The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-10
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James Ramsey Of Spooner.
EIe said.
Il was several miles south OF Beau.
detto when ] first heard the roar Of
the flames. | started TO run for the
town but the fire was coming fast
and was very close ] caught up with
a man who was accompanied by a
woman and a baby. They were ex-
hausted and | grabbed the baby and
fled There was a wall of flames
ahead of us but the wind shifted and
we passed through | cannot under
stand how any OF the homesteaders
of that section escaped
The flames struct Pitt carly In tho
afternoon and everything was des.
troycd. Previously Beaudette and
Spooner had burned and the people
fled across to RAINY River. Many
were overtnken az they fled from
Pitt and perished
The work of the relief carried on
by the Canadian Northern railroads
saved thousands OF lives including
practically all the inhabitants OF
Spoonor, Beaudette and Pitt who es-
capped by the special trains that the
company provided The people here
become so accustomed to the haze
in the sky caused by the burning
timber that they could not be made
TO realize that the situation was be-
coming dangerous.
The Canadian Northern railway
has been running relief trains In ev-
cry direction, stopping at every point
where frantic people were to be
found along the track. Several trains
have been run through suffocatlnG
smoke and over burning bridges, re-
Gardless OF danger to the crews
Among the most dramatic incident Is
was the escape OF 1000 fugitives in
a long train Of box cars. The thrope
of men. women and children awaited
the train while their homes burned.
The first train load steamed across
10 Rainy River with men hanging to
the sides and to the trucks
Many OF those left started running
dQ%n the tracks and perished. Others
StDod their grounds and were rescued
by second train
On this side OF the river there
seemed no danger until late I'm the
afternoon when a small fire which
had been smouldcring for several days
was famed to a flame 1t was near
the big Rat Portage Lumber com
pany mills and the plant and great
piles OF lumber were roaring In an
instant Again the terror stricken fu.
gitiyes BEGAN TO leave, since 1t looked
as II Rainy River must go the way OF
Beaudette.
Trainmaster Nelson through whose
courage hundreds were saved pre-
pared long line OF box cars and tho
fugItiycs scrambled aboard. Many
Rainy River citizens prepared TO de-
sert their homes and the train start
ed cast but the wind turned around
and the flames on this side subsided
AZ Spooner the heaviest property loss
is that OF the Shevlln Mathien Lum-
beT company. Beside the mill they
lost fifty billion feet of mill stock
valued at twenty dollars per thousand.
In SpooneT the only houses left stand
ing were those around the station
and half n dozen on the river. The
problem of caring for the refugees is
n serious one. Eight hundred were
taken to International Falls IL Is
said relief will be supplied by the
United States in a few hours. In the
meantime the Canadian people are
feeding them. The women and chill
dreD have found shelter with the
families OF Canadians. but host of
men are In box cars Most OF the
people have lost everything they pos
sessed. many being almost naked
Tents are badly needed The most
conservative estimates are that at
least 100 people have perished in the
woods OF whom there Is no record
and possibly never Will be- Two thou.
sand people are homeless
WINNIPEG. Man. Oct 9-War-
road. Mimi. Is in great danger from
forest fires. which are gradually ap-
preaching that town Two special
trains left here al o'clock over the
Canadian Northern railroad with fire
apparatus and hose
Roosevelt Is safe after an all day
flght. but tho town IS crowded with
refugees Tonight Warroad Is crowd.
cd with a thousand refugees and fire
IS burning all around t. The Are Is
spreading this way Rnd IS now only
seven miles from Sprague Man
which Is twenty miles northeast OF
Warroad. a hre also Is coming down
from the north OF SDrague
The present forest confederation is
the greatest since rho Hinklcy. MINI.
horror. Is years ago. In the confusion
n liz hard % estimate tho missing but
an exchange OF messages between ref
uEee centers show that over 100 set-
tiers. principally from around Geau-
dcitc. have not been reported.
General Superintendent Cameron of
tho Canadian Northern railroad. wires
from RAINY River that his estimate ~
the number Of dead IL forty. but ad-
mits this number NAV he exceeded.
Crowds of able bodied men. mostly
work non vi'N rr orr ~ c7-e foT ra1