Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-07-15
RAIN CHECKS FIRES
AREA FIFTY MILES LONG AND
FORTY MILES WIDE
BURNED.
800 FAMILIES HOMELESS
Three Lives Lost and Twenty-Five
Villages Narrowly Escape Destruc-
ton. Cornucopia Is Saved. Lum-
bermen Loose Heavily.

Chippewa Falls.-Rain on Satur-
day temporarily checked the forest
fires which have been raging for
several days in the pineries north Of
this city and which have already
caused losses aggregating more than
100000.
The burned area extends about
fifty miles north of Prentice and
about forty miles wide between Stan
ley and Thorp. Several farmers in
the district have been burned out
and scores are Frustrated fighting
to save homes and crops.
The heaviest losers are lumber and
logging companies. Twenty-Five viii
lagos in the burned district narrowly
escaped destruction.
The homes of more than 800 fam
lilies were burned in this district dur
ing the last week. Three lives were
lost on Friday, and many narrowly
escaped with their lives. AS the re-
suit of the destruction of personal be-
longings and sources or food supply,
the suffering is intense.
The Wisconsin Central railway es-
Inmates its losses at nearly 100000
Other companies suffered immense
losses from the destruction of stand
ing timber.
Washburn. Forest fires which
have been raging in the northern part
of Bayfield, county during the last
two weeks have about been put out
by rains during the last two days
Much damage was done to standing
timber and at mills, and several of
the loggers operating in this vicinity
have been heavy losers.
At one time the little village of
Cornucopia, which is located on the
shore of Lake Superior was almost
entirely surrounded by fire and for
two days it was feared that the viii
lage would be wiped out Had the
rain delayed, it is probable that such
would have happened.
Fires also have been raging On
Madeline island, the summer resort
island of the Apostle group, and a
large area of the island was burned
over. A number of summer cottages
were burned Those fires also have
been put out by the rain.
Cumberland, VISA six hours
rain fell here Saturday morning, just
in time to extinguish bad forest fire
that had been raging for two days,
fifteen miles northwest of here.
The fire destroyed considerable
hardwood timber and threatened the
summer hotel and number of farm
buildings on Moccasin lake, but the
settlers held the fire back until rain
relieved them.
Today's rain insures a good crop
of oats, wheat. barley. corn. yege-
tables and a fair second crop of tame
hay
New Richmond-Nearly one inch
of rain has fallen since O'Clock Sat
urday morning. 1t comes In time to
save the corn and potato crops, al
though too late to materially benefit
hay and small grain. 1t is the first
good rain in two months.
Viroqua.-Viroqu is experiencing
the hardest drought in twenty years.
Unless rain comes soon, the tobacco
crop will be almost a failure
Eau Claire.-An inch and a half
of rain, which fell here Saturday
evening, came too late to do the
crops much good. The rainfall ap-
pears to have been general over Eau
Claire county.
GAINESVILLE, Wis.--Thunder show
ers in GAINESVILLE and vicinity broke
the drought here Saturday evening.