The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-07-07
FLAMES IN RAINY RIVER DIS
TRlcT SPREAD TOWARD
LAKE SUPERIOR.
ENTIRE TOWN WIPED OUT
Much Timber Along Canadian North
ern Being Destroyed-Conflagra-
ton on Minnesota Side Near
International Falls.

Winnipeg, Manitoba.-Forest fires
are burning in every direction along
the boundary from Rainy river to
Lake Superior. Smoke still hangs in
hCavy clouds over towns and cities
and there was a large amount Of
ashes in the air which settled ON
sidewalks and buildings.
Navigation is made difficult and the
whole country seems to be burning.
Several railway construction camps
and powder magazines have been de-
stroyed.
The Pembroke Contracting company
lost it's camp, powder house and store
houses and supplies to the value of
100000.
Anderson and Mann lost two camps
and supplies. Bonifield and Harvey
lost a powder house.
The loss to the government in stand
ing timber is beyond estimate.
Flames rushed for days through the
forests, travelling over the tops of
trees at a rate of four miles per
hour.
One lone shack and a pile Of smol-
dering ashes is all that is left to
mark where Devlin stood.
La Vallee is In little better condi-
ton for there everything, with the
exception of a few small dwellings,
has been destroyed. Virtually moth
ing was saved from either Of the
towns.
Freight Train AbIaze.
All telegraph wires are down and
trains have been stopped. In fact,
a freight train, trying to get through
the burned district, caught fire and
several cars at the rear Of the train
had to be cut off to prevent the whole
train being destroyed.
The loss to the Canadian Northern
will be heavy, for many cars have
been destroyed in addition to three
stations and some half dozen freight
sheds and section houses.
The small lakes between this city
and Ignace. a distance of 100 miles,
are alive with moose, seeking relief
from the intense heat occasioned by
the fires. Timber is burning for a
distance Of more than one hundred
miles west on the Canadian Northern
railway and many bridges are threat
ened.
Much apprehension is felt for many
campers known to have been in or
near the devastated district.
A party was fishing near Kakabeka
Falls, when their attention was at
tra cfaI hu q rnorin1 gD,nI c;,,;ln~
to the roar OF thunder, and looking
up they found themselves almost COM
pletely surrounded by flames. They
state that the fire jumps fully 200
yards at a time.
Valuable Timber Burning.
Duluth, Minnesota.-Word is re-
ceived in Duluth that the timber own
ed by the Weyerhausers and William
O'Brien of st. Paul, and Edward Hines
of Chicago, in Canada. along the
line of the Canadian Northern road
is burning.
1t is a large and valuable tract and
estimated to contain 100000, 900 feet
of pine.
Much of the timber will be merely
scorched and killed and the total loss
may be avoided by cutting it the COM
ing fall and winter before the worms
get into it.
Extensive fires are reported on the
Minnesota side of the Rainy river,
near International Falls.
There is a world Of wild country
on both sides of the river to feed on
once 1t gets started.
New fires are springing up all over
the north country and Duluth is en-
veloped in a pail OF smoke through
which the sun glows like molten cop
per.