Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-22
Many Dead In Wallace.

Missoula, Mont, Aug. 22-Thirteen
lives and 100000 worth of property
were lost at Wallace, Ida, when a por.
ton Of that city was destroyed by the
forest fires which are sweeping this
part of the country.
Elsewhere in the fire zone the situa.
ton Is more desperate than ever. From
st. Joe county comes the news that 1870
fire fighters out Of a force of 200 are
missing and are thought to have been
burned to death. When the fire ap-
preached the camp two Of the men
took a horse and, riding the animal to
death, reached another camp, where
they organized a relief party which
penetrated the ere at Bride creek.
Eighteen of the men were found In the
water, where they had gone to escape
the flames. They were unframed, but
the others have not been accounted for.
A special from Wallace by way OF
Spokane reported that twenty forest
fire fighters had lost their lives near
there. All the west half of the town
above Seventh street had been de
stroyed, but it was believed the fire In
the city was under control and the
rest of the town would be saved:
Though the chief danger to the city
itself was believed to be over the fire
was still raging ~furiously ON the hills
on both sides of the city.
The forestry service has organized a
ra1{nf train continued NTH moi ont
mails to go to the relief of the $50 miss.
ing men reported from st. Joe county.
About 1000 refugees have been
brought into Missoula. There Is much
distress among them.
The Providence hospital at Wallace
was destroyed In the fire, and the first
train in over the Northern Pacific
brought the patients from that insti-
tuition to this city and as many refu-
gees as could find place on the small
train. There were $50 persons on this
train. and at noon a second train came
in bringing as many more. Many of
these had been brought from the small
towns and Isolated farms along the
line between here and Wallace. They
had been reused from their sleep by
the shouts of the passengers on the
train, and this was the first warning
they had that the fire was so near.
There had been no sign of it when the
families went to sleep. In most In
stances the refugees came only scan
tiIy clad. A woman who fed from
her house at midnight gave birth to a
child In a boz car just after the arrival
of the first train here this morning.
Every home In MissouIa has been
opened to the refugees, and the hos
pitfalls here are caring for the sick. but
every place is crowded to the limit.
Outside relief will have to come quick
ly, as the stock of provisions and hos
pital supplies In Missoula Is rapidly
being exhausted.
From Thompson's Fails, Mont. comes
word that that city Is threatened by
the fires. Parts Of Belknap. White
Pine. Noxon and Heron are burning,
and there Is a solid wall of fire from
the falls to the Montana Idaho boun-
dairy line, a distance of forty miles.
Helena reports that the Great North
ern Oriental limited left the rails at
Inverness. every car being derailed
No person was killed.
The accident Is supposed to have
been due to the spreading rails. eaus-
ed by the heat of the forest fires.
The town of Taft, near the Idaho
line. was destroyed before daylight
yesterday morning. Saltese. just below
Taft, has been abandoned by its In
habttants and Is known to be sur
rounded by fire. Dehorgia is threaten
ed and n nan is reported missing.
At st. Regis the fire has crossed the
riyer and is threatening the town.
Vaughan is reported to be deserted
and the telephone operator, who has
stuck to his post, Is preparing to fee.
The area of the fire now Is estimated
| roughly at 100 miles square. There
| are camping parties and lumbermen
| all through this district and many Of
| them may have been lost.
The fire swept over the mountain
| wall about Wallace after more than a
| thousand men have been fighting to
save the town for days. A high wind
drove the fire through the line of fire
| lighters and In an instant all their
work had gone for nothing. With a
roar the flames swept the south and
west slopes on the town and In a few
no4pv,feo hu{Id{pr o aleu-. &ho It.