Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-11
NINETY BODIES RECOVERED {: !; E
Rangers Reports Indicate That
1ae Have Been L { I'll.
Gated.
viii be No Further Attempt to Find
Victims Until More RciIl-
forccnents Arrive.

Rainy River, Ont. Oct. 11.--TRelief is
nrriyinE for the stricken people Of Bau-
fette. spooner and Rainy River dis
trict. First to come to- the assistance
NJ the people was Fort Frances, Ont
with 5000 cash. Six carloads of supplies
4 have arrived, two from Virginia, Minn.,
: in charge Of Aldermen Boylan and A..
III. Heritage Two carloads Of sup;
plies which came from Duluth in charge.
Of Mayor N. b. Cullom and Col. -. 9.
Reisch. Bcmedji, Mimi. the county
seat OF Beltrami. in which the fire fire was was
50 severe. lis also on the ground with
two carloads of goods.
Sheriff Huzen with 20 deputies and
sergt. H. Gill, with Is men Of the state tate
militia from Bemedjl, have taken AIKEN
charge Of the ruins and the erection on OF o..
tents and distribution Of supplies a.
nail of smoke hangs over the town Of
Rainy River from burning peat. AS \
4 the DAYS pass the real sorrow OF the.
situation is only becoming apparent.
At various points in the forest fire
K zone between Warroad, Mimi, and and
Rainy River reports to fire rangers in
dlcate that 1879 bodies have been To-
Gated. OI}thcse, 80 have been recov:-.,
cred, but only 60 identitied. While fires
x can be seen away to the east and south-
east, their progress is not dangerous to
human life.
Fire rangers complain that the heat
prevents their proceeding far into the
masses OF charred trees and underbrush.,
rhesalr In the devastated district4ls
still smoky and no further attempt will
be made to locate bodies until further
achievements and relief are obtained
today. ID L
Five nurses, doctor. 80 cots and
thousands OF loaves of bread and thou
sands Of pounds Of meat have reached
here from Winnipeg.
NINETEEN FUNERALS.
The funerals Of 10 fire victims were
held here yesterday.
Several Rapid River homesteaders
got into root cellars and saved their
lives. The Sorenson family of nine re-.
4 mpined in the center of their big
clearing and escaped. Swan Olson,
Wife and TIRES children escaped In
root house as did the family of Theo-
dore Stebakken. Lars Olson and Mrs.
Z Olson are safe. ~
Paul Morck, Baudette musician.
went out to look for a HON estead and
stopped at the Hanson place, leaving
there the morning the IRE began. He
has not been heard from since.
-Four men from Davenport, Iowa.
out looking for land, had been urged
to return to town as they were un-
familiar with thewoods and the smoke
was growing dense. They felt safe.
however, ur,t too late, They ran as
ned ned from exhaustion ana perished. The
others entered q small pool. One es-
caIed with severe burns on his face.
Robert McInnes OF Wanter Road
i river and his son John, with hired
man and a German neighbor, we're L.
( hours In the water FL 4. 37s
The burned area Is at least 36 miles
wide and many OF the settlers are new
to the country. Much of this land was
thrown open to homestead entry this
r summer and many OF the settlers
have gone In far beyond the roads
where they had only n path to reach
Z their place. 1t may be months before
{ they are discovered and some of them
may never he found. 5
Warroad, Mimi. Oct 10.-Men who
have Just returned from Baudette
on railway motor say that the list
OF dead In the district back from the
K track will reach l50. ssj8g !. z
The mayor OF Baudette states that
!. bodies have already been found and
refugees coming insevery hour report
having seen many bodies In the roads.
Braincrd, Minnn Oct. 11.-Clement-
son. a small settlement 10 miles east
Baudettc off the railroad, burned
A Yesterday. Fires are working east
asong botl sides of the Rainy river
Z towards International Falls.