The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-23

night. AS fast as they can be assem-
bid bridge building crews will be
rushed to work. Hardly a bridge in
the whole country around Wallace
is left and the O. r. & n. and Mil
waukee lines are to some extent
crippled.
Burned District Wide Area
1t is impossible to give any &C
curate or even approximate idea of
the extent of fires in the Occur
d 'Alenes. The burned district. gen.
orally speaking, extends east to Mis-
soula, north to the headquarters of
the St. Joe, and in other directions,
nobody knows how far From the
tops of the hills everything as far
as the eye can see is swept bare. I'm
til the forest rangers now out report
at headquarters here there will be
no accuracy in estimates of the fires
ravages.
Fear of contamination in Wallace
water supply has caused the water
company to send men up Placer
creek and all it's feeders, clearing
the streams of dead fish and charred
logs. There has been no illness from
use of the water, however.
1t is said that insurance on the
buildings destroyed here will total
$35O,OOO. Losses are still estimated
at about $1.OOO,OOO.
The Wallace city council has ap-
pointed a committee to consider the
relief of the homeless people. Of
fers of assistance have been received
from many sources, but none have
been accepted. Fires are reported
all around Murray, but the town is
still safe.
Bullion Mine Disaster.
The story of how eight fire fight
ers out of a crew of % had been
suffocated in a tunnel of the Bullion
mine near Borax, Mont, 25 miles
from Wallace, was brought to Wall
lace by E. g. Hale, one of the sur
vivors, after a 30-mile trip on foot
through the fire-stricken district.
The dead were hastily buried in
trench near the mine and their be-
longings put in charge of Second
Lieutenant C. P. Titus of the Four
teenth infantry, commanding SOL
diers in western Montana. They are:
V. Nicholson, age II, Gem, Idaho.
Larry Ryson, age so, of Wallace
Leslie Sellers, age IS, of Gem.
S. D. Adams, age 80, believed to
be from Chicago.
A. Renston, Hillsdale, Wis.
Lou Holmes, member Cooks and
Kitchen Helpers Union, Spokane.
Tom WEIGH, Spokane.
Ernest Elgin, age 60, Wallace.
F. H. Morrissey and James Wright
were slightly hurt.
The buildings of the Bullion mine
have been destroyed. Bridges be-
tween Borax and Saltese, Saltese and
Taft and Taft and Lookout were
burned. Three Milwaukee trains
are stalled, two at Taft and one at
Saltese. On the train at Saltese is
the division superintendent.
Every town in the loop" of
which Grand Forks is the largest.
has been destroyed, but there has
been only one loss of life outside o.
the Bullion disaster. William Mickey
of Taft died at Saltese last night of
burns.
Reports at the office Of Forest
Supervisor w. G. Weigle increase
the list of known dead. Rumors and
unauthentic reports have it that
from 80 to 100 fire fighters, home
steaders and ranchers have lost their
lives in the fire which by now is
sweeping practically every portion of
northern Idaho.
Richard Ames and Joe Beauchamp,
ranchers on Big creek, are reported
dead
A telegram from Forest Ranger
Dibbit at Avery, Idaho, says that
Ranger w. H. Rock, with 125 men,
is missing. A later advice, however,
shows that Rock is safe, and that
most of his men probably have es-
capped. He was successful in saving
the town of Avery.
Twelve Men Dead in Big Creek.
The Avery message also says that
"a men instead of IL were killed on
Big creek. This, Supervisor Weigle
says, is improbable, as all but IL of
the men in the Big creek crew have
been found alive.
Along Pine creek, IS miles south
west of this city, there is line of
fire 10 miles long. Most of the
ranchers and homesteaders in this
section, however, have been warned
and have reached places OF safety
No towns are reported destroyed.
Say Burke Is Safe.
People arriving from Burke say
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