The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-26


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MISSOULA, Mont, Aug. 25.-The
district forestry Office here succeeded to-
night in compiling returns from all
points included In the Montana and
Idaho forest fires showing the total
number OF dead and missing in the for
cstry service. Settlers and miners are
not included
While the returns are not complete
from Occur d'Alene and Pend Orcllle
districts, il is thought that the final
figures will make no material change
The result Of the compilation gwen out
tonight places the known dead at sew
cnty-nine Scventy-thrce Of these died
in the Occur d'Alcue forest, four IN
the Cabinet forest at Tuscor and two
in the Pend Oriclle. These totals
! were the result of day of searching.
service for fire fighting duty was sys'
tematically traced up and the where
ahouts Of every man definitely estab-
lshed, In the Occur d 'Alene forest
some men are still missing and the re
ports are not all In from the Pend
OreIlle.
AS to Missing Men.
So far as the local office is aware
the only men now unaccounted Tor In
nCp,lr Il n
seph b. Hahn and party OF fifteen
men. According to report from Wal
. lace. Ida, this party contains eighty
four men, but this number is said to be
inaccurate by District Forester Gree
ley, who says the number should be fif-
teen. This is the party originally IN
charge Of Ranger Haines which was last
heard of In the country near the head
waters of the st. Joe,
Late reports give ground for the be
lief that the men are still safe.
$50 far as we know these are the
only men unnccounted for said Asso-
ciate District Forester Silcox. ' We
have no definite reports from the coun'
try about Wallace, the only men whom
we know to be dead in that vicinity be
ing six men on Placer creek and two
more on Pine creek, | am going there
tonight and once we get the men in that
country accounted for we Will be
Strengthened OUT
Detail Of Losses,
The detailed losses TO date arc:
Eighteen unidentified men on Big
creek
Thirty identified men on Big creek
Seventeen unidentified men ON Set
Ger creek.
-Four men ut Tuscor.
Two men on the Pend Ore1lle.
Six men on Placer creek.
Two on Pine creek.
According to an uncOnhrmcd report
three settlers arc missing i'm the Bul
River valley. Bull river is small
stream IN the northern part of the Cab
met forest,
The home of fifty settlers along the
ClaTks fork were burned but no lives
were lost.
Thompson Falls, according TO Ranger
Bushnell, is safe unless another cy
clone such as that of Sunday rccurs,
Still a Danger Zone,
The fires in the Ncz Perez forest ar,
still serious. A telegram from Grange
vile tonight brought word that tin.
names are wrcaklng havoc all along The
Salmon river Five hundred sheen bav,
been killed i'll the fires along tins val
ley and the flames are now thrcatcnin.
all Of the settlements along the river
District Forester T.. A. Sherman o1
district No, 1. with hcaduartctrs n
Ogden. today offered The services OF
5ftY rangers from his territory. Thes,
men were gladly accepted and will b,
stationed on the northwestern proup O.
forests; the Konixu, the Kooteenai. tn,
Pend Oreille, the Occur d'Alcnc, tn,
clearwater and the Cabinet.
Ranger Haincs left tonight for th
hcadwatcrs of the st. Joe. whore hi
crew left under the orders Of Range
Jooseph b. Hahn, was last reported.
Fridays Men Safe.
Word was received from Iron Noun
trin tonight that the fve members o
Ranger Fridays party who were re
ported lost by their fellows. had ar
rLved at Iron Mountain, All of TIN
men were safe and uuiniurad.
Reports from Spokane that Range
kottkev and his crew are still unac
counted for surprised the local Off
cias.
'"rhcrc is no ground for doubt as /
the safety of these men," Mr. Sico
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