The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-10-14
HUNDREDS ARE DEAD
FEW SETTLERS IN NORTHERN
MINNESOTA ARE BELIEVED
TO HAVE ESCAPED.
SEVEN TOWNS OFF THE MAP
Fifty Miles OF the Rainy Lake coun-
try Mass Of Fire-martial Law
for the Stricken Dlstrict-Whole
Families Are Destroyed.

Rainy River. OMIT was estimated
Monday that at least 500 lives and
$500. 900 600 worth OF property had
been lost in the forest fires prevail
ing in this region.
The tales OF horrible suffering
brought in Monday by refugees is al
most beyond narration. Oscar John
son. wife and three children stood
FIVE hours in the Baudette river duck
Ing their heads when the heat became
too intense They say the water in
the river was heated TO an uncomfort-
able temperature and that steam rose
from the surface.
The property loss in the three towns
alone including the Rat Portage Lum-
Der company's plant and yard az
Rainy river and the yard OF the Shev.
lln-Mathieu Lumber company at
Spooner. will total s1.500.00O.
IL will be some time before the loss
OF life is known even approximately.
and in fact il may never be known.
The residents OF Rainy River. Ont.
are doing everything possible TO as
sist the homeless residents OF the two
American towns.
Poverty OF the worst kind is added
to the woes OF the throngs that locked
into international Tails and Rainy
River
Winnipeg Mana terrific prairie
fire is burning eight miles east OF
Winnipeg along III. line OF Canadian
Northern railway and travelling west.
ward - rapid rate. The fire is ma
king the temperature OF the city very
high
Warroad. Minn.-Ref.-ees arriving
here every hour tell Of the finding OF
more bodies in the region swept by
forest fires The fatalities are esti-
mated AT from zoo 10 500 while the
total NAV reach 600 Fully 1000
are not accounted for. bit some OF
them are known to - safe.
Men who returned Monday from
I Baudette on a railway motor say that
( the list OF dead in the district back
{ from the railway tracks there will
reach $50.
Every settler in the district bound
ed by the Rainy river and Lake OF the
I Woods on the north to q miles south
/ OF Fort Frances. Ont. and from Spoon
or and Baudette MINI. on the east.
20 warroad. MINI. on the west. IS in
danger. as there is no known means
OF escape
For a distance OF so miles from Bau-
dette and the Rainy river west OF
Warroad the forest was a solid mass
OF FIRE Sunday
Baudette is only a charred remnant
Of a town. Spooner Is entirely wiped
OF the earth Cedar Spur. Graceton,
Pitt. Swift and Roosevelt. mere ham
lets. are destroyed.
Nine bodies were seen on the Cana
dian Northern tracks by women who
mounted horses and fed along the
railway Four unidentified dead are
in the Root House. west of Pitt. inclu-
ding one man. two women and a baby
There are three more along the Rapid
river.
Seven settlers up the Baudette river
and II settlers between Rapid River
and Baudette were found dead lying
alongside a logging road by settlers
who escaped the flames.
There we're hundreds OF homes de-
stroyed in the territory. and as there
IRE no roads in the district save for
the trails through the bush II Is
feared that many lives have been lost
that will not be reported for weeks
The state OF Minnesota Is sparing
no expense 10 check the fire The
state fire warden is mastering every
man he can procure. and he is in
structed 10 use every possible means
nj his command. regardless OF cost.
4 special relief train has arrived az
international Falls from Bemidji, bear
ing provisions destined for Rainy
River and the Bemidii company OF the
Minnesota National Guard who will
take charge OF the distribution OF sup
plies and the preservation OF order.
The burned district will be placed I'M
tai Ia