The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-31
RECOMPENSE GIVEN
F|RE-F|GHTERS
MULlAN MEN AND OTHERS IN.
FORMED THAT GOVERNMENT
WILL ASSIST THEM.

Mullan, Aug. 30.--(Special.) THE
passage of Senator w. B. Heyhurn's
bill for the relief and compensation of
fire victims during the forest fires of
1910, Will bring good fortune to two
Mullan men, and to three others who
were ut that time residents Of Mullan.
Those at present residents Of Mullan
who will receive compensation for in
juries received at the time are Joe
Carnahan and Tom Noonan. The
other three. who have since gone else.
where, are Dan II. Sullivan of Wallace.
who will receive $500; James q. DAN
ieIson, Pullman, wash. s322.33, and
Antoine Caynor sof Occur d'Alene. Ida
no, $4,000. The amounts allowed Car
nahan and Noonan are not stated I'm
the report received. All Of the parties
named together with several others,
were severely burned at the head Of
Boulder creek. south Of Mullan, In
what IL known as the rock cut, on the
wagon road at the summit OF the
range. They formed part of a party
Of fire fighters employed by the for
est service to fight the fire then rag
ing on the st. Joe side OF the range.
While engaged In this work the fire
which jumped into Wallace from the
st. Joe swept eastward and cut off the
way of escape for the Boulder creek
party.
They were caught In the rock cut on
the summit In oceans of smoke and
hot ashes and stayed there while the
fierce flames swept over them. That
St al a .l.
miracle not to be accounted for when
one sees the place and the clean
sweep the fire made OF everything
combustible IN the vicinity. AZ IL
was they were badly scorched and
blistered, and only saved their lives
by holding their coats over their faces.
Many times during "a few terrible
hours their clothing was on fire. and
today many pieces of burned rags may
be seen on the spot. One or two OF
the party We're burned to death by
attempting TO return to their ST. Joe
camp after supplies when they saw
the retreat TO Mullan blocked. All
who came out alive spent many weeks
In hospitals.
George Il. Phipps had an operation
performed upon his neck this week,
by which a tumor was removed.
Charles Henderson suffered another
attack of spinal trouble Monday even
ing and was removed to Wallace.
William Johnson, employed at the
Snowshoe, has purchased the residence
belonging to William Snow.
Judge Thomas q. Kennedy is pre-
pairing Il petition to be presented to
the board of fire underwriters at San
Francisco asking that the rate for fire
insurance i'm Mullan be reduced. The
petition gives considerable data on the
excellent local water system, the
pressure obtained and the thorough
land prompt work OF the fire depart
ment. The paper will be signed by
the city council and the Mullan Com
mercial club and forwarded to the
board
Tom Day, formerly superinten-
dent Of the Helena Frisco mine at
Mace, and the Monitor mine at Sal
tese, has been appointed superinten-
dent of the Last Chance mine at
Wardner for the Federal company. d.
w. Peoples. who has ben manager of
years. has resigned.
The official nominations fr~ sena-
tors and representatives for .5hoshone
county are as follows: Democratic,
senator. Abner q. Kerns; representa-
tives. Angus +. Hutton, Amos NJ.
Strobe of Mullan. and Harry Walster
Republican. senator. Walter II. Han
son of Wallace; representatives, AL
bert II, Featherstone, Robert 0. Jones
and NJ. j. Sinclair.
Tuesday, September Is school cleo
ton day for the purpose of electing
two trustees to succeed J. w. Hutch
ins and b. +. Tolbert, whose terms
have expired. Mr.. Hutchins, who has
been on the Mullan school board for
several years, announces that he viii
not be a candidate for reelection.