Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-10-30

entity of Metz, Bolton and Posen the
fires have burned sufficiently to leave
several hundreds of women and children
camping with comparative safety in the
open fields.
Perished in Relief Train.
1t is now estimated that 23 persons
lost their lives in the destruction of the
Inflated Metz relief train that went to
the rescue of refugees of forest fires.
1t is doubtful, however, if the names of
all will ever be known.
Dispatches from many points in the
Michigan fire zone indicate the danger
in some places has passed and in others
it is greater than ever.
Conway, Hastings Heights, summer
resort, and Riggsdale are also threat
ened. Over them hovers a cloud of
smoke so hot that it seems almost ready
to burst into flames, and so sitting that
it is impossible to breathe freely in it..
Bay View, the scene of many chautau-
qua meetings, where there are many
valuable buildings, is in great danger,
There are no residents there, but i'm
mense property loss would be entailed
should the buildings catch fire.
Hundreds of Men Fight Fire.
Marion, Ohio, Oct. 1s.-With hands
blistered and working with tireless en-
cry, several hundred men are almost in
state of collapse in their efforts to
prevent the flames which are sweeping
over thousands of acres of pasture and
timber land from destroying the town
of Larue. Unless there is a shift in the
wind their efforts will be in vain. Many
head of cattle have been burned. Vii
layers near the fire zone have beer
forced to flee.
The fire started from sparks from G
| locomotive and the district being in &
parched condition the farmers were un
able to check the blaze. In the hope Of
checking the flames wide burrows were
plowed around Larue and it is believed
that the flames will not cross them.
Providing for the Homeless.
Detroit, Oct. 1s.-Measures of reliet
for the stricken people in Presque ISL
and Cheboygan counties are already
under way. Hundreds are homeless an(
many have not sufficient clothing,
drop in temperature would cause grea
suffering. A theater at Alpena wa
thrown open to receive contribution
for the refugees. The freswept distric
| 4olyo. - m opao oooopdin0 70 aSfi m n Z o.
made today, of about 100 square miles
The fires in the neighborhood of Saul
Ste. Marie were growing worse Sunda.
afternoon. The clouds of smoke Their
are so dense that the sun is obscured
All of the country between the Soutl
Shore railroad and Lake Superior il
Chippewa county is ablaze.
narrowing scenes are reported iron
Posen, where many of the homeless
burned and suffering refugees iron
Metz and Bolton have sought shelter
Anguish over the death of relatives AM
friends is in many cases more keen tina
the physical suffering
Mondays Report.
) But one fresh report of loss of lif
came into Alpena today. Henry Hines
!, his wife and two children are believe
to have been cremated on their farr
near Cathro.
J, Between Metz and Rogers City seve
, more bodies have been found maxim
total of 26 lives that are known t
have been lost in Pressure Isle and A
pena counties since Thursday night.
Rogers City has been saved. Sout
Rogers is also safe. The village @
Posen has been in grave danger, bu
its chance to escape destruction ar
thought to be better. Alpena is sti
surrounded by fires, but is not in daI
ger, unless the wind shifts to the nortl
Between 500 and 1000 men are constan
ly on the fire line working to protect tn
city. Up to noon Monday A dwellin
houses and IS barns has been reporte
destroyed in Alpena county alone.