The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-26
TOTAL DEAD
IS NOW 2O3
Official Reports to Date In
Forest Fire Fatalities
BATTLE WITH THE FLAMES
Is Practically Abandoned-"Save the
Lives Of the Men and Let the
Timber Burn" Is the
Order.

Spokane, Wash, Aug 26.--Followins
is a revised tabulation Of the dead il
the great Northwest forest fres'-
United States fire fighters in and neal
Idaho, &C.
Montana deaths, including Buillior
mine, 10.
AZ Newport, Wash, 3.
at Wallace, Idaho, g.
Near Avery, Idaho, AZ.
At Mullan, Idaho, 2.
At Spokane, !.
On Big Creek, Idaho, AZ.
Total, 203.
This gives total of 203 dead but
/. is probable that some Of these listed
by places may duplicate those listed as
fire fighters. But as many are still
missing, the total dead viii probably
total more than 200 when the record is
completed.
The fires are not so violent, and it is
believed that the worst is over.
Sixty seven men arrived in Spokane
yesterday from Big Creek and said that
IS Austrians and two Americans were
burned to death last Saturday.
Thirty Italians had been already re-
ported dead near that point.
The Americans were undertaking to
backfre, but their work was so unsuc-
cessful that they were killed by the FIRE
they themselvs had lighted. It few
back on them and drove them against
line Of fame advancing from the op.
pcsite direction
Warden Simons has teIegraphed to
the navy and the war departments ask
ing that the forts and warsiips on Pu-
get sound FIRE all their big guns at s
o'clock to-day, in the hope that the
defamation will start general rainfall
over western Washington.
The little fires are being extinguished,
but the flames, to fight which might
result in loss Of life, will be allowed to
burn themselves out or until the rains
extingush them.
In the Occur D'Alene mining country,
the fires have exhausted their fuel, -
also they have done In the Pend D'Reille
valley. In the Clearwater country and
the thickest timber Of the Occur DIAL
enc national forest, howeyr, the flames
are as active as ever. No lumberman
OF forester win give an estimate Of
the timber losses. 1t Is believed, how
ever, that the present fires are the most
expensive the United States has ever
known. An expert railorad builder esti-
mates the loss Of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee Puget Sound railroad at $780,
000 The Spokane chamber of COM
merce has begun the raising Of large
relief fund.
"Let the Timber Burn"
There are $50 men surrounded in the
mountains between Lolo pass and ST.
Mary's and Major Fem has sent three
guides to pilot them out.
Conditions in the Clearwater reserve
are hopeless and Major Fem has re-
ceiyed instructions from the forestry
headquarters at Missoula to recall all
the fire fighters from the interior Of the
sticken region and ret them TO work
on the outskirts Of the fire zone.
The message said:
ssSave the lives Of the men and let
the timber burn"
The fact that about Sc men Of the
forest service have persisted has been
definitely established by reports to the
supervisor at Wallace, Idaho. Portland,
Ore, reports that word has been re-
ceived that campers at Welsh resort
is miles west Of Mount food, are
hemmed in by fires Up to Sunday,
about 200 families were camped there.
The forest fire which broke out in the
Cedar River valley, rs miles southeast
Of Seattle, is beyond control The gov
ernor win be called upon to order out
the militia.