New-York tribune., 1910-08-23
FOREST FIRES STILL
THREATENING IN WEST
Half Dozen More Villages En-
danqered. but None Touched
Yet by Flames.
FIFTY KNOWN TO BE DEAD
Over 100 Missing and 200 In
jured-Thirty Fire Fighters
Trapped and Thought to
Have Perished.

than fftv persons known 70 be dead
.o-a than one hundred missing, two
hundred injured half Of Wallace puTheu
end two OF three villages obllteraleo'
forest fires continue TO threaten oeaIi
and destruction tonight over large
,.rri-orv in Northern Idaho, Eastern
z1-ss4,ire-on and Western Montana Han
dozen villages are threatened by the
=,.s and their inhabitants by hun
d-eds are hurrying 10 places of safety
Pe1ief trains are helpless in many cases.
op-inr to burned bridges and fires tnat
lap The tracks Wallace is now sa1e anu
no towns are burning
The situation is most acute IN the
f~oeur 'Alene region Of Northern Idaho.
Reports from other parts of the North
west are more encouraging than they
were YESTERDAY
some OF the fires have been controlled,
others are less threatening IN the ab-
sence Of wind. while in some places. the
IRE fighters have diverted the course Of
the flames from towns that were threat
ened. The new fires that have sprung
up in the last twenty-four hours have
not proved serious thus far
=
in Eastern Washington had broken out
with renewed energy Is untrue. The fire
in the Wallowa reserve in Oregon ap-
pears to be under control
Wenah Fire Still Rages-
4 fire in the Wenah reserve. in South
eastern Washington. became dangerous
yesterday. and II is still raging with un-
diminished fury.
In Eastern Oregon. between Baker
CITY and Ia Grande. are several fires
which are doing serious damage TO live
timber.
There are a few sporadic fires in West
ern washington and Oregon and in
Northern California. but they are not
Vet serious
Despite the efforts Of 80 fire fighters.
among whom are 25o more regular SOL
rfers from American Lake. Wash. who
arrived TO-DAY. none Of the fires has been
put out.
All the men obtainabIe have been
drafted into service TO backfre and
trench
The fires IN Southern oregon. in many
cases are said TO be Of incendiary origin
This has been matter Of general Cos
SID in Medford for several DAYS. but il
vas ofT7cially, published to-day through
dispatches from Washington.
No hope of rain Yet is given by the
United States Weather Bureau. The
prediction Of the district forecaster for
tonight and tomorrow is for fair
weather throughout Washington, Ore
gon and Idaho.
4 brush fire tonight is racing across
The southwest limits Of Tacoma It is
going seven hundred feet an hour be
for tlirty-f7ve wind Oakland. a
suburb Of workingmen's homes, is threat
ered- Unless the flames are checked
Regents Park, 2 fashionable suburb, viii
suffer
Thirty Missing At Camp
Thirty men cut of q crew Of forty
seven IRE fighters in charge Of Forest
Ranger Lee HoIlingshead are missing.
and are believed to have perished Satur-
dsv night. when their camp on Big Creek,
tributary OF the St Joe River. sixteen
miles from aver Idaho, was swept by
flames.
News OF the loss OF the men was
1IuLsIlan- newspaper photographer |
Mcclellan was one Of the relief party
which made the trip to Big Creek on
Sundar to rescue survivors. The heat
wss SO intense that the party was un-
able = approach the spot where the |
amp had stood.
According 10 the seventeen survivors
who reached Avery, the fire came on
them while they were sleeping. and they |
were surrounded by flames The men !
scattered and ran for safety Little hope
K entertained By the seventeen that their |
companions survived.
Al least five farmers are dead al New |
port. Wash and several persons were |
rendered temporarily insane Mrs. /
Ernest Reinhardt broke away from her |
rescuers after they had borne her from
her burning home. and madly rushed !
into the flames Fire Is still threatening
New port
Soldiers of the 25th United States In |
fsntry. negro. who are patrolling Wal /
lace. Idaho. under the direction of Mayor |
Hansen, have been ordered to shoot /
Esndals whose depreda tions have be
come serious
Chicago. Milwaukee & Puget Sound |
refugee trains through the burned |
region are furnished with guards Of
negro soldiers
Praise for Negro Troops.
The discipline valor and general eff
ciercv Of tbs negro troops are eliciting
Inc highest praise from residents of the |
burned area
: westbound train of the Northern
Pacific reached Spokane to-day after az
exciting run through the flames, Every
car was scorched.
At Liberty Lake. q summer resort
eighteen miles from Spokane, several
cottages have been burned.
The St Joe and the St Marie valleys,
lu the heart Of the richest timber belt
la Idaho. are swept by flames. Already
che hundred homesteaders have been
burned out. Five hundred men are fight
ing the blaze. St. Joe River steamboats,
@fe kept ready TO take people to safety
could. seventeen miles from Helena, is
entirely surrounded by fires. Wilburus
Just over the mountain from Gould, Is