The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-25

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 25--It is be- |
lieved more than 200 persons, nearly
all fire fighters, perished in the Idaho
forest fires.
Supt. Weigle Of the Occur d'Alene
National Forest, after receiving many
reports Of disaster to various parties
of his 500 employees, posted bulletin
in his office at Wallace, announcing
the death of la OF the men, and also
expressed grave concern for the safety
of Ranger Joseph b. Hahn and "A men
who were surrounded by fire Saturday
night in the forest on the Big Fork
of the Occur d'Alene river, near where
another party lost 13 men.
4 The charred bodies of twenty fire
/ fighters were found yesterday on Set
ger Creek, in the st. Joe country. Two
A to Avery. Idaho, last night and told of
the death of ten of their comrades.
The twelve men, employees OF the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound rail
road, had gone out to fight fire and
i had been surrounded by flames, only
j two men escaping death
Missing Rangers Unreported.
4 The rangers missing in the Thomp-
son Falls country of Montana were not
heard from today.
The number of deaths in the state
of Washington was reduced to three,
all in the Pend d'Oreille Valley, near
2 nno e tnti
Ernest Deinhardt, wife of rancher.
. was the only woman known to have
been burned to death in any of the
fires.
Nearly all the dead were fire fight
| ers. The wholesale loss of life occur
red Saturday afternoon and night, when
great bodies of men were striving to
check the flames in order to save the
various towns that were threatened.
Smoke Drifts Over Colorado.
DENVER, Colo, Aug. pa blanket
o. smoke 5000 feet thick drifted over
Colorado today, coming from the for
est fires 500 miles away.
!. The entire northwest portion Of the
: state is covered by the pail which Is
I, drifting southeast at the rate of forty
miles an hour. Through 1t at 5 p. m
the sun shone pale pink, At Denver
approximately mile above sea level
, the smoke appears as a thin fog, but
: increases In density until at attitudes
a of 5000 and 1000 feet among the noun
tains it is impenetrable for any dis
s tance.
9 More Hopeful Report.
MISSOULA, Mont, Aug. 25.-To
q days developments in the forest fire
e situation in Montana have been en-
}, couraging. For the first time in sew
= eral days the sun shone through the
pail of smoke that has hung over Mis-
. soula and hopeful reports came II
: from all directions Men reported as
g missing are being found. The inten
sity of the flames is greatly reduced
u by the snow and rain of last night ant
all towns in the fire district are nov
out of danger.
From tie mass of sensational re
y ports sent out early in the week ther'
are only nine authentic cases of deatl
in Montana. These included eigh
miners at the Bullion mine near BoraS
and one death at Taft. A few ar
still included among the missing, bu
the list of these is gradually diminish
ing as communication is being re
stored The day also brought den.
3 al of report tat 2 Chicago, Mi'war
II Ike and Puget Sound train was hemme
g in by fire in Northern Idaho
$ With assurance that the storm G
last night had materially lessened tn
4 danger. scores of refugees started t.
a. day from Missoula to return to thei
deserted homes along the Coeu
dAlene line of the Northern Pacifi
Those returning homeward were pril
X cipally people living between Saltes
I'D and Iron Mountain. Some of the
lie have lost their homes, while other
a. who never expected to see theii
ne again. will find them undamaged. TT
to refugees are being carried to the
at homes by the Northern Pacific free
ee charge.
on Telegraph and telephone commm
to cation is being re-established and t