The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-27

are now homeless. All of the saw mills
and logging camps are destroyed with
the exception of the lumber yard be-
longing to Jack StuItz near Yermillion.
Edward Donlan, as we'll as those of
the Hendricks and the Cox companies,
were burned.
Near the mouth of Swamp creek all
property for miles was licked up by
the flames. In that district there are
still between twenty-five and thirty
persons who have not been accounted
for.
The Button family was saved by re-
naming in well until the flames had
passed. Other families protected them
selves by seeking the center of the
river, where they remained immersed.
One man, carrying a bundle Of clothing,
apparently crazed by heat, dashed into
the river with his burden strapped 10
his back. He sank and never was seen
again.
Charred ard unacceptable bodies
have been found on Swamp creek and
the search for others who are missing
is still being prosecuted.
Nearly Roasted Alive.
Ono man named Wilson, together
with his partner, named Haney, in a
mining venture, sought shelter from the
rapidly approaching fire by covering
himself with slide rock at the foot Of a
hill. The flames communicated their
intense heat to the stones. and. fearing
being roasted alive, Haney threw off
the hot rock, dashed into the seething
tide of fire and was never heard Of
Wilson stuck 10 the improviscd oven,
and, save for a few burned spots about
his body, is unhurt.
AT Gold Hill mine the family of Con-
tractor Eppelin experienced close call
and saved their lives only by dashing
through a surface fire to the mino tun-
mel, where they remained until the
is engaged in driving the tunnel from
the Gold Hill mine. Everything the
family possessed was DESTROYED.
The fire reached Clark s Fork ahead
OF the foresters, who were compelled
to seek safety in another direction,
The big conflagration was a combina-
ton of tho Idaho, Dry creek and the
White Pine creek blazes, which Joined
forces on the Idaho line. This amalga-
fury toward the Trout Creek district,
tho inhabitants of which mistook the
roar for that of rain in the forest.
OF the two residences which were
destroyed in Trout Creek town, one
belonged to the Lee family, three male
members of which are now serving
terms in the penitentiary for counter
feItlng. Mrs. Lee managed TO bring
her three children from he fire, but
lost all their belongings. On Tuesday
the county commissioners accorded the
destitute woman and her children an
asylum IN the county home.
Vast Tract Laid Waste.
On the south side of Clark IS Fork
river the fire consumed everything that
was of any inhammable nature and laid
waste thousands OF acres of ranch land
and an equal tract Of forest land On
the north side of the same stream there
has been no cessation of the fire, which
still is travelling at rapid pace
through forest and farm sections.
On the Vermillion creek millions of
feet of lumber have been destroyed and
many acres laid waste When the for.
esters found the fire was beyond con
troll on the north side of the river all
the workers were called to the opposite
side with orders 10 protect themselves
from the blaze.
Dead fish floating On the surface of
the blackencd waters of the Trout and
NcrmillIon creeks can be scooped up by
the bushels. The fish stock has been
destroyed
When the fire swept the forests, herds
of deer ran through Trout Creek streets
terrorized and rabbits excitedly sought
shelter under sidewalks and buildings.