The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-14
AGAIN SC0uRGED BY FIRE

Northern Minnesota Forest Fires Again
Takes a Toll Of Lives and Millions
in Property Values.
The continued reports of threat
ened fires in the north and the i'm
minent danger of smaller commu-
mites eliminated on Saturday and
Sunday last by repetition of the
Hinckley holocaust, Beaudette,
Spooner and several of the smaller
| places along the line of the Canadi-
an Northern being wi ped from the
map and thousands of people left
homeless and destitute while add
ed to the financial loss which
reaches far into the millions is the
additional horror of loss of life, the
earlier reports giving the estimated
dead at anywhere up to 1000, but la te
reports indicating this estimate as
greatly exaggerated, the actual
known dead at noon yesterday be-
ing twenty-nine.
Coincident with the news of the
disaster as received here on Sunday
! was commenced the work on the
part of Virginians, who have been
twice wiped off the slate by the
fire fiend and who appreciate the
| Immediate needs in such cases,
meeting of the Commercial Club
Sunday afternoon resulting in the
appointment of com mittees to soli-
cit funds, provisions and clothing,
and that evening was forwarded
from here to the burned district a
| car of provisions and another of
clothing, the first of Virginia's lib
eral donation to the stricken Sec
ton.
The committee in charge of this
work, appointed by Chairman Arm
old of the Virginia Commercial
Club, is Supt. +. D. Mcneil of the
CONF odore, Supt. G. f. Heudrick
of the Consumers ore Co., General
Manager S. J. Cusson of the Virgin
ia & Rainy Lake Company, Alder
man A. c. Osborn and J. D. Lamont,
who acting in conjunction with the
city administration at once appoint
ed sub-committees for immediate
work, and the spontaneous response
to their appeals was characteristic
| of the generosity of our people,
while each and every citizen, inso.
far as in his power, added to the
efforts of the committees with pleas
ing results, the Virginia relief being
the first received in the burned dis
tr1ct.
These supplies were placed in di-
rect charge of committee who &C.
companied them to Beaudette, the
total value of merchandise forward
ed in the shipment being upwards
of $4,000, while full car load of
clothing donated in short order by
citizens was pleasing sight to the
sufferers, many of whom saved
naught but the clothes on their
backs and but few of them. Since
then two additional cars of cloth
ing have been forwarded from this
point, while the grand total of cash
subscriptions already in bank and
guaranteed through mining and
mill Offices amounts to upwards of
$4,000, the figures of cash deposits
at noon today being S2,6O229. with
$l555.0O additional to be placed to
the credit of the committee from
sources named.
| In this pleasing result every citi-
zen had part, and other enter
prises in prospect for the aid of the
fund assures total within the next
1.-TWO or three days of upwards of
$5OOOOO.
| The burned district has been
placed under martial law, and eve
ry effort is being made by the state
to see that relief reaches it's proper
destination, Governor Eberhard be-
ing in person at the scene of the
conflagration while the Associated
| Charities are in charge of all dis
bursements. and it is anticipated
that all suffering will be relieved
insofar as possible, tents being pro-
vided while awaiting the temporary
Quarters for the unfortunate ones,
aud all lumber aud supplies OF like
nature being provided at cost price
On Monday evening the local
authorities received urgent req uest
for fire engine at Spooner, to save
the big cedar yards and remainder
of old Beaudette, and Chief Thaver,
accompanied by picked company
OF men composed of Major Smith,
Arthur Stickney, Stewart Marray,
Joe kreitzer, Geo. v. Holcomb
land A. c. Hertenstein, it being
through the efforts of this con.
tingent that a second CONFEDERATION
of untold magnitude was avoided,
Aside from Chief Thayer and
Major Smith, the boys returned
home this morning, the Chiet being
unable to bring the engine home
owing to breakage in the draw
bridge. 1t is expected speedy re-
pairs on the structure will permit,
of the return of the engine tonight