Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-30
REVISED DEATH LIST
OF THOSE BURNED IN
FIRES OF THE WEST
Toll of Those Caught in the
Flames While Fighting to
Save Forests and Property
Is Steadily Growing

SPOKANE, Wash. Aug. Zo--Latest eS-
Inmates OF the loss Of life in the forest
fires place the number OF dead at more
than 300 The Italians and Austrians in
the St Joe valley. OF whom many per-
ished. were employed in logging camps.
The list OF government rangers dead
now number 100 with probably more.
Following is a revised list OF the num-
Der killed in the Idaho. Montana and
Washington forest fires last Saturday
and Sunday:
United States forest employees Idaho
and Montana, 100.
Settlers and fire fighters, St. Joe VAL
ley, idaho. so.
At Newport. Wash. (.
At wallace. idaho. 5.
At Mullan and Spokane. S.
Total. $50.
The MissouIa forest offices list OF
70 dead forest employees omits 81 killed
at the Bullion mine. Mont. ana on the
Big Fork OF the Occur dAlene-
Missing:
Negro soldiers near Avery. Idaho. 4.
Ranger Halm's party. headwaters OF
St Joe. IS.
Forest employees in St Joe Valley, %.
Reports received today by Supervisor
weigle az wallace. concerning the num-
Der OF dead forest employees did not
agree with that obtained at Missoula-
Inc reports 10 w S8N NAAGN VI
Ranger Holiingshead's so men on Big
creek. Il bodies have been found and
the other men are missing. OF the so
men on Setter creek. IS bodies have
been found and five are missing. These
So deaths Of forest employees. added TO
the 81 deaths at the Bullion mine, and
on the Big Fork OF the Occur d'Alene
and the deaths in Montana and various
Idaho creeks. would bring the total num-
LITTLE NEWS FROM ST. JOE
There is a dearth OF news from the
St Joe valley where the fires are raging.
uncontrolled Circumstantiai accounts
OF the death Of lis men in four par
ties were brought TO Spokane and Tekea
today by survivors The survivors say
that 500 men were working on Big
creek. whereas the number stated by the
forestry service to have been employed
there is 60 Joseph B. Hahn is said by
the Wallace office. to have 81 men with
him and by the Missoula offices to have
only Il.
Deputy Ranger Fishers relief party.
attempting TO reach Hahn by way OF
Avery, was forced to turn back and
Fisher will reconnoiter tomorrow from
Saltese. Mont
The great number OF men IN Spokane.
W o have arrived from the st. Joe valley
where they fought the flames last Sat-
urday and Sunday. leads TO the belief
that the records OF the forest service do
not include nearly all the fire fighters.
A STORY OF PERILS.
Two parties Of IS each arrived today.
special to the Spokesman-Review,
from Tekea. wash, says:
James H. Hine. Of Missoula, who was
one OF a party OF so fire fighters work
ing near Avery, Idaho. Of whom 20 per
fshed last Sunday. arrived here last
night and told the story OF his perils.
on Sunday afternoo his party was
warned TO flee for their lives and the
80 men started down a mountainside
three miles long and very steep. They
then made their way to a point where
the fire had burned off the timber. All
but % men then started for the rail-
DAD The next morning before daylight
three OF the men who had been left be-
hind arrived at Avery. The others lin
gered too long and were swallowed by
the burning furnace