New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-24
Estimated That at Least Fifty
Persons Lost Their Lives
in the Flames.
WALLACE PARTLY DESTROYED
Property Damage in Idaho City Will
Total $1,000, 900 Hundred and
Eighty Fire Fighters Missing.

spread to the town of Wallace, Ida.
The property loss is placed at $1,000.
900. The entire east half of the town
has been destroyed, but the flames are
believed to be under control Else
where the fire situation is worse than
the earlier reports showed.
Mercilessly and relentlessly the for
est fires in Western Montana and Ida
no are sweeping over vast area,
driving hundreds Of fugitives before
them, destroying small settlements
and wiping out of existence millions
of dollars worth of property.
The situation is more serious than
ever, except as to Wallace, Ida, where
it is believed that nearly half of the
city will be saved.
Communication with Wallace to the
west has been possible at intervals,
but eastward it is entirely cut off. 1t
is known that the entire east half of
the town above Seventh street has
been burned.
West of that hard fight is being
made, and with an improvement in the
water supply there is more chance
that the flames may be driven back
For a few minutes the Daily MissOu-
lian's representative at Washington
had a wire He summarized the situa-
ton as follows:
"Thirteen lives lost; property loss
$1,0OO,0O0; fire still threatening.'
\ Elsewhere in the fire zone the situa-
ton has gone from bad to worse. The
most serious incident is reported
from the st. Coe country, where $50
men engaged in the forestry service
are missing and it is feared they have
been burned to death. When the fire
approached the camp where there
were 200 men, two of the fighters took
a horse and riding the animal to death,
reached another camp and ordered a
rescue party, which penetrated the
- fire to Bird Creek.
Eiohteen Found in Water.
Eighteen of the men were found in
the water where they had gone for
safety, and they were unframed. OF
the remaining 1870 no word has been
received The forestry service has
organized a relief train we'll equipped
with pack animals, carrying provisions
and hospital supplies, and will en-
deavor to get through the fire.
About 1000 refugees have beer
brought into Missoula. There is mucf
distress among them. Their wants
are being supplied by Missoula people
homes The first of the trains came
in over the Northern Pacific's Coeu1
.d'Alene branch and brought the pa
tients who had been in the Sisters
hospital at Wallace and as many refu
gees as could find place on the small
!, train.
There were $50 on this train and :
second train brought as many more
y These people came from the small
towns along the line between here AM
Wallace
Many of them had been reused from
their sleep by the people on the train
whose summons had been the frs
intimation that the fire was near
there had been no sign of it when thu
people went to bed at night. In mos
instances these people escaped onl,
scantily clad. A woman who had fec
from her home at midnight gave birtl
to a child in a box car just after the
arrival of the first train at Missoula.
Homes Opened to Refugees.
Local hospitals are caring for thu
sick.
Missoula homes have been Opened
freely and the homeless are comforta
BILE for the present. Another trail
with 500 people on board is expected
get Sound railway.
The town of Taft, near the Idaho
line, has been entirely destroyed b,
fire.
Salteese, just below Taft, has BEEF
abandoned by it's inhabitants and i
known to be surrounded by fire. De
borgia is seriously threatened and on
man is missing. At ST. Regis the fir
has crossed the river and threatene.
outlying buildings, though no fears ar
entertained for the town
Haughan is reported to be deserted
the last word from there being tina
the fire is dangerously near and tn
telephone operator was preparing t
flee. The area covered is 100 mile
square, most of it in the mountain
and sparsely settled. It is difficult t
obtain information from any of tn
points and impossible to reach som
of the places at all.
There is probability that ther
has been serious loss of life, as ther
are camping parties and lumberme
all through the mountains and the fir
may have come upon them while the
slept at night or they may have bee
awakened in the morning to find then
selves cut off.