New-York tribune., 1910-08-22

of the fighters took a horse, and, riding
the animal to death, reached another
carnp and organized a rescue party
which penetrated the fire at Bird Creek
1-iehteen of the men were found in the
water, where they had gone for safets'
and they were unhar:Ted. ot the re
uainin, $50 no word has been received
THE Forestry Service has organized
relief train. well equipped with pack ami
mails CARRYING provisions and hospital
-,,,,,,1;es and will endeayor to get
through the fire
About a thousand refugees nave oeeii
hr,url,t into Missoula to-day There Is
much distress among them. Their wants
are being supplied by Missoula people
end they have been given temporary
homes.
The first of the trains came In over
the Northern Pacific's Coeur d Alehe
branch. and brought the patients VINO
had been in the Sisters Hcspital at
wallace and as many refugees as could
find place on the small train
Rescued by Trains.
There were 80 persons on this train
.,d second train at noon brought as
MANY more. They came from the sliiaii
towns along the line between here ana
Wallace. Many OF them had been
,o,,se5 from their sleep by the persons
~, the train. whose summons had been
.,a 7rst intination that the ire was
,oor. there had been no sign OF It when
r. ;nhabitants went TO bed on Satur-
aa,- night. In most instances these per-
cons escaped only scantily clad A wonl-
sn who had fed from her house at mid
night gave birth 10 a child in box car
ms. after the arrival of the first train
at Missoula.
4 dense pail of smoke hangs all over
Eastern Montana. In Missoula il was
ss dark as midnight at o'clock, the
dense smoke being given a lurid hue.
which had all the semblance Of the glow
q FIRE. but which was probably due TO
the SUM-
Town OF Taft Destroyed.
The ,ov,-n Of Taft. near the Idaho line,
WAS destroyed by fire before dayllsh'
this morning. Saltese, just below IaItr
,,ae l,een abandoned by its inhabitants
pn5 Is known 10 be surrounded py hre-
Deborgia is threatened and one man is
,,iseinr At 81. Regis the fire has
crossed the river and threatens outlying
,,,,5l5i7,qs though no fears are enter
1ained for the town.
Haughan is reported TO be deserted
iS that the fire
s. dangerously near and the telephone
onarator is preparing TO fee
The area covered is roughly estimated
al = hundred miles square, most of it in
The mountains and sparsely settled 1t
;s difficult TO obtain information from
any of the points and impossible TO reach
some Of the isolated places at all
Penorts here are TO the effect that the
..raat Northern Oriental Limited left
The track near Inverness at 80 o'clock
this afternoon. and that the entire train
was deraiIed, although no one was
killed. II is believed that the rails
spread because of the intense heat from
the forest fires.
Governor Takes Charge.
Governor Morris OF Montana, MAo
was with the board Of army engineers
inspecting reclamation work, left the
party at Great Falls at > O'Clock this
afternoon and departed for Libby,
where. it is understood, he will take per-
sonal command Of the fire situation in
the fire zone.
\ dispatch from Thompson Falls,
Mont. saws: The fire situation here
is alarming Thompson Falls is threat
ened by forest fires. Portions Of Bel
knap. White Pine, Noxon and Heron
are burning. and there is a solid line
Of fire from here TO the Northumberland
boundary line. a distance Of forty miles
\ dangerous fire is raging under q
high wind in the Gallatin forest, seven
miles south Of Boseman. 1t has just
crossed over Mount Ellis, and is now IN
vading some Of the most valuable TIM
her regions in the forest.
The fire has gone through the forest
at the rate Of more than a mile an hour,
and has been so powerful that the flames
have been visible for several hours at a
distance of seven or eight miles in day