The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-24
MEN GIVEN UP AS LOST BY FOR.
EST SERVICE REACH IRON
MOUNTAIN.
TELL THRILLING STORY
Men led BY r. 9. w. Friday Into
Heart of Burning Forests in Clear
water Relate Raising Tales
Praise Lender N unmeasured Terms
Back This Morning.

JACK Cassidy, Joe Miller and Joe
Kelly, three firn fighters whn had been
ont with Ranger Il. G. W. Friday. came
n from Eik Meadows, near SILVER lakr.
lnst night bringing news VI devastation
ana tales or miraculous escapes. They
walked f5 miles FROM 4. til. 4, a .io
y NJ 10 Rct to iron Mountain. where
they took u train 10 Missonla ,rhe
party led hy Friday had been given
III aS lost by tile forest service. ihA
men when they had last been heard or
We're heading for Chamberiains Mead
ows In the Clearwater. When III.
fire broke ont II was feared that they
were lost, but the searching party sent
nnt after them met them at Iron
Mountain yesterday They we're dirty
and singed aud fun nf stories OF their
experiences
We came through ~ miles of fire
today 10 get fp Iron Mountain and Ieft
fifty square miles Of fire behind US"
said Kelly the spokesman Of the party.
We never quit fighting the flames
until ordered out To save our lives.
mountains 20 search for four lost men.
There were about 2h of ny in Fri
days squad, counting pncknrs ana all
We went in the Elk Meadows country
n week ago Monday. The first fire We
fought was at Hunts camp. where we
realized that we were n danger of be-
Ing burned our camp was surrounded
by fire and Charley Bingham and jack
Cassidy were inside the fire limits for
three days. II portion Of which time
they had To lie IN n river Is hours ont
of the "A to save their lives They es-
capcd at i:30 Sunady afternoon. They
got back to Elk Meadows SUNDAY
night and met help ON the way Ia
their rescue. Dave Cochran rode three
miles through the flames 10 get back
Ia camp
Sunday Bad.
sunday AFTERNOON tine wind was VERY
high and by 3 O'clock the smoke was
so thick that IL was as dark as il
should have been At nine The whole
mountain side was burning at once
and the flames mounted from $50 10
200 feet In the air. We had 10 bark-
Aii' siia INV Ahillp III NhAF Iuf lNARS4
The several fires We're meeting close
about rs. We dropped into little
meadow 4 two-aere patch and
fought to live The men were all ex-
cited and one. Rumple. tried to kill
himself. and finally escaping. ran away
To Garrison's camp Sleep was mpos-
sible. Friday ana his brother lay III
the creek bottom and tried To sleep,
hut could not. Tho wind WAS trareilna
at the rate of 80 10 80 miles IN hour
about ) o'clock ana produced n ,ort of
suction. "a
by cnolness, courage and good jndg-
mcnt, Dick Friday saved MANY of e,r
men. Only fonr men are missing and
II II believed that they Will turn up
In the course of d day or two One
fellow started with rs from the Mead
o@s this morning. but we got away
from him and do not know what be-
came Of him. lie was cook at Hunts
camp.
The three MEN despite their rather
frazzlea out condition are in good
shape and three hnshier. healthier
looking lrshmen are not to be found
in the woods They leave this morn
ing fer Iron Mountain where they will
start out on a rescue trip.