Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-23
Pacific Northwest Faces Most
Serious Forest Fire Situa-
ton in History With Little
Prospect Of Relief in Sight
INCENDlARIES AT WORK
IN SOUTHERN OREGON
Rain Alone Can Avert Calamity
and Weather Bureau Predicts
Continuance of Falr and
Warm Weather
IBy Mo,uins Jourpsi special r.as.a wirs.

warm weather
IBy Morning JOurpsI spsciai I@asas wics.
Spokane Wash, Aug 22---With
over fifty persons known to be dead.
With 100 or more missing and list
! of injured that will approximate zoo,
with half the town Of Wallace swept
clean. and the possibility that two or
three more towns In the district have
suffered complete destruction, with
half dozen or more small towns and
villages seriously threatened and the
inhabitants by the thousands hurrying
to places OF safety, the Pacific north
west faces the most terrible forest
fire situation in its history. The sit
uation Is most acute In the Coehr
DAlene district of northern Idaho.
Reports from other parts OF the north
west are of less discouraging nature.
Some OF the fires have been control-
led, others are less threatening owing
TO an absence of wind. while in some
districts the fire fighters have Divert
ed the course OF the flames from
towns that We're threatened The new
fires that havef sprung up In the last
twenty -four hours have not 80 TAR
/ proved serious y report received
( early today that the EolNille fire in
! eastern Washington had broken out
/ again with repewed energy. does not
I seem 10 be borne oat by facts. This
/ fire and the one in the WalloWa rek
serve In oregon appear Tor the Tune
at least to be under control. lire
which has been burning In the Wen
aha reserve in southeastern Washing
ton for week became ugly yesterday
afternoon and Advices today Indicate
that II is still raging with undiminlsh-
ed fury
In eastern oregon. between Baker
City and La Grande, there are several
fires which are doing serious damage
to live timber II Is feared that these
fires will not be controlled until there
Is rainfall.
There are several fires IN the Imp
qua valley in southern Oregon bat 20
far they have not done any great dam
age The fires in the nelghhorhnod or
Grants Pass. oregon. which became
decidedly threatening Sunday evening,
are for the time being under control.
The situation in the Crater Lake re-
serve and the Mount McLoughlon dis
trlot, on the extreme southern edge Of
OREGON, appears to be unchanged
from the last few days with the ex-
ception that owing To an absence or
wind today, these fires are not maxi
ing 50 rapid progress. They are all
burning furiously, however, despite
the efforts of 75e cre fighters among
whom are 250 who are regular soldiers
from American Lake. Wash, who ar
rived this afternoon.
In the vicinity OF Medford ana Ash
land. ore. the fires are less menacing
only because there Is no wind. In both
these places al the men obtainable
have been drafted into service 10
back-fire and trench.
The fires in southern oregon. in
many cases. are of incendiary origin.
This has been matter of general
gossip in Mcdford for several days, but
II became officially published today,
through the Associated Press dis
patches from Washington
No hope of rain is yet given by the
United states weather bureau in this
city. the prediction of the district fore
caster for tonight and tomorrow be-
ing iNll WfNliAFi Aiiihhhh'eA RANbNhf
Washington and Idaho.
special to the Spokcsman-R Review
from 81. Joe, Idaho, says.
Six members of the fire patrol gang
at twenty-six men have heen found
dead in Elk Prairie and Avery. The
other twenty are missing and prob
ably will never be found.
The fires are now raging between
81 Maries and St Joe ana have reach
cd point six miles west Of St Joe.
The wind Is blowing hard and the
fire is gaining rapidly ana immense
~inders are falling In the streets OF ~.
Joe. The fires are more than mile
wide and are raging ON both sides OF
the river The whole country north OF
st Joe over the divide ana la the
Nature creek district is ublaze.
A number of homestcaders unable
4, make their way out over the prairie
To Lane. Idaho, We're compelled to re-
trace their steps and go 10 81. Joe by
a southcrIy route over the divide.
So exhausted We're some Of the wom-
en- and children that two rescue part
los went from St Joe 10 aid the weary
travellers.
Among those reaching -. Joe from
that vicinity We're Mr. and Mrs Smith
and three children. Air. and Mrs. Os-
borne and two children, and Mr.. and
AIRS. Andrews. a crippled old man and
two other families including several
children.
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