Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-03
Women And Children At
Salol Move To The Safety
Zone; Heavy Shifting
Winds In Other Sections
Put Fires Out OF Control,
Comet Declares.

Eoseau, Minn.. Oct. 3.-An
women ard children have hcen
evacuated from the town OF Sa-
lol. nine miles cast of here and
about the same distance from the
Canadian border. which was men,
nccd when a peat bog fire got ont
of control according to word re-
ccivcd here today
1t was said that approximately
$50 persons were in the danger
zone. hut that virtually all of
thGm had been warned.
latest urG Eiciai reports Eeccat.
I'd here were tina, SaIol could not
bC saved.
Duluth. Minn.. OFT 3.-Thc
forest fire situation in the terri
tory north and west Of Duluth had
!Ws,Irc so serious carly this aft-
c:noon TINT the combined for
cstty and military forces are con-
ccntratins all efforts on remove
ing settlers and protecting build
t''Ss. G. NJ. Comet. forestry field
administration chief. disclosed,
Heavy shifting winds during
the last "a hours with 20 mile
wind blowing today have put the
forest fires out of control. Mr..
Comet declared.
st. Paul, Minn., Oct. 3.-A thirty.
FIVE mile an hour wind at o'clock
this morning was driving the fires in
the Kelsey, Sax, Meudowland and
Fernay districts, according to reports
received at the office Of the state
forester. and fire fighters reported
that there was little prospect of pre-
venting the fires from running to-
gether. Sparks from the fires were
dropping a quarter of mile away.
Seventeen Fires. .,.
Seventeen fires are burning in these
districts, and some Of them have
swept out Of the bog country and are
running into the highlands, threaten
ing to creep into valuable timber
stands. according to reports ~ to the
state forester's Office here. ,,.>t "
Forestry officials are apprehensive
that the fires will reach the heavily
wooded sections today under the Inn
petus of the high northeast wind.
Rangers. in reports to headquarters
this morning declared there Is no
telling what will happen il the wind
gets right today. There are too many
new fires"
Inc largest fire is burning on a II
mile front and is almost solid from
Sax to Ellsmere. according to reports
which say that new fires are spring
ing up almost continuously. started
by flying sparks.
Rangers report there Is little prob
ability Of any loss Of life as virtually
all persons living in the threatened
district have been removed to places
of safety.
To Protect Duluth.
Duluth. Mimi. Oct. 3.-A motor
patrol for the outskirts Of Duluth to
protect this city from new forest and
brush fires which are springing up
hourly in the north country was rec
commended today by G. NJ. Comet.
forestry field administration chief.
Mr.. Comet hoped to arrange with
the Duluth Automobile club TO have
volunteer motorists patrol the out.
skirts Of the city, Mr.. Comet said
there was no Immediate danger OF this
fires reaching Duluth Mr. Comet
offered his suggestion as matter Of
l.rccaution against flames being driven
this way by strong northerly o.,
westerly winds. The wind now i.
blowing from the northeast The
nearest fire is 20 miles away
st. Paul. Mimi. Oct, 2.-Fil os ir
the vicinity of 1tasca state park were
reported we'll manned today arl are
held. removing the immediate men
ace to the state park. reported Sun
day. according to reports received in
the office Of W. T. Cox. state forester