dollars worth
of timber on state land being des.
troyed each day, every available work
man is employed in fighting fires.
Upper Lake is surrounded by fires,
though the village is not thought to be
in danger. A report says that seri-
GUS fire has started west of Loon
Lake.
Daily Loss Is Enormous.
Washington, Sept 23.-Dr w. ].
MCGEE of the geological survey. who
has returned to this city after a visit
to the Adirondacks, states that con-
sentative estimate of the damage be-
ing done in that section by the forest
fires is $1,000,000 day.