Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-13
John Larson Jumps Into River

.Jonn Larson, a settler who formerly
/ lived at Oslo, saved himself by rush.
ing through the flame of fire and
jumping into the river. But he is
said to be badly burned.
Z Robert Fering and Anton Frigard
also returned to Alvarado from Bau-
dette on Tuesday.
| Postmaster A. j. Hilden,, Of, Oslo
was at Baudette and is reported to be
badly burned in the face.
CA. Bjorklund and Family Arrive.
G. a. Bjorklund, a brother of Mrs.
L. M. Johnson, Of this city, arrived
Monday with his wife and three small
children, the youngest only three
weeks old and the oldest but three
years:S He had a large grocery store,
but lost all and is thankful that ne
and mis- family escaped alive. When
the fire came he and his wife grabbed
theMchildren, two of which had been
put ito bed, and ran for the depot a
good quarter of mile away, while on
each side of them buildings were on
fire,@1Tees swapping in the wind and
fire Mands flying thick and fast. They
ESCAPED with. only the clothes on their
back sand even those were scanty. Mr.,
Bjorklund carried only small insur-
ance on his building and none on his
stock, which was. worth about $4,000,
hence he suffers a great financial loss
Mr.. Bjorklund returned to Baudette
Tuesday to examine the contents of
his safe, unless robbers, which were
active. during the very night of the
fire, have already saved him the trou-
bic. ) 49,
Henry Gunderson Saves Hammer.
Henry Gunderson, who formerly re-
sided Sat Alvarado, and is well known
in this city returned to Alvarado on
Tuesday. He had a large carpenter
shop at Baudette. He grabbed his
overroat when the fire came and in
the pocket he happened to have a
hammer. That is all the property he
saved, " - r. =.
Mats Berg Family is Safe.
The daily papers report Mats Berg
and family, formerly Of Alvarado, as
being among the dead, but we are in
formed by refugees who have arrived
that this is not so. A hay stack had
previously caught fire on his place
and -nrhed a strip ahead Of the main
fire wave and this together with a
shifting of the wind is what saved
them.
Many Of the residents of Baudette
and country tributary formerly lived
at Warren Or vicinity, and many OF
them have relatives or friends here
who are anxious for their safety. As
far as known none have lost theil
lives, although they lost everything
else. Frank Johnson, who clerked ii
stores here many years, had big fur
niture store and undertaking rooms
T.. s. Bang, who was formerly in bust
ness here, had a large general mer
chandise store at Spooner. c. A
IBjorklund, whose home was formerly
in Alvarado, had a large grocer!
store Henry Gunderson, of Alvara
do, had a carpenter shop. L. B. Lind
i ouic+ uo1l 1-pou., horo 1uoo ~, 90 oor
in business there. c. S. Dalquist
son of P. Dalquist, of this city, wa
the postmaster at Baudette. and he il
reported being seriously burned whil
trying to save Uncle Sans property
! Mrs. E. Dady has received lette
from her brother, Dan Main, statin|
that he saved himself by running int
the river where he stood five, hour
holding a wet blanket over his face t
protect himself against the heat. Al
!, ter getting out Of the river he worl
ed for three hours at saving the bi
lumber mill.
/ In the death list published by tn
!, daily papers, Julius Bratten, homo
J, IsteaGer, wife and five children are il
J; cluded. There is a Broten who use
to live in. Foldabl or -Comstock, an
! supposed to be up in that country, bu
4 we are not Informed whether this
a the same family or not.
1 Ole Antonson, Aug. Boquist an
J, Martin Peterson, refugees, arrive
! in this city yesterday from Baudett,
). Roth Anderson and Peterson lost thei
I homes.
! Mrs. Axel Miller, Mrs Charley Mi
B Ter, Mrs. Herman Miller and the
q children, and Mrs. Sea, of Omah;
3 passed through yesterday on the
] e|Way to Stephen, where the Miller
formerly lived. They saved then
8 1selves by jumping into their gasolin
i lllaunch which stood in the river bac
!. lof their house and making for the OF
!, a. shore aSEs S55ss III