Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-09
BIG Mills tDEs1RoYED
Bodies of vi5:im. Found on Cana
dian Northsrn Railway Tracks.
FLAMES SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY
Woods Burn Easily, Ground Being
Covered With Dry Leaves.
Big Financial Loss.
special Dispatch 1, The s-ar.

"f''iHi Disbatch ~ Inc Gar.
INTERNATIt.NAL:* FALLS, Mimi, Oc-
| tober S.-ThrtA areSknown to be dead
in Il fire that ssweSt Beaudette, Mimi,
last night. The e gay have been scores
of other deaths. One thousand have
been made hor;:e ).
The Shcvlin MS'hiu Lumber Com
pany:s mill at slp'oner. Mimi, and the
Rat Portage 49, Der Company's mill
with loss of M Ire than 81 DOT, 900 on
each mill, noE Scluding great stores
of lumber. a vAt. fear-inspiring pail
of smoke coverssthe whole Rainy river
basin. from Kesle Falls to Winnipeg.
Only the Cana.Ean Northern depot at
Beaudette remsns standing.
Unless rain c pes quickly and in great
volume, nothing ean prevent the destruc-
ton of dOzA or more small towns
hemmed in on Pm sides by woods. Even
modern fire q, Dartment could not stand
against the fia'~ses. and the settlers. with
axes and shovaas as their only weapons,
arc only endafsering their lives in bat
Ting them. =
TO make mas:ers worse, the drought
has dried up e.r*ost every well and small
stream Ill thisz Iyirt of the state. Drench-
ing rain, and Il sat alone. can quench the
great forest fir*s that are probably 1vO
miles square.%sth the center of the con-
flagration at1as>out the northern border
of Beltrami frs,ty. Telephone and tele-
graph wires az down for many miles
through the fire district, and it is impos-
sble 10 obtain cefinite information How
ever, it is beloved that the loss of life
will be slight and confined to isolated
settlers.
This having seen season of continual
forest fire., tie residents of the north
country h:ve seen on their guard The
state for:st rEngerS were called in a
IN funds IA fed
and evei: dax since that the hazards
have inc;saasees
aard 20 Check Flames.
Heavy frost.s have covered the ground
with dE leavSs, and as the woods are
as dry rs ma sches. and burn about ats
easily, knere mo stopping the flames.
The ftc loss;s will run into millions of
dollars: All tire burned timber must be
cut th:% wnte; or 1t will be total loss
There are no serious fires around Inter
national FallsS but there are hundreds of
incipie1t blaas which the high winds
might at any time fan into a cunffagra-
ton.
FORT WILsIAM Ontario, October s.
\ special disI.sltch to local paper from
Beau5ette, Mi<n.. about 2O miles west of
across the ri'<r from the town of Rainy
River, which a~as reported as destroyed
last night by Abrest fires, says:
The most disastrous forest fire in the
history of nOs*hern Minnesota and west
er:i Ontario vsaited this vicinity last night
In which sc'Ses of lives were lost and
nviiions of deTars' worth of property was
DESTROYED. TKe downcomins trains report
ts ssr right 9f Wy streWn with corpses.
Gated Press Fate this afternoon received
t:'e following Nnessage from c. A. Moody,
Favor of Wssroad. Mimi: -
ffe pubif Is urgently called upon
T. burning Som Warroad to Interna-
tnnal Falls. Beadette, Spooner, Grace.
q and Pits. are wiped off the earth.
Adies are Fling along the Canadian
Nerthern railS'ay right Of way, and hun
:: Several: Towns in DANGER.
The townss of Roosevelt, Swift and
Cedar Spur rye in danger. Aid can be
sent to the newspapers or the State
Bank of Wa:road, the nearest place of
refuge. Refugees are ,fiocking into War
road
WINNIPEG. Man, October s-The
fore.t fires nave crossed Rainy river.
Only and afS burning I'm three or four
plres. The taill of the Rat Portage Com
Toss of $2G.tsO.
a dispatch from Rainy River saws.
The most disastrous fire IN the history
of northern Minnesota and Ontario, in
which several lives were lost. and mil
hons of dola-rs worth OF property were
destroyed. Is still raging
FIRE broEf' out to the northwest Of
Beaudette Send SpoOner. and in a half
hour the tvs towns were on fire.
The Cahbssian Northern railway sent
fifty box CPS to the relief of the in
Phabitants Md in fifteen minutes the
sralns GRO ded with human freight
1ad reaches the Canadian side. In the
Meantime :he town of Rainy River.
fp which tne refugees had fed, had
s:arted TO burn. Fifteen million feet
OF lumber burned at the Rat Portage
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