Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-22

Us,o Photograph In the possession Of MrA n
morning there are two rescue trains on
the q. Paul speeding toward Missouia
with about 500 people aboard. There Is
another on the Northern Pacific Occur
DAlene branch with go women and chill
dren. taken from the burned town OF 81.
Regis. There will be a second Northern
Pacific train before noon.
Unless there are more men in isolated
positions In the woods than Is believed
TO be the case. the loss OF life in this
section win not be great. The men Ia
the forest service gangs are In charge
Of experienced woodsmen. and they Know
how to take care of themselves: IL Is
only where they have utterly exhausted
themselves In their battle with the
flames or have sustained accidents that
they are liable to be overcome by the
fires.
In Wallace, however. the death list may
grow. The fires swept that town ,a "s1
such terrible swiftness that II Is IeaIeu
there will be more bones found In the
ruins as the search progresses
Fire Line Fifty Miles Long.
The most disastrous fires in this dis
trict today are those in Sanders county
between Thompson and the Idaho line.
These fires extend along an unbroken
line for more than fifty miles and are In
dense timber There are several towns
in this district, built In the very MIDST
Of the timber.
J. M. Boyd. former Northern Pacific
agent At Wallace. met death In an en-.
deavor to save his parrot. His son. Fire
Capt Boyd, had forced the members OF
the family to fee from their home on
the hillside when the flames drew near.
The father went back to get the parrot
and was not missed for fifteen minutes:
When a search was made he was found
lying face downward In the road, lOO
yards from the house.
He had been overcome by the heat ana
smoke, but was not burned. Tne par
rot was dead In its cage beside him. In
the ruins Of the house two skulls. pre-
s,rmabIy of men, were found. Six men
are known to have died In an attempt
to reach Wallace from Big Creek. st.
Toe county. Some assert that six more
are lost. The names Of only three OF
the lost are know .ns They they are snd Ha11y
Henson, the latter Of Racine. Wis. The
other two were hired in Spokane. through
an agency.
Take Refuge in Mines.
RANGER Pulaski and forty-one men were
forced to leave Big Creek and attempted
To cover the ten miles to Wallace. Three
miles from town they were forced by q
wall of fire to crawl into mine tunnels
nearby and remain ten hours. Two men
broke through the fire and staggered into
wallace. They reached here at O'Clock
yesterdAy morning and gave the alarm.
and a party Of rescuev with physician
hastaned TO the War Eagle mine. where
the men were. One of the forty-one was
found burned to q crisp on the tran. FIVE
OF those In ten tunnel were suffocated and
dead, and q dozen others were resuscltat-
ed only after an hours work.
Three men are known to be dead on
Pine Creek. Ranger Bell had twenty-five
men under him there. All were caught.
Three were killed. three others were
by falling trees.
Three more men met death yesterday
afternoon. They and twenty others were
trapped in a fire on Boulder creek. near
Muiian. Four of the twenty MANAGED
to walk to the train to come here. An
other man was killed on Placer creek Q
mile from Wallace He and q companion
penned In by flames took refuge In the
creek and kept each other wet by throw
ing water with their hands. While thus
engaged a falling tree struck one OF them
on the head and killed him instantly: His
companion was able to escape to Wal
lace but his clothing was burned on him.
Harry Chamberlin was engaged In bury
in East Wallace when the flames swept
around the corner Of the house and
burned him from head to foot.
Hills StiI Blazing.
The fire situation Is still bad. all the
hills around the town being filled with
burning timbers. The wind Is blowing
strongly at times. Fully a third OF the
population has left the town.
At $50 yesterday morning the first
train from the Wallace district pulled
into Missoula- II carried a most pitiful
crowd.
A thousand or more of the people OF
Missoula. including many women and the
leading business men Of the city, were
at the station to receive and minister tc
the refugees Ambulances. automobiles
and public conveyances were pressed into
service. Among the very first to get out
OF one OF the box cars was a nurse
wearing uniform and cap and carrying a
tiny baby. At her heels was the mother
nervous. pale and emaciated. TREMBLING
from head to foot. Following this trio
came another nurse. a nine-day-old child
and fran. frightened mother From the
car ahead desperately III man wa.
kle-faced pioneer. travelling on clutches.
There were q half dozen other feebl.
ones. Workingmen covered with CRIME
accompanied their families Mrs. Otts
1rerenDur8. bringing -FOUR children, wa.
weeping for her husband and an eight
year-old son who missed the train. Two
OF her little ones were in their nigh,
clothes. The father ran back to tr,
to save his home and was left.
Left Brother to Die.
George Bryan came on the secont
rescue train from the fire district HI,
tongue was swollen. his rough shir
stiff with blood. his beard matted will
the blood from wounds on his head ans
face. and from streams that had nowes
from his nose and ears In the effort n,
put forth to bring out OF the IRE hi
injured brother. whose charred bod,
he was at last forced TO leave In tn,
blazing forest above Mullan. where boil
had been prospecting. The two fie,
from the flames and the brother fell
breaking his leg. Then began the ter
rible struggle to save him. Through
smoke and fire Bryan stumbled on, blu
the fire gained on him and 1T length
overcame him. Finally the injurs,
brother became unconscious. Georg
was hardly able to stagger and mall,
reluctantly he turned his back upon hi
brother and fed.
Soldiers Are Exhausted