Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-23
WALLACE SAVED By HARD F1GHq
Loss in City is Estimated at One MIL
lion Dollars.

Loss I'm City il Estimated mt One MIL
lion Dollars.
WALLACE, Idaho. Aug. H.-DayIight this
morning showed that imminent danger OF
this city's destruction has passed, but It
brought also confirmation OF losses which
were only rumored, and suspected last
night. At least two died in the city fire.
John ]. Boyd, a pioneer OF the Couer
D'Alenes. and formerly agent for the Ore
gon Railroad and Navigation company, and
an unidentified man or woman, who was
incinerated in the Michigan hotel Only the
skull of the latter was found In the ruins
this morning.
or the firefighting forces an accurate
toll OF the dead and wounded Is quite I'M
available, but the known dead number
twenty four the total injured twenty-ffv
in addition to ten blinded by smoke., +
The steady work Of the city fire DEPART
ment, members of the Twenty-fifth infan-
try, colored volunteers. and the forestry
forces alone saved Wallace from total de-
struction. The conflagration in the east
end was stayed shortly after II O'Clock.
and back-firing on adjoining hills to the
west and south prevented new fires In
those directions.
Estimate of Losses.
1t is estimated that the loss in the city
is about 100000 The entire eastern Sec
ton from Seventh street to Canton street
is destroyed with three terraces of resi-
dences on the hillside. The principal build
ings burned and the estimated losses fol-
low: Couer D'Alene Hardware company
warehouse, $4,000; Sunset brewery, So, 900;
Pacific hotel and annex, 10000; Couer
D'Alene Iron Works, $4,000; Oregon
Railway and Navigation depot, $50 900;
Times Printing company. $4,000; worsteI
Furniture company. $4,000.
About $50 residences are destroyed and
many other smaller business places. Proyl-
dence hospital and the Federal Lead com
pany's big mills are the only buildings
saved In the east end. The forest super-
visor reports that the entire country be-
tween Wallace and the st. John river is
swept practically clean and that the loss
OF timber is stupendous, Fires between
Burke and Mullan threaten both towns to-
night and many women and children are
being sent away,
With daylight a relief expedition will be
organized to 20 to Placer and Big creeks,
where the fire fighters camps are located
These men have been scattered over the
country. driven hither and thither by the
flames. At War Eagle tunnel, three miles
from Wallace, six dead were found ana two
we're badly burned.
Burned I'm Tunnel.
Five OF the dead in the tunnel had sough:
refuge. They lay with their faces down IN
the water covered with blankets, ana had
died partly from the flames and partly
from suffooation.
The injured were relieved by temporary
dressings and were brought TO the hospit tails
AT Big creek twelve dead were recovered
two injured and three unfortunates who
were completely blinded. One fighter was
found dead near MullaR and sixteen whs
were more or less seriously burned. Al
Pine creek three are dead. five blinded and
five otherwise injured.
II Is impossible TO learn the names OF IA,
dead. most OF whom came I'M from Spokan,
and other points at the call OF the forestr,
service. The bodies are being buried wher.
ever they are found. Days and weeks NAV
elapse before anything like a complete est
mate OF the fatalities Is available.
Fires are stlll burning around the CITY
but most OF the hillsides facing the towr
are now burned off. and unless the wind
rises the town Is believed to be compare.
lively safe.
j Two or three hundred people are LEFT