Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-08-26
RAINS BRING RELIEF
HEAVY FALL IN EiRE-sWEPT
ZONE AIDS TENSE STU.
ALTON.
TWENTY BODIES ARE FOUND

TWENTY BODIES ARE FUND
otficiaiiy Declared 81 Persons Lost
Lives in Occur d'Alene District
Four Negro Soldiers Missing
Hundred Dead Around Wallace.
Avery, Idaho.--The bodies Of ~
forest service men who died fghting
the fires near here were recovered
W ednesday and brought to this city
Government agents declare there ir
little hope for any OF the missing
Four negro soldiers OF Company q.
Twenty-fifth United States infantry
are among the missing and are pc
lieyed to have persisted.
Two Japanese employed in railroad
work, who had been fighting the Hres,
emerged from the woods" They were
severely burned and report that ten
Of their fellow laborers had fallen pc
fore the flames ami were dead.
Spokane, Wash.Raip, turning 70
snow in the high mountains, Wednes-
day brought relief to large part OF
Idaho, Montana and Washington DIS
tricts that have been devastated py
forest fires. The storm, according 70
reports from Missoula, has extended
over an area Of 100 square miles, Ia
king in the Occur d''Alene district.
1t is now omcially declared that o.
persons, and no more, have been
killed. There is said to be no war
rant for the reports Of loss Of hun,
dreds Of lives. All men on the list OF
government foresters employed IN
Idaho have reported to the supervisor
or are known to be safe.
Wallace, Idaho.-Reports here
Wednesday show death list OF lOo,
with 200 men missing, as the result Of
the forest fires. While the cities OF
Wardner. Kellogg, Burke and Murray
are threatened with disasters similar
to the one Wallace has suffered. the
danger here is over.
A prospector who reached Wallace
brought word to Forest Supervisor
Weigle that Ranger H. F. Kottkey,
who with crew Of 200 men had been
missing in the St. Joe country since
Friday. has reported safe at Missoula
with few of his men.
Helena. Mont.-Reports received
here from every fire district In Mon
tana indicate that the situation is by
long odds the worst In the history Of
the state. DNEpite the large number
OF troops, civilians and railroad EN-
ployes that have been put into the
field, the flames are absolute masters
OF the situation. and there is only one
salvation--general rain. but for which
there is no prospect.
Butte, Mont hundred fire fight
ers who left Thompson Falls foul
days ago are reported lost, and Fores'
Superintendent Bushnell Of the cab
met reserve, who is at Thompson
fears all may have persisted. Thu
| wiAd Is blowing sfuriously towart
| Thompson and it Is feared the little
| town, which is crowded with refugees
will be swept by fire.
| The first cheering news from thu
great forest fire zone came Tuesday
| afternoon in the form of report thai
heavy rain was falling, at Cutbank OF
the eastern edge Of the great Flatheat
country. Should this rain become gen
eral IN the western and northwestern
part Of the state. the fires will b
conquered and not until then, accord
Ing to those who have visited the
scene. MI
| Governor Norris called out five com
| panies of state troops to assist II
fighting fires in the Flathead country
Fergus and Gallatin counties, in eacf
Of which districts the ares are beyond
| the control OF the foresters and rail
road employees. The reports from the
northern end Of this county are any
thing but assuring. Several new fires
are reported from Lincoln, Stem Z
Gould and Flesher and with the flali.e$
complete masters Of the situatic~
| Summit, town on the Great North
ern, is reported surrounded by flames
Libby and Troy are still in grave dan
ger Of burning, according to Cover
nor Norris. who has returned from
| there.
| Washington.-Al the forest
fires raging in the Missoula, Mont.
and northern Idaho districts have con
sumed timber and property valued al
more than $25, 900, 900. This. accord
| ing to an Official Of the forest bureau
Monday. is q conservative estimate
Spokane. Wash.--In the Coeul
d'Alene district Of Idaho more than
fifty persons are known to be dead
and nearly 100 are missing as result
OF the forest fires IA y, 4
All along the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific tracks between Spo
kane and Helena numberless fires are
known to Be raging hercely, but deti
mite reports cannot be secured.
The seriously injured, mostly IRE
filters, will number, according to the
statement made Monday BY w. r
Wetgle. forest superintendent of the
Occur d'Alenes, more than 200. Many
Of them have been stricken blind and
others have broken limbs.
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