Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-10-19
Many Charred Bodies Found
Strewn Along Highways
and in Buildings.
FEAR WIND MAY FAN FLAMES
Rescue Workers, Under the Direction
of Governor 5urnquist, and Other
State Officials, Find Ruined
Towns and Blackened
Countryside.

Duluth, MINI Oct 15.-Wih an e.
timated death toll of 1000 and ae0
driven from their homes by forest fires
within the last two days, new con-
fiagration was reported in the region
of Schultz Lake, Il summer resort ID
miles northeast of here.
Governor and Mrs. BurnQuist ara
here. State officials are directing the
rescue work. No persons except those
on business are permitted 70 enter the
fire-swept area. and rail faciittes to
the safety zone are taxed. so great has
been the exodus of refugees.
Three counties have been deyastat-
ed. The towns of Cloquet. Brookston.
Brevator. Corona. Adolph Arnold.
Thompson. Moose Lake, Kettle River.
Twig, Rice Lake and Wright have
been wiped out
300 Die in Ore Town.
In Moose Lake and vicinity alone
more than 800 persons were burned or
sG.Tocated. Between 800 and 100 cot-
fins have been sent To Moose Lake.
Seventy-five bodies were found in one
building. and at least 100 more were
scattered here and there. Moose Lake
was a furnace, and only those escaped
who, at the risk Of drowning waled
into the lake, where the gale-driyen
waves swept over them.
Rescuers say thar only the dey2S-
tation of war is comparable To the
ruin spread through the Moose Lake
area. Not a building stands in the
business region of Moose Lake Here
and there broken walls remain to
trace the fearful story Of the last 36
hours.
Women are searching the streets q
that town looking In vain for their
husbands or their children, In the
ruins of one building alone - bodies
were found. the majority Of which
cannot be identified.
Compel Women to Flee.
Reports tell Of women who jumped
into the lake and all night through
refused to come to shore. Home
guards ordered to transport them out
of the zone of the fire which was
shooting toward them, finally resort
Ell to the lasso Catching the refu-
gees, who stood in water up to their
neck, they pulled them ashore ana
hustled them on the relief trains after
administering 10 them as best they
could
Piles of debris are still smodering
and additional bodies are believed 10
be beneath
The loss in timber and property WILL
run far into the millions and viii sur
pass that caused by any OF the ms
toric fires of previous years Whifi
have swept this region. Around pa'
luth alone the loss reaches SlW"'F"-
Working steadily throughout the
night, rescue parties h-ve hronEa'
scores of additional bodies - me
morgues here, while relief trains nave
sped TO the larger cities with ioa'7
of injured and destitute. Though iA'
wind has abated somewhat. freS are
still smoldering over the stricken 'l'S-
trict. and in some places are eaAH7
ahead rapidly.
Fear Rise in Wind.
Should the wind rise again. Mime
sofa stands fair to see many iAou>ai''
additional acres swept by the il''-'S>,
and the death list possibly increased
materially. Weather predictions ~
little hope of rain. which is ihe "l''
certain relief from the menace Of NE"
conflagrations.
scores are known to be dead az
Rrookston. Pine Lake and other VIZ
wages in Pine. Carlton and ~ 'f''
counties. Burch Lake, a summer
sort near Duluth. IS virtually "..'
out. with heavy loss Of lives
ported.