Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-07-18
HUNDREDS FLEEING
FROM FOREST FIRE
WOMEN AND CHILDREN HuDl
DIED IN TERRoRIzED GROUPS
ABOUT STREETS.
5000 FIGHTING THE FLAMES
Women Working as Hard as Men IN
Effort to Save Property-Beauti-
full Country Places Exposed
One Worth 100000.

San Francisco, July 1.-THE wom-
en- and children of Mill Valley, the
suburb across San Francisco bay, are
huddled in terrorized groups in the
streets watching the approach down
Blythedale canyon, of the Mount Ia
malpais forest fire, which their hus-
bands and fathers, aided by 1000 men
of the army and navy are struggling
to check. The wind slackened some
what early in the evening, but the
flames continued to advance steadily
toward the town.
Warned to Seek Safety.
All residents in the fire area, in
GLIDING the $500 Inhabitants of Mill
Valley and the hundreds of others
whose homes are scattered along the
Tamalpais canyons, have been warned
to seek safety and small army
poured down from summer camping
districts.
Mount Tamalpais is landmark of
California and the playground and
park of all the cities clustered about
San Francisco bay and has been burn
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three suburbs. By day a mantle Of
white smoke, floating across the bay
like streaming scarf, has cloaked
the shoulders of the mountain, but
at night the reflection from it's glow
ing TANKS is painted on the skies.
Deceptive Assurance.
Each morning has brought decep-
tive assurance that danger was past,
but each afternoon, the summer trade
winds, sweeping from the Pacific
have whipped the flames before them,
charging armies that leaped into
fresh finder on the far sides of acres
burned bare by backfires.
Three thousand soldiers and sail
ors, forest rangers and volunteer ci-
villains are enrolled as fire fighters.
In all the threatened territory wom-
en- have worked almost as hard as
the men cooking rations day and night.
No Loss Of Life.
Shops are closed and business is at
standstill. Thus far, there has been
no loss of life and little damage to
private property, though the possible
damage is enormous and imminent
Mount Tamalpais rises from the
north side of San Francisco bay and
has made populous with wealthy
summer residents and commuters a
string of villages and cities in the
foothill. Tourists from all over the
country are familiar with the ascent
by rail to the summit.
In the deep ravines scored by ero-
sion hide groves of giant sequoias, the
most beautiful of which have been
conserved in national park named
Muir Woods" while the broad breast
OF the mountain is fuzzy with bay
and laurel. chapparal and scrub oak.
Fine Estates Exposed.
Blythedale canyon, leading to Mill
Valley, is lined with country places
The most exposed of these is the
beautiful estate known as THE Gar
den of Allah" owned by Ralston Low.
EFT White and valued at 100000.
Reliance on saving Mill Valley and
the other towns lay precariously last
night on trench varying in width
from IS to 1876 feet, which it is hoped
will stem the fire from further prog
ress toward Baltimore and Blythedale
Canyons. Once the canyons are fair
ly ablaze it will take superhuman
work to save the habitations at their
mouths.