Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-09-11
fire SWEPT TOWNS.
CaRlSHOLM, MIMI, ENTIRELY
WIPED AWAY.
Bayfield,, Wis, Also Suffers Big Loss
People Had to Flee for Their Lives
Millions of Dollars Worth of Prop
erty Observation-Disclosures Taken to
Duluth.

Duluth.
Duluth, Mimi, Sept. 6.-Thousands of
acres of. agricultural lands and millions
of feet of standing timber were laid
waste, one town was wiped out, three
more towns may have been destroyed,
several mining locations were burned
and at least 10000 persons are home
less tonight as the result of forest
fire which swept through many districts
in northern Wisconsin and northern
Minnesota Saturday afternoon and
night.
The Situation Summarized.
Towns destroyed: Chisholm, Mimi,
1000 inhabitants; loss $2,000,000; dead, |
one woman, Mary Fisher; many unac-
coutned for. Bayfield,, Wis, 200 in.
habitants; loss $1,OO0,0OO; dead, none
known. Ewey, Wis, 500 inhabitants;
loss $l50,poG; dead, none known. Beach
am, Wis, 400 inhabitants; loss 100000;
dead, none known.
Towns in imminent danger: Hibbing,
Mimi, 5000 inhabitants; Nashawauk,
Mimi, 600 inhabitants, surrounded by
flames at midnight; Wrenshall, Mimi,
1000 inhabitants, surrounded by flames
at midnight.
The fire loss in the entire sweep i'll
the northwest is estimated at from
$5,0O0,000 to $10,000,O0O.
Chisholm, Mimi, Destroyed.
Chisholm, Mimi, 80 miles north of
Duluth, was practically destroyed. The
only building standing is the new
1925, 900 high school. The loss there
alone is estimated at 100000.
Nashwauk, MINI, so miles northwest
of Duluth, is surrounded by flames and
the outskirts of the town are burning.
Bull, Mimi, IL miles east of CHS
holm, is cut off by the fires that are
burning and bearing down on the town
Wrenschall, Mimi, 20 miles north
west of Duluth, faces a wall of flames
: that is sweeping toward the village
s It appears to be doomed. Several set
Elements in Douglas county, Wisconsin
3 have been burned and forest fires ar
sweeping the northern part of tn
county.
A fire at Bayfield,, Wis, damage
: buildings to the extent of $4,000.
# One Fatality.
One fatality is believed to have OF
l. Cured. May Fisher, woman attach
p of a hotel, refused to leave the city an
J. is believed to have persisted.
d Chisholm is a mining town in tn
k central portion of the Mesaba iro
range, the greatest iron-producing are
10 in the world, and was one of the moi
lie fourishing and prosperous towns on I'll
e. range.
p To relieve the congestion, the Dulut
ID Mesaba g. Northern railroad started
III special train from Hibbing to Dulut
d. crowded with people, who will be take
lie care of here. -
IN Flight of Farmers
re Hundreds of farmers have be-
40 driven from their homes by the flame
ne and as the passage along the roadwi
40 is difficult, owing to the dense smol
u and. the heat of the burning forest
ma it is believed that some lives may ha
nj been lost, although none had been
es ported. A fire at Bayfield,, Wis, stal
ing in a lumber yard, damaged t'
docks and the lumber company's pre-
ertv to the extent of $700,100.
We For three days the dry woods ha
at been on fire west and north of Oh
holm. and small bush fires were repo
DIV ed to the eastward. Gradually the
Id closed in upon the doomed town, b
no danger was felt by the citizens,
he the town is protected on the east
long lake, large body of water, a
ch there are many mining localities on
to west. in which district the citizens
tie, lieved the advancing flames could
~ stopped.
At noon the three walls of fire join
Jed making a semi-circle of threaten
flames, which swept toward the lit
ex- mining town with a rush and a 70
ow The hot breath of the confagrati
de- was felt as the advancing flames roll
en-, over the hills licking up every tr
the stump and every vestige OF pi'
" growth.