The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-10-13
HEROINE USES FEET TO PRE-.
VENT PANIC ON REFUoEEs'
TRAIN.
LOSS OF LIFE is HEAVY
Many Towns Arc In Ashes and Flames
Are Sweeping on Toward Man
ltoba-iiomeste and
Farmers Missing.

warroad. MINI. Oct ii.--Estimatcs
Of the loss OF life In the forest fires
which started Friday. wiped out sew
erAl small towns and are still burning.
range all the way from flfty 10 two
hundred.
TIE property loss viii mount well
into the millions. The fire Eone Gov
era an area OF rs miles In length from
the gravel pits west Of waTfoad to
stra,ton. the fourth station east Of
Rainy river. and in width about
thirty miles. covering all the territory
between Red Lake and tho Lake OF
the Woods.
When the refugees fed IN panic for
the freight train that bore them from
Rainy River 10 International Fails, the
men crushed down women and chill.
dron and In spite OF the fact that the
cars were chokod 20 that standing
room was AZ premium. they insisted
on examining themselves In.
Miss Myra Burtah. a prominent
young woman Of Beaudette. stationed
herself az the door OF one car. kicked
every man IN the face with her point
cd shoes when Trey tried 20 board the
car and herself reached out and took
bablca from the Rrlas Of their moth
ar. WAan the train started there
were Eve babies aboard whose moth
ers were left behind. They arc being
cared for In the hospital here.
Villages Are Wiped Out.
The fires have wiped out the VII
lagos OF Bcaudctte. spooner. Crsceton,
Pitt. Myron ana Malcolm. The last
two named places are small settle
ments IN Beltraml county. south Of
Warroad
The greatest property loss occurred
AZ Beaudette and Spooncr. which IA
practically one community. being sep
arated by narrow river. The other
consisted OF only a few small build
ings.
There were hundreds Of homes de-
stroyed. and AZ there are no roads In
the district save for the trails through
the bush. I; Is feared that many lives
have been lost that will not be report
ed for weeks.
The state Of Minnesota II spaflng
no expense 10 check the IRE The
state are warden Is mastering every
man he can procure and he IL instruct
ed 20 uae every possible means az
command. regardless % cost Every
man available Ia fghtlng the fires. but
because Of the moss whica covers the
ground for a depth OF from ono TO two
feet. Il seems almost impossible 70 do
anything.
Sweeping Toward Manitoba.
WherO the blanc 10 famed by a
breeze. ali efforts 10 check II are futile
and Il IL only where Il IN creeping
along the ground that any attempt is
made 10 head n on. To do this II is
necessary 70 dig wide and deep
trenches. The fircs are almost on tho
boundary OF Manitoba. burning over
the sprague Timber company's limits
around sprague. Manitoba The fires
are making steady progress toward
the wooded district OF southeastern
Manitoba and from the north Is an
other IRE coming TO Join them.
There were 1000 residents OF Beau
dette, spooner and adjacent territory,
some OF whom are dead, but most OF
whom are safe on the Canadian side
OF the line.
Among the missing are the home
steaders and farmers OF the bush,
about whom nothing can be learned
for some time, as searching parties do
not dare penetrate the still smoking
forests through which the cyclone OF
fire has swept.