The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24
Number Of Idaho Fire Fight
erS Missing
MOST OF THESE ARE DEAD
Supervisor WeigIe Fears-wind contin-
ues 70 Fan the Fires-Beyond HUI
man Control About Wallace,
Brady Says.

Spokane, Wash, Aug. 24.-The fire
situation in western Montana and Idaho
cleared considerably Monday night and
is more hopeful than for three days.
Mullan has been saved, saltese has
been preserved and Henderson, threat.
ened Monday night and yesterday morn.
ing, is in a fair way to be saved. There
are 800 men bacl-fring at st. Regis,
and it is believed their efforts will result
in turning the fire around the town.
To Offset this, there there are the
smoking ruins Of Deborga, Haughah,
Bryson, Taft, and slight damage to one
corner Of saltese.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound railway has suffered the loss OF
"a Of its 20 bridges, and the five that
are not destroyed are damaged. Nine
lives have been lost in the hills above
Saltese aud at least six others IN
fire on Cedar creek that came over the
Idaho divide at the head OF Oregon
gulch.
At Iron Mountain there Is no danger,
and with the fires well in hand at 81.
Regis, it seems that the crisis is passed.
The fire at camas prairie was checked
Monday night and the farms in the val
ley are safe.
In the timber above the valley, the
situation is at present entirely cleared,
and Il is believed that, without wind,
the fire win soon be under control.
There are nearly 1000 refugees at Mis-
soula. Trains yesterday added many t.
the number taken there Monday night
Exhausted fighters are struggling in aft
er the inhabitants are saved
The forest fires have swept past Wal.
lace. The towns Of the Coeur DAlene
district have passed the first stage u
wild, unreasoning panic and have settler
down with more or less composure TO
wait for the list Of dead The list is
constantly growing as the forest rang.
ers, with red eyes and blackened faces.
penetrate the trails now ehoked with fall
len logs and bring sord Of fire fighting
crews cut of, ca ; wiped out, ranch
ers and homestead caught IN the path
Of the flames and fountain towns left
in ashes.
Since the report the Bullion mine
tragedy, no new deaths have been re.
corded Forest Supervisor Weigi has
heard from practically all Of his for
esters and expresses no alarm, except /
Tor the isolated gangs Of fire fighters
cut of from communication He Is also
worried about ranger Melville, lighting
with large crew on Independence creek,
from whom be has not heard for several /
days. 1
In Wallace, the people have largely 1
recovered from the shock Of their mar.
row escape Of Saturday.
Notices have been posted that mines
at Burke and along the canyon were to
start to-day and miners were called back
to work. Before the week Is over, work
viii have been started on the recon
struetion Of many buildings wiped out
Saturday night As fast as they can
be assembled, bridge building crews win
be rushed to work.
Hardly bridge in the whole country
around Wallace is left and the Oregon
Railroad d Navigation company, North.
ern Pacific, Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound lines are crippled to some extent.
The burned district, generally speaking,
extends east to Missoula, north to the
head waters Of the st. Joe, and in Other
nobody knows how far. From
the top Of the hills, everything, as far
a. the eye can reach, Is swept bare.
Until the rangers report at headquar-
Lers, there win be no accurate estimates
IF the fire ravages.
Fear Of contamination in the wallace
water supply has caused the water COM
Dany to send men up Placer creek and
III its feeders, clearing the streams Of
lead fish and charred logs. It is said
hat insurance on the buildings destroyed
here will total S350,000 Losses are
till estimated at about 81 100000. The
Wallace city council has appointed
to consider the relief of the
Offers Of assistance have been ,
.eceived from many sources. but none {
AVE been accepted. II
That Elk City is still on the map
md out Of the reach Of the forest fires
'ayaging the surrounding country, which /