The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-09-11
Fire Which Wiped Out Chisholm
Is Sweeping on Toward
Other Range Towns.
BIGGER AND BETTER CHISHOLM
Despoiled, but Cheerful and Hopeful,
Citizens Plan New Town on
Grander Scale.

ror which swept away Chisholm Sat
acres of standing timber. After a day
of quiet the flames which died down
Sunday were famed into renewed
fury again yesterday and are sweep
ing on toward Hibbins, Bull and
Nashwauk from the south.
The town of Snowfall, 100 inhabi-
tants, was completely destroyed yes
terday afternoon by a fire that came
upon it suddenly. The people had no
opportunity to fight the flames and
fed in terror to the nearest locations.
Snowfall is about two miles from
Nashwauk.
Fight Fire Demon.
Brooklyn, a small suburb of Hib-
bling, is threatened by fire, and if this
portion of the town catches the rest
is doomed. Bull and Nashwauk, which
were threatened with destruction Sat
urday are again in danger, and the
flames are creeping slowly toward
them. The citizens are fighting the
onrushing flames desperately.
Aurora Is entirely surrounded by
forest fires and the citizens are fight
ing the flames. The town is believed
to be safe unless a strong wind should
rise from the north or south.
An Appalling Sight.
Mitchell, a small town about n
mile southeast of Hibbing, was threat
ened with destruction all day yester-
day and was saved only by heroic eff
forts of the inhabitants. Several hun
dred men are still guarding the place.
The pine timber which surrounds
Mitchell has been almost entirely con-
sumed.
Between Nashwauk and Hibh;ng. a
region twenty-five miles long, the for
ests are M continuous battle front
of flames. From Hibbing 1t is an
appalling sight, and big clouds of
smoke have been pouring over the
threatened city all day, hiding the sun
as though the sky was overcast with
rainclOuds.
Hibbing in Danger.
Northwest of Hibbing the flames
have spread over a wide area of cut
over timber. and the burning district
is increasing rapidly. Between CHS
holm and Bull, a distance of eight
miles. there are many small fires
which threaten hourly to be famed
into CONGREGATIONS.
Small fires are blazing north of Vir.
ginia, but that town is not endangered.
IJihbinn ,nnrIo o-n u,atob;,r fh,, -rnr
ress of the fire to the south with anx-
ious eyes. They are conscious of the
fact that if the little suburb of Brook
Ign burns their own city, the metroD-
oils of the range, will also go up in
smoke.
Nothing but Rain Can Save 1t.
Brooklyn is about a half a mile
south of the residence section of the
city. A Great Northern railway spur
from Brooklyn to Kelly's Lake is the
only barrier to the flames that are
raging on the outskirts Of the suburb.
If the fiery wall jumps this track and
is famed into the houses of Brooklyn
nothing but a deluge of rain can a
the big town of Hibbing just beyond.
No promises of rain could be made
by the local ~forecaster.
Without rain the forest fires, which
are increasing throughout the north
ern part of the state, will continue to
spread and will continue to menace
millions of dollars worth of standing
and scores of small towns, set
Elements and farms scattered through
out the timber district.
Towns Completely Surrounded.
Reports from the range district
state that the fire menace is almost
as great as Saturday, when the flames
destroyed Chisholm. The fire area
is larger and most of the towns are
completely surrounded. Should a
strong wind from any direction spring
up before rain comes, untold damage
will be caused.
1t was p~ersistently rumored yester-
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