The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-24
FOREST FIRES
Sweet With Relea,less Fary Over Palts
Of Aea.ana and Idaho
MANY PEOPLE PERISH

the Wake Of the Flames, Which
Sweep Over Great Distances. Sur
prising SlecpcrS and Drive Them
From their Homes.
Merc!less and relentiessly the for
est fires in western Montana and
Idaho are sweeping over a vast area.
driving hundreds OF fugitives before
them. destroying small settlements
and wipiog out OF existence niliions
OF dollars worth OF property One
half Of the town OF Wallace. Mon
tana. has been destroyed. entailing
a los, OF $I.0o0.000 worth Of prop
erty and thirteen lives.
Elsewhere in the fre zone the Sit
ra;ion has gone from bad 70 worse.
The most serious incident is reported
from St Coe county. where $50 men
engaged in the foresty service are
missing and i, IS feared they have
been burned TO death.
When the Ere approached the
camp where there were 200 men.
two OF the FIRE fighters took horse
and. riding the animal to death, rode
from the camp and ordered party
which penetrated the FIRE line to Bird
creek.
Eighteen Of the men were found
IN the water. where they had gone
for safety. and were unframed. From
the remaining $50 men no word has
been received. a relief train equip
ped with pack animals. has been or
dered. carrying provisions and hos
pital supplies and will endeavor to
get through the Are.
About 1000 refugees have been
brought into Missoula. Montana.
There is much distress among them
but their wants are being supplied
by Missoula people and they have
been given temporary homes. The
a:st Of the train came over the Nor
thern Pacific Cour d'Alene branch
and brought the patients who had
been in the Sisters hospital at Wal
lace and as many refugees as could
find places on the small train.
There were ESQ on this train and
a second train Al noon brought as
many more. These people came from
the small towns along the line be-
tween Msssou!a and Wallace Many
OF them had been reused from their
sleep. The people on the train were
those whose summons had been the
first in,ima,ion tha, the fire was
near. as there had been nc sign OF it
when they went to bed Saturday.
In most instances these escaped
only scantiy clad. a woman who
had fed from her home at midnight
gave birth TO a child in a box car
just after the arrival OF the first
train az Missouia, Hospitals are car
Ing for the sick.
iMissoula homes have been opened
freely and the hotels are comforta bic
for the present.
4 dense pail OF smoke hangs all
over eastern Montana. In M;ssoula
it was as dark as midnight at Ave
O'Clock. the dense smoke being given
lurid hue. which had all the SEM
blance Of the glow Of FIRE. which was
probably du. 10 the sun. The town
OF Taft. near the lGoha line. vas en-
tireiy destroyed by FIRE before day.
light Sunday
Saltez. just below Taft. has been
abandoned by its inhabitants and is
known 10 be surrounded by tire. De
Borgia is seriously threatened and
| one man is missing At ST. Regis
the FIRE .aas crossed the river and
threatens outlying buildings. though
town
Cuaghau is reported deserted
The las; word from there is that the
| fire is dangerously near and the teie-
ephone operator was preparing TO
! fee. The area covered is roughly
estimated at 100 square miles. mos:
OF il in the mountains and sparceIy
settled I; is difFicu!, 70 obtain in
formation from any OF the points.
and IL is impossible TO reach some
OF the isolated places a; all
There is a probability that there
has been serious loss Of lie. rs there
are camping parties and iunbermen
all through the mountains. and the
fire may have come upon them while
they slept Saturday night or might
have awakened Sunday morning 10
Snd themselves cut on from escape.
George Wallbillic ard twc COM
panions reached hissoula Sunday
night from .Adair. station about
700 miles wes; Of M:ssoula. They
left Adsir Sunday morning on horse
back. One horse was ridden 10
death but the men get over the
range
They SAY car Of dynamite and
car Of oil al 'hc construction camp
near .tdaic exploded soon after they
Left. the are spreading rapidly and
Walib!li!S believes the camp vas de-
s;royed There were :5 men in the
camp.
ENDS IN L FIST FIGHT.