The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-10-10
Possible That Death List Along
the Minnesota Canadian Bor-
der Will Reach Total
Of thousand
MANY TOWNS ARE IN ASHES
Only Remnants Mark Sites Of Bsu-
dette, Spoonsr, Cedar Spur, Grace
ton and Other Places
Loss is Heavy.

Winnipeg Man. Oct. lot Is pos
sible the death list of the forest fires
along the border will reach the appall-
ing totai Of a Thousand. The most
conservative estimates place the num-
ber at 200 to 500.
Every settler in the fire swept dis
trict who has not been accounted for
is certain To be dead, as there was no
escape. For a distance Of fifty miles
from Baudette and the Rainy river
west to Warrod. the woods were a sol
id mass OF fire Sunday. only charred
remnants mark the sites of Baudette.
Spooner. Cedar Spur. Graceton, Pitt.
Swift and Roosevelt
The mayor of lBaudette states that
seventy five bodies have already been
found and the list may reach $50. Ref
ugees report having seen many dead
bodies i'm the roads
Property Loss is Heavy.
Warrod Mimi. Oct lot is esti-
mated the loss OF life in the forest fires.
which have wiped out several small
towns and is still raging. viii range
from nifty to two hundred, and the
property loss will be we'll into the mil
lions. The fire zone covers an area of
IS miles i'm length and thirty miles In
width. covering all territory between
Red Lake and the Lake of the Woods.
The fires have wiped out Baudette,
Spooner. Graceton. Pitt, Myron and
Malcolm.
Searching For the Dead.
Rainy River. Ont, Oct. 10.-Search-
/ ing parties started out this morning
over the fire swept zone. II will be
days before all the dead can be reach
I ed, owing to the obstruction Of the
road by fallen trees.
An instance is reported of sixteen
persons saved by getting into dry
well and staying there until the fire
passed. Many settlers were saved by
wading into Rapid river. The burned
district will be placed under martial
law and soldiers will distribute ra-
tions to the refugees.
Survivor Describes Scenes.
, Duluth. Mimi, oct. 10.-After being
hemmed in by fire on nearly every
side and finally reaching the railroad
station with the unconscious form of
woman, suffering from typhoid fever.
in his arms. Frank Watson, of Bau-
dete, Mimi, arrived here today, bring
ing the patient with him.
1T is impossible 10 describe it," he
said. Everything was confusion. Fam
lilies became separated in the rush.
Women shrieked and children cried. IL
was for the most part everybody for
himself and the mad rush for place
Of safety was like a stampede.
Some persons ceased to be human,
while others were more than human
under the circumstances. Women with
babies in their arms sank TO the ground
TO be trampled under foot. Some held
out their babies and asked that they
be taken TO a place of safety. know
ing they were unequal to the task and
resigning themselves to the fate that
the fire would bring
Men were driven half crazy by the
fact part of. and in some cases the
whole family has been lost, and ran
wildly about asking of newcomers con-
cerning their relatives. Every now
and then some man on whom terri
BILE disaster worked harder than 9TH
ers would dive back to the burning
districts to save his family, or perish.
IL was necessary to hold a great num-
ber Of men who fought those who at
tempted to restrain them. Those who
got away went back into the rolling
l..
among the dead"