The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-23
Fire Fighters Are Burned to
Death While Trying to
Stop Flames
LOSS At WALLACE TOTALS
ONE MILLION DOLLARS
rstu.t,on In Couer d'AIene District Is
Acute and Reports From Other
Places show Great Damage
To Property

ne. IN +ba forest fires that swept over
a. c,oa,r 4, A,e,a region Saturday and
= to,,,,n+ nlaced at 20 persons
n.a.... .s,,.,a1s reoe,ved word that "a
a.. eanta,s had burned to death on Big
es.-.,. 49, % had met death on Superior
-.
u,a .a,,,a +odav that LOG men near
Aa - the ct Toe river had been
xss ~ ,o+er ranort said that all
-. - o,,+ safelv s,x men were
,,sy.a 4, .ha p,ocer crack fire. three
- 80, wallace three near Mullen
-, 80, - u,.,,.ca
- s...,.u,, f,a,,, tere ~ tbe st
a. ,,,,,es bas heen burned
= -
.ra ..u, s,ards az
,,s, .,,,, da :
s'''0V''vV' r..,, .,o,,,a
eeioseu ,''e -, ,.,,...
eu' i'ui''oei i'ui''oei VI $50 ''e u
Heavy cnsualty List
snolxane wash. August 22.-With more
than 20 persons known to be Dead 100
more missing. a list of injured will ap-
proximate 200. half the town of Wallace
swent clean and the possibility that two
or three more towns In the district have
suffered complete destruction, with half
n DOZEN small towns and villages serious
" threatened and their inhabitants by
thousands hurrvinr to places of safety,
+he Pacific northwest faces the most ter
r;hle forast fire situation in its history
The situation is most acute In the Coeur
d.Alene district of northern Idaho. Re-
are of less discouraeing nature. Some
or the ares baye-been controlled; others
are less threatening in the absence of
-. .,., j.. - s,.n,4 +ha era
VIM "n''o s. -
nenters naVe oiser,eo 'ie seoui le; 's " - sA.s
flames from towns that We're threatened
The new fires that have sprung up in the
last "a hours have not proved serious so
r.
49,.
y report reserved carry 'ouas tna 'i'e
Colvflle fire, in eastern Washington, had
broken out again with renewed energy
6oes not seem to be borne out by facts
nu.,. e. go 49, 80 &, +ba yval,oa ,re-
- N''' '''S
serve III oregon appear ior ING 'i''o
least to be under control. A fire that
has been burning in the Wenah reserve
IN southeastern washineton for week
L. -l..xr
peoane uahs
and advlces tonlsnt ihoicate that IL Is
still raging with undiminished fury.
In eastern Oregon, between Baker City
,,d rocrange orc savaral Ares which
".'u .l'e IT, .,.,,.ar
are ooihs serious uaniase " iiVe 'iiiioe'.
There are several fires In the Umpqua
valley, in southern Oregon, but so far
they have not done any great damage.
rrbe eres IN tho ne,pbborhood of Grants
Pass ore.' "nich oecaine ueciueuiy
threatening sunday evening" are ior 'he
time being under control.
The situation In the Crater lake re-
serve and the Mount Mclaughlin dis
trict on the extreme southern edge of
Oregon. appears unchanged from the last
few days, except that these fires are
not making so rapid progress as on pre-
vious days. They all are burning furious
ly, however, despite the efforts OF 100
fire-fghters, among whom are 200 regular
soldiers from American Lake, wash,
who arrived this afternoon.
In the vicinity OF Medford and Ash
land, WASH, the nres are less menacine
only because there is no wind. In both
these places all the men obtainable have
been drafted into service to back fire ana
trench
The fires in southern Oregon In many
SeiS~S Ga " AA@SSAANA~Ay Stfo'--' ~
been matter Of general gossip In Med
ford for several days. but Il became OIL
cially pupiished today through the Asso-
ciated Press oispatches from Washlng-
ton.
No nope OF rain Is yet given py the
United States weather bureau the pre-
dction OF the district forecaster for to-.
night and tomorrow being fair weather
throughout Washington, Oregon aSs@
idaho.
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Deaths Around Wallace
Spokane, WASH August 22.-Twenty
persons are known to be dead as re-
suit of the forest fires within radius
Of 16o miles OF Wallace The death list
Tor the @ eh.ire nre ~ swep' ols.rsc, raacs Soo Us
noi'ne.n nor ah,,, nra oNp'eu - $50" Nv
ana pfunHy nrd rva. s.o, tro,sht 70 snok.re a.
lhls W. Nj s,,ar rhrtoSrsnhsr
cay py w. IS ~ AZ 80 - AZ re,,ss ~ NJ
Mci.eian ~. ts,, !. III. c-s.L s,,r.
wn,ot . Ara rasc,e s,,rv,vors Tbe neat wa.
30 intense that the party was unable to