Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-25
TWENTY BODIES ARE FOUND
NE HUNDRED FOREsTERs DEAD
IREs ARE ADVANCING SLOWLY

FIRmcs-I.ist OF Missing
Reduced.
BULLETIN.
WALLACE, Ida, Aug. 2--United staSe-
Forest Supervisor w. r. Weisel this
afternoon, issued statement that 1l& OF
his forest employees have been killed, The
dead are distributed as follows:
Grand Forks, So
Boulder Creek, L
Avery. II.
Big Creek, 13
Placer Greek. &
Pine Creek. 3
Setser Creek, 20
Bullion mines.
Rock Creek, 90
Missing, a.
II these missing are dear the coeur
d'Alene national forest will have suffered
loss of 1SS men.
MGssOULA, Mont. Aug 9i.--A heavy
| fail of snow in the mountains and rain In
the valleys has done much toward bringing
| the forest fires under control. The storm
was extended over an area Of 100 miles
! square, going as far east as Helena and
| At II O'Clock today rain was reported fall.
| ing copiousIy in Paradise the farthest
western point reached by the officials OF
the Northern Pacific. saltese and st. Regis
! send similar reports, Latest reports indl-
cate the storm is continuing. Supervisor
| Kinney OF the Missoula national forest has
received word from more ranger stations
| In his district saying the storm is general.
He has sent out word to all mana gers TO
keep the fire fighters at their posts.
| Twenty bodies Found.
AVERY, Idaho, Aug. A-The bodies of
twenty forest service men have been
found near here.
The bodeis of twenty employees Of the
| United states forest service were found
within radius Of one mile on Setser creek
yesterday by a searehing party headed by
Deputy Sheriff Charles j, Sullivan and Ed
ward Bassett. -. : = ., -, (
1t is feared other bodies will be found
when the trail is opened 10 Avery so that
a large number of searchers may he
sent out.
1t was known that a party Of forest
rangers and guards had been fighting fires
on Sester creek and a flying column Of
eight men was made up here to seek the
missing men.
/ nc ulilOItuudNeS IhQ ulfO Wn6Te InGv
fell OF suffocation, and the bodies charred
beyond recognition, Only two bodies could
be identified-those OF Patrick Groggan and
G. A. Bodgett, both OF Butte.
The latter was identified by his union
card No trace remained OF the rangers
camp. Even the fish in the creek had
been killed by the heat
The Milwaukee railroad has set 300 bridge
carpenters at work on the reconstruction
of its bridges
Two Japanese railroad employees who
had been fighting fire emerged from the
woods near here last night, severely
burned, and reported that ten of their
fellow laborers had persisted. Four negro
soldiers OF Company G, Twenty-fifth
United States infantry are still missing.
Fires Advancing slowly.
SPOKANE. Wash Aug 24-Forest fires
continued to advance through the noun
tains of Idaho and Montana today but
more slowly, and although thousands OF
majestic pine trees are destroyed, II Is
believed the strategy OF man has trlumphed
over the fury of flames and wind.
In the state OF Washington the fires still
burning are OF no consequence.
The list OF dead in this state has been
reduced to six and the loss to property
was not large except in the timber of the
Pend d'oreille valley
In Montana, where the number of fire
fighters has been greatly Increased and
whittier large numbers OF United States
soldiers are fastening, rain has fallen, with
promise of more. In Idaho the hoped-for
rain did not come. but the towns and
ranches are out Of danger, and with human
life no longer threatened. the fire fighters
are able TO wage war directly upon great
fire masses IN the woods The most dis
agreeable news today came from Sand
Point Idaho, 20 the effect that the fires
at the upper edge Of Pend d'Oreille lake
were increasing.
fire on Independence creek is approach
ing Abtol. which is also threatened from
another direction. Destructive fires pre-
vail in the mountains aud there will be
much mutton roasted unlcss the sheep
men can drive their great flocks to safety
Forest Ranger Joseph b. Hahn has a
small crew Of men, and has been missing
since Saturday, when he was fighting
y fire on the Big Fork OF the Couer d'AIene
river. Hahn was formerly a star athlete
Of the Washington state college
Near Cabinet Idaho, J. Hnrrls and j.
Plank, fire fighters, we're hurned TO death
Their bodies have been received. At Tls-
car, Mont, a. @ Bouratte was burned "a
death. and his body was recovered and
buried This makes Montana's death total
two.
The only report which reached the forest
service this morning Of the situation in the
; northwest was from District Forester
, Greedy at Missoula. M Greedy urged on
the bureau the need OF more assistance 10
protect the towns ana settlements within
the stricken district Although the situation
J on the Flathead Indian reservation, Mon.
tana. Is considered serious. Superintendent
j Morgan IN a telegram 10 the indian bureaV
this morning says hey are IN better shape
than any Of the surrounding country. He
reports eight t-cs on the reservation not
under coutr5l and that the fires surrounding
tho reservation are being driven toward
IL Dy ard winds.
, Much difficulty Is being experienced By
) the reservation officials in securing any
| Kind af iabor IN fiaht tha firas The