The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-22
OVERCOME:
By SMOKE
Men Die in Forest Fire,
Others CraW! Into
Mine Tunnels

Butte, Mont. Aug. ga special
from Wallace, Idaho TO the Miner
says
]. G Boyd. former Northern Pacific
agent at Wallace, met death In a
vain endeavor to save his poll parrot.
His son. Fire Captain Boyd, had
forced the members Of the family to
Zee from home on the hillside when
the flames drew near The father hap
pened to think he had forgotten the
parrot and started back to get the
bird. He was not missed for fifteen
minutes, and when q search was In
stituted he was found lying face down
In the road. 100 Yards from the house
He had been overcome by the heat
and smoke, out was not burned. The
parrot was found dead in It's cage be
side him.
In the ruins of the Michigan house
two skulls, presumably of men. were
found Six men are known TO have
died in an attempt to reach Wallace
from Big creek OF the st Joe coun-
try. Some OF those saved assert that
six more are lost. The names of only
three OF the lost are known They
are William Learmouth, Joseph Fern
and Harry Hanson, the latter OF Ra-
cino. Wis. The two were hired in
Spokane through an agency. Ranger
Pulaski and forty-one men We're forced
to leave Big creek and attempted TO
conner the ten miles to Wallace Three
miles from town they were forced by
Il wall OF flames TO crawl Into mine
tunnels nearby and remain ten hours,
Two men broke through the fire and
staggered into Wallace They reached
here at o'clock yesterday morning
and gave the alarm and q party OF
rescuers with physician FASTENED
10 the War Eagle mine. where the
men were One OF the forty-one was
found burned TO a crisp on the trail
Five Of those In the tunnel were suf-
focated and dead and a dozen others
were so near dead that II was neces-
sary TO work over them for an hour.
Three mon are known to be dead
on Pine creek. Ranger Bell had 25
men under him there. All were
caught Three were killed three
had their legs broken by falling trees.
Three more men were killed yes.
terday afternoon. They and twenty
OluSIo were lIdpDSu Ill u UIS Ou IbOul-
der creek near Mullan. Four man.
aged to walk to the train to como
here. The other known dead man
WAS killed on Placed creek, mile
from Wallace He and a companion
were pcnned in by flames. They took
refuge In the creek and kept each
other wet by throwing water with
their hands. While thus engaged
flying tree struck one OF them on the
head and killed him instantly. HIS
friend was able to escape to Wallace,
but had all his clothes burned Oft him.
He was stopped at the city limits by
a policeman, who obtained clothes for
the man before he would permit him
TO enter tho city for treatmept.
Harry Chamberlain was engaged In
burying two trunks In the yard of his
home In East Wallace. when the
flames swept around the corner OF the
house and burned him from head to
foot.
The devastated area In Wallace
Les east of she court house. north of
hotel street. north OF High street and
south OF the Northern Pacific depot
The flre situation Ia still bad. all the
hills around the town being filed with
burning timber The wind was blow
ing strongly at times, Fully a third
of the population has left town.