Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-10
Baudette, Mimi, and Smaller Towns
Completely Wiped Out.
SCORES OF HOMES DESTROYED


Men Who Push Women
Aside.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, October 10.-The
death list resulting from the forest fires
along the border is estimated variously
at from 300 to 500 persons.
All settlers In the district bounded by
the Rainy river and Lake of the Woods
on the north, to twenty-five miles south
of Fort Frances. Ont, and from Spooner
and Baudette. Mimi, on the east to War
road Mimi, on the west. who are not
accounted for are believed to be dead.
as there was no known means of escape
for them. For a distance OF fifty miles
from Baudette and the Rainy river west
to Warroad the woods were a solid mass
of fire Sunday.
Baudette is only charred heap OF
ruins. Spooner was entirely wiped out.
and the hamlets of Cedar Spur, Graceton.
Pitt, Swift and Roosevelt were destroyed
The Known Dead.
The dead so far as known are:
julius Bratten. homesteader. wife and
tive children
Roulin, wife and seven children
George Weaver, hOmesteader.
Barbeau, wife and six children
Charles Baker, homesteader.
- Clifin. homesteader, wife and five
children.
Tom Barr, homesteader, living near
- Macumber, wife and six children
Three unidentified dead along Rapid
river.
Matthew Brennan, who lived near Rap
ID river.
John Colvin, wife and three children.
J. c. O'Neil. wife and seven children
Mrs Pearl Browns infant child; Mrs
Brown badly burned.
julius Bord, wife and children.
Carlo Lorenzo. homesteader.
Walter Ferguson
Edward Ruin, wife and seven children.
Nine dead bodies were seen or the
Canadian Northern tracks by women VINO
mounted horses and fed down the rail-
way tracks.
Four unidentified dead are in the Root
House. west of Pitt, including one man,
two women and baby.
Go Through Burned Bridge.
Trainmen went through a burned
bridge between Pitt and Baudette IN at
tempting a rescue
Barwick, a homesteader. Mike Beaver
Kate, q woman homesteader. known by
her first name only, and three unidenti-
lied dead are at Baudette.
Seven settlers up the Baudette river
and eleven settlers between Rapid river
and Baudette were found dead, lying
along logging road, by settlers who
escaped the fury of the sfames-
WARROAD, aIinn., October 10.-Men
who have just returned from Baudette on
,nfa
in the district back from the track Will
reach 100
The mayor of Baudette states that
seventy-fve bodies already have been
found and refugees coming in every hour
report having seen many dead oooies IN
the roads
Heavy Property Loss.
The property loss will amount well up
into the millions.
The fire zone covers an area eighty-f1ve
miles in length. from the gravel pit spur
west of Warroad to Stratton. the fourth
station east of Rainy river. and in width
about thirty miles. covering all the ter
ritory between Red lake and the Lake of
the Woods. The fires have wiped out the
villages OF Baudette, Spooner, Graceton.
Pitt Myron and Malcolm. The last two
named places are smaller settlements in
The greatest property loss occurred at
Baudette and Spooner, which is practi-
cally one community, being separated by
a narrow river. The other towns COLI
sisted Of only few small buildings.
There were hundreds Of homes destroy
cd IN the territory, and, as there are no
roads in the district save for the trails
through the bush, il is feared that many
lives have been lost that will not be re-
ported for weeks.
sparing No Expense.
expense TO check the fire. The state fire
warden is mastering every man he can
procure. and ne is instructed to use every
possible means at his command. regard
less of cost. Every man available is
. fighting the fires, but, because OF the
moss which covers the ground for q depth
OF from one to two feet. it seems impos-
, sible 10 do anything.
II the blaze is famed by a breeze all
effort TO check II is futile. and it is only
where 1t is creeping along the ground
that any attempt Is made to head il off
To do this IL is necessary TO dig wide
and deep trenches
Last night the fires were almost in
boundary Of Manitoba. Burning over
the Sprague Lumber Companys timber
limits. around Sprague. Man. the fire:
are making steady progress toward the
wooded district of southeastern Mani
toba From the north another fire Ii
coming to join IL.
The missing include about 1000 resi-
dents of Baudette, Spooner and Pitt
and adjacent territory. some of whom
are dead. but the majority OF whom art
safe In Rainy River and adjacent towns
on the Canadian side of the line. The mos
serious aspect of the missing includes
the homesteaders and farmers in tn,
bush. OF whom absolutely nothing cal
be learned for some time, as searching
parties do not dare penetrate the still
smoking forests through which the cy
clone of fire has swept.
Special Relief Train.
Late yesterday a special relief trail
arrived at International Falls from
Bemidji bearing provisions destine'
for Rainy River and the Bemidji com
pany of the Minnesota National Guard
which will take charge of the distribu
. tion of the supplies and the preserva
tiOn of order. The burned district will
be placed under martial law.