The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-22
APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE
IN RAGING FOREST FIRES
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Continued from rage Ohe
and many of them must have been
cut off.
Killed at Wallace.
Two were killed in the fire at Wal
lace, Mail Carrier Boyd and an un-
known man. There have been twenty
deaths in the fires in the hills around
Wallace, according to the forestry sery-
ice bulletins, but no names are given.
The fires which have swept around
the city of Wallace are now working
their way UP Canyon creek toward
Burke and easterly toward Mullan. but
to cause alarm.
The Northern Pacific and Milwaukee
have suffered the loss of important
bridges. Missoula is tonight the west
eYn terminus of both lines. Fires are
serious in all parts of northern Idaho
and in northwestern Montana. The
damage, to railway property is sihiety en-
both lines is indefinitely suspended
The relief train which left Missoula
this morning for Mullan is held by fire
at Saltese, being unable to go farther
west. ana is prevented from returning
by the destruction of small bridge this
side. The train is well equipped, and
no alarm Is felt for Its occupants.
Refugees From wallace.
1t was exactly $50 when the first
train from the Wallace district pulled
into Missoula. 1t was made up of
variety of cars, principally boxes. and
carried Il most pitlable-looking crowd:
A thousand or more of the people of
Missouia were at the station to receive
and minister to the refugees, a table
and chairs were placed upon the lawn
and everything was ready to serve
sandwiches and coffee. Two dozen or
more ladies and some of the leading
business men of the city were there
70 wait upon the visitors. Ambulances,
automobiles and street hacks were
stanClng ready to be pressed into serv-
Ice.
Before the train came. there were
some who did not believe it would bring
any except a few sick who were ear
ried out of Providence hospital. But
when the refugees began to climb out,
tue spectators realized that something
out of the, ordinary had driven them
tom their homes, Among the very first
IT, get out OF one of the box cars was
n nurse, wearing uniform and cap, and
carrying a tiny ten days s-old baby. At
eT heels was he mother, nervous, pale
and emaciated, trembling from head to
foot. Following this trio came another,
nurse, a nine. e.days-old child and a
trail. frightened mother. From the car
ahead desperately i'll and fearfully |
weak nan was fitted BY his side hob
bled an old, wrinkled faced pioneer,
travelling on crutches.
Homeless and Begrimed
There were half dozen other feeble
persons. Workingmen. covered with |
CRIME, accompanied their families. The
Eoor fellows had not time TO wash their |
ny oh lDtl
mother with four children was weeping
Tor her husband and an eight-year- old |
son who missed the train Two of her
little ones. fourteen-vcar old boy and |
small. blue-eyed, flaXen haired girl
were In their night.clothes The boy,
who had been aroused from his sleep
In the excitement of the moment, ran
out to see If his brothers and sisters
were safe and did not have time to re-
turn for his clothing. His baby sister,
whc did ROT quite understand what had
happened, was lifted from the bed in
her nlghtgown and carried away asleep.
The father of this family, Otto Grafen.
burg. ran back TO try to save his home,
auo was left.
The most pathetic story of all is that
OF Dorothy and Doris Baldwin, IL years
old, OF Lewis, pair of bright-eyed bru.
netteS who got separated from their
grandmother, Mrs. Rule, who was lost
IN the race for the train. Their mother,
Mrs May Baldwin, was out of the city
cooking IN railroad camp and knew
not of their danger Their grand.
mother. with whom they lived. started
with them, but discovering that she had
left her purse in their little house,
turned and went back for it. Later the
children saw tcr struggling to catch the
train, put the fir, Was sweeping at such
ter ''hc pace that the cars had to pull
out to escape They believe that she
succeeded IN mounting handcar that
earned away number of persons.
In Pitiablo Flight.
George Bryan. who ,vas on the second
rescne train from tho fire district pre-
sented pltiable spectacle. His rough
SHIRT was stiff with blood, his beard
was matted with the blood from wounds
on his head and face and from streams
tnat howed from rose and ears in the
fearful effort which he put forth to
bring out of the Gre ms injured brother,
whose clarred body he was at last
forced to leave in the blazing forest
above Mullan. where he and his brother
were prospecting in the hills
The two started out and the brother
fell. hrch king his leg, Then began the
terrible struggle OF the survivor for the
saving of l1s iL.lured brother Through /
smoke ard fire. he stumbled on, but the /
fire gained upon him and at length I
pvercame Kim. Finally the brother be.
came unconscious George was hardly
able to stngger, and finally, reluctantly /
anil teartully, he turned his back upon
his brother and fed, He was hardly
able TO talk, so swollen was his tongue.
A purse was lHaGc uo for him and he
was sent east to where he has friends.
w. II Barrett and Dr. +. A. Lock.
hart, two Of the most substantial men
IN the prst party, we're In the thick
of the fight for life wher the fire struck
The town. The Ole -c7ides on Bank