The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-11
DEAD In + Fire II e
The Raging Flames Sweep -Four Mime,
sofa Towns Of the Map il
TRAINS ARE BLOCKED

TRAINS ARE BLOCKED
seyenty-fave Bodies Of Settlers Locat'
ed.-Death List May Total Three
Hundred.-Other Towns in l1n'ni
nent Danger.-Men Crazed by Loss
Of Family and Property. /:
Beaudttte, Spooner. Hit ano
Graceton, ,iinn., have, been wiped of
the map by forest fire.. The bodies
of rs settlers have been located and
it is thought the death list among
the settlers will total upwards OF
800.
IS Wagon loads of human bodies are
being brought into the railway sd
ton at Beaudette.
1t is reported that many settlers
crazed with grief at the loss Of their
families and property, are roaming
the woods, and searching parties are
constantly looking for the. injured,
the dead and the demented. One
family. of nine. one Of seven and one
of five were destroyed on Friday
night.
At $3.50 O'Clock Saturday evening
a tornado of FIRE struck Beaudette
and Spooner, and within three minu-
tes after the first alarm all the
buildings were ablaze, and within an
hour were heaps of ashes. The peo-
ple of these two towns. had just sufii.
cient time to escape from .thei:
homes. They were loaded onto a
passenger train that was standing at
the depot and taken to Rainy River,
Ontario. e., =.
} The. whole country east Of there
is on fire, Roosevelt, Swift, Williams
and Cedar Spur are in great danger.
All the women and children are be-
ing rapidly removed to places OF
safety. The Canadian Northern has
stationed trains at every station at
the service of the people and is doing
everything in its power to relieve the
situation:
The people of Beaudette and Spen-
Ger and the settlers all through the
north-central part of the State have
lost everything Five thousand are
homeless and the greater part, Of
themsabsosntely destitute. substany
.tialssbelpsmngt reach themsinsthe next
Z day or ITO. The greatersFpart Of
them are half clad.
It win be impossible to get details
and names of the dead and the In
jured before. next week, and some of
! the dead will not be found until next
spring. The wind has shifted and is
carrying the bames away from Roose-
welt. Unless the wind changes again
the town will be saved.
Canadian Northern Railway tre is
have been stalled here. a freight
train went through "a bridge near
Pitt. The crew was saved, and the
Conductor walked. into sBeaudeste,
which town he reported as Destroy
ed, only the water tank. the Fchooi
house walls and the depot standing.
He says he walked over human be-
ings on the way, but could not say
how many. Many settlers took to
the woods and have not been heard
from since. A mother and five chill
dren are known to have been burn
ed.
The flames are still raging and the
smoke is dense. Men from War
Road helped to save Roosevelt Calls
are coming in to help settlers twelve
miles south. Wires are down and
news obtainable only as refugees
cone In.
Rainy River, Ont, was on fire from
the international bridge TO Sixth
streets, distance of half mile.
Included In the burned area are the
Rat Portage Lumber Corlpany's mill
and lumber yard, containing 10000
600 feet of lum Der, the Western Can-
ada Flonring Mills Company and
surrounding buildings.
Fifty houses were destroyed and
scores of people are homeless. Fire
is raging in the woods as can be
seen along the south bank OF Rainy
River.
Most of the women and children of
people of these towns have been TAX
en- away or special trains, and many
more are on steamers ready to leave
should the wind change and the fire
spread,
The fire, driven by furious north
west wind, is beyond control and
must burn itself out.
The known dead are:
Six unidentified resident OF Pitt
Min.
Unknown woman and boy, neal
Pitt.
Two entire families, one of eigh'
members and one of seven, residents
ten miles east of Pitt, recently ar
lived from Grafton, N. D.
John Tulley and FIVE members Of
his family, recently arrived from
FULLERTON Neh hnrred to death ives,