Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-25
AnORA|N
SERvETOCHECK
FOREST FIRES
STORM IN MONTANA BRINGS
SOME RELIEF; LATE REPORT
PLACES TOTAL NUMBER OF
DEAD AT FiFTY-FouR.

M'ssouls, Mont, Aug. pa
heavy fall OF snow In the noun. \
tains and rain In the valleys has
done much toward bringing tho
forest fires under control. Tho 4
storm has extended as far east as
Helena, taking In tho coeur
d'Alene district.
Avery, Idaho, Aug. 24.--The bod.
les Of twenty employees Of the
United States forest service were
found within radius OF one milo
on Setser creek yesterday mornInu
by searching party.
Spokane, Wash. Aug. 24.--New,
from the burning forests OF Idaho.
Montana and Washington, increases
the seriousness of the situation az
far as the destruction of magnificent
trees Is concerned, but reduced tho
estimate Of loss of life. Only Atty.
four persons are known to have per
ished.
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Light rain began to fall yesterday
afternoon In Wallace and other Occur
q Alene mining towns that have been
scorched or threatened by the forest
fires and the weary hrefghters took
new hope. Nothing, however, but 4
long and heavy down-pour will quench
the flames that are eating up the bic
trees Of northern Idaho, northwestern
Montana and northeastern Wash
-ington
Loss Into Millions.
The fires In the great Coeur d. Allen
national forest are quite beyond CO
troll ahld timber worth millionsnpf 4
ar3< is burning. The fires! the
Occur d. AAne Indian reservatil i are
checked, as are those in this FAlouse
national forest
Along the st. jos river, which runs
through what is described on maps as
the largest body Of standing white
pine timber In the United States
there is a continuous fire from Plum
mer to a point In Montana The United
States is the largest loser and next in
Importance are the losses sustained
by the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound railroad, which has suffered
the destruction of bridges, buildings
and timber lands for forty miles.
The fires along the Northern Pa
cific in western Montana have dimin-
ished. They were largely in timber
that he'd been fre-swept in former
years, but the Idaho fires are burning
virgin forests.
Partial List OF Dead.
Following is partial list Of dead to
date in the fire areas in northern Idaho
northwestern Washington, and
Montana
LOUIS HOLMES. Spokane.
THOMAS WELSH, Spokane.
GEORGE zEIGLER, 81 years old,
Newport, Wash.
MRS. ERNEST DENHARDT, New
port, Wash.
GEORGE CAMPBELL, Newport.
Wash.
THOMAS CAREY, Newport, Wash.
CADY, rancher, Newport,
Wash.
DAVIES, rancher. near New
port, Wash.
HENRY L. LILERMAN. Darwood,
Idaho.
V. NICHOLSON, aged II. Gem Ida.
LAWRENCE RYSON, aged 50, Wal
lace, Ida.
LESLIE SELLERS. aged 1s, Gem.
Idaho
s. D. ADAMS. aged 30, Chicago.
A RENSTON, Hillsdale, Wis.
ERNEST ELGIN, aged so, Wallace.
Idaho
WILLIAM M'KAY, Taft, dead at
Saltese, Mont.
RoDERIcK AMEs, rancher, Big
Greek, Ida.
JOSEPH BEAUcHAMP. rancher
Big Creek, Ida.
JOSEPH G. BOYD, Wallace, Ida.
JOSEPH FENE, Placer creek.
WILLIAM HEARMETH, War Eagle,
MINI.
JOSEPH SMITH, burned near Null
Ian. Ida.
"FRENCHY," familiar spokene con-
tractor, killed on Placer creek.
JOHN WILLIAMSON, fireman killed
near Pocotono, Ida.
MRS. "A. L. GREGORY and two
children near Newport, Wash, re-
ported dead.
Foresters Accounted For.
Wallace. Idaho, Aug. 24.-All the
men on the list Of government for
esters employed In Idaho have re-
ported to the supervisor or are known
to be safe.
Town Of 1000 Destroyed.
Wallace, Idaho. Aug. 24.-Kay I.
Baylor of Spokane, who arrived In
Wallace today says Saltese. Mont. q
town of 1000 persons was destroyed
by fire yesterday without loss of life.
Montana Rains General.
Missoula, Mont, Aug. 24-Reports
IN d;coto that tho rain is general in