The San Francisco call., 1910-08-14
Big FOREST FIRES
RAGING IN NORTH
Rain Needed TO Prevent DAM
age to Homes Near George
town and Shoot Camp
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

ASpCClOt DtSpOtCu 70 nc Oott
PLACERVILLE. Aug. 1S.-Two forest
fires are raging and although lots of
men are fighting the flames they do
not hope to get them under control un-
less rain should come to their aid soon.
They are simply lighting to keep the
flames away from habitations.
The largest Of the hres is four or I'VE
miles northeast of Georgetown. The
other is on the American river slope
two or three miles from Shoot camp.
Mining Camps Destroyed
SPOKANE. Wash. Aug. 1S.-The
plant. including compressors. cabins
and blacksmith shop. owned by the
Liscon mining company, on Big creek,
near Wallace. Idaho. has been wiped
out by IRE, entailing a loss of about
S20 600.
The buildings Of the Blue Bell min
ing company. near the same place, nave
also been burned. The miners succeed
ed in carrying the portable equipment
into the tunnel. where II was saved
Reports from Bird Creek. on the st.
Joe river. say the mining camps there
have been burned. The same Is true
on Pine creek. where the fire has swept
over valuable timber and is still raging
unabated
FugitiVes Recall Horrors
WALLACE. Idaho. Aug. 13.-With
1000 men lighting fires in the Occur
d'AIene national forest. with the
weather calm and a prospect of rain,
the forest hre condition here is much
improved today.
Tales Of perilous adventure are be-
ing brought here by the fire lighters
who escaped from the Slate creek hre
Thursday. A number made their way
TO Averytown on the Chicago, Mil
vvaukee and Puget Sound railway, 9TH
ers came TO Wallace. arriving here last
night. while a number are still missing
Those who arrived here say that they
were forced 10 take refuge in Slate
creek for hours while the country all
around was a roaring furnace
The greatest difficulty now is get
ting supplies to the fire fighters. The
bake shops at Wallace are running
night and day TO supply the fighters
with bread
Montana Fires Spread
MIsSOULA. Mont. Aug. 13.-In the
forests about Missoula the situation
is worse today Fire is spreading along
Belmont creek and so men have been
asked for. The. Lolo Hot Springs fire
is also unchecked
Companies 7. L and NJ of the third
battalion of the Fourteenth infantry.
stationed al Fort Missoula, arrived
home from American lake in special
train this morning and later in. the
day were dispatched TO the scene of
the forest fires in this district
Company / left with Forester Greely
for the Clearwater forest, via the Lol
pass. and Companies ] and NJ followed
Indian Agent Morgan back to the res
ervation. Two more companies of sol
diers have been ordered here from the
encampment
Troops 10 Fight Flames
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-Two COM
panies OF infantry from Fort Wright,
Washington, have been ordered to Wal
lace. Idaho. and one to kalispell, Mont,
10 aid in fighting local forest fires.
The two companies now en- route 10
Glacier park viii be divided and one
viii be dispatched to KalispeN, giving
that section two companies.
Major General Leonard Wood. chief
of STAFF OF the army. today asked the
interior department and the forest
service 10 agree on a joint plan for the
use Of United States troops for fight
ing the forest fires in the west.