Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-18
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Brevator, ScanlOn, Corona, AdOlph,
Thompson.
I Home Guard units from all over the
state are being modified to assist the
dazed survivors,
Instances are being related of sew
eral families budding together in enc
cellar and being suffocated or crushed
to death.
In one cellar near Moose Lake, thir-
ty bodies were discovered, in another
cellar eight bodies and more are be-
| ing discovered as the ruins cool enough
to permit of search.
Has Start Near Ben1idji.
The fire started near Bemidji, where
| fire has been smouldering for weeks.
Famed by a high wind, the flames
swept across the state toward Duluth,
cutting a sWath of so miles wide
| through cut-oyer lands, bounded on
| both sides by chain of lakes.
At Moose Lake the havoc wrought
| by the blaze was most complete, al
| though the loss of life in the town it
self was low, because the inhabitants,
warned of the approach of the fire,
| took refuge in the icy waters of the
| lake
Brainerd, Bemidji and Aitkin es-
capped de- truction, partly because the
| wind died down and in part through
heroic work of volunteer fire fighters.
Duluth and Superior, although sub
urbs were burned, were untouched by
the flames and are serving as place
of refuge for large number of the
| $4,000 homeless ones.
The heaviest loss of life was at
Moose Lake and vicinity. Adjutant
General Rhinow estimating that more
that 300 persons died there. Duluth
morgues have approximately 200 bod
| les and officials estimate that several
| hundred more dead men, women and
children are scattered throughout the
| fire region.
EIibbing Hinged by Fire.
Hibbing, although ringed about fire,
was unframed Citizens of the iron
| range were last night hurrying for
| shelter at Carlton, and fires were
blazing at the Morton location. Kee-
watin and other towns. Grand Rapids
was reported on fire.
Five mills are all that is left in
Cloquet CT what was yesterday a city
of 5000 persons with varied business
| interests and many beautiful homes
| The homes are smouldering ruin,
every residence being burned, but
| warning of the approaching fire came
| i'll time to- allow the people of the
town TO depart.
PitifuI Search for Relatives.
Moose Lake, Oct 15.-The death list
IN the Moose Lake-Kettle River dis
trict has been estimated as high as
400 by those investigating conditions.
Along the roads were found the
bodies of mothers with babies clasped
to their lifeless breasts and children
clinging together.
Through the yellow pail Of pine
smoke that hung low over the ruins Of
Moose Lake, frightened mothers. car
rying thinly clad children in arms and
with others tied to their apron strings
to guard against separation, conducted
missing husbands and fathers.
Ban on sghtseers.
| st. Paul, Oct. 15.-No ''rubberneck
| caravans" will be permitted to ira
! verse the fireswept areas of Northern
Minnesota, it was announced at the adj
jutant generals Office. The mandate
was issued at the capitol following
an appeal by relief workers that per-
sons outside the stricken area, unless
on special missions, refrain from inter
fering in the relief work, as relief
agencies now being organized have
their hands full in caring for refugees.
st. Paul, Oct Ex-Governor Burn
quist, accompanied by Mrs. Burnquist,
left for Moose Lake, where he took
charge of relief work and investigated
the extent of the disaster and will
order financial aid Mrs. Burnquist
will also aid the women of the stricken
district as much as possible.
Governor BurnQuist cancelled all his
speaking dates and said that he will
decide whether financial assistance,
which must be given, will come
through an appropriation by the calam-
ity board of the state or by public sub
scripticn.
Calamity Board Has Power.
The calamity board, composed of
| the Governor, state treasurer and
state auditor, has power to make all
appropriation of state funds for relief
work in such disaster, he said, and
! this course may be taken.
Major W. G. CARTS, chief of staff in
Adjutant General Rhinow's office, or
dered out the National guard com
panies from st. Cloud, Ironton and
other cities in proximity to the devas-
| tated area. Word came to him that
| fires were threatening Kimberly, Tam
arack and other places just east of
Aitlxin The fires at Kimberly and
Tamarack were extinguished but
message from Ironton said they had
| broken out again.
500 Collins for Moose Lake.
General Rhinow at Moose Lake
wired Major CARTS for 800 collins to
he sent at once to that city mostly