Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-16
Family Huddles
in Mine Tunnel
as Flames Rage
(Continnen from nace u

/ Washington, the towns of LOST
! Creek, Tiger, lone, Lacke, Cuisick
and Blue Slide are still in the path
of a so mile wide wall of fire
which has been blazing three days.
Wheeler's mill and the settlement
there has been saved.
Ranchers and their families, with
their household goods, have desert
cd their homes and gathered along
the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul railroad, rs place of
safety and means of further flight
should it become necessary.
In western Washington light rain
fail Yesterday and last night put
out small fires, checked Others and
today the situation there was great
~ improved.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10
Fires running through the forests
of the Pacific coast centered their
fury in northern California and
northern Idaho today with, at least
u persons missing and two injured.
Fires in northern Idaho have des-
troved $50 homes in the Pine Creek
CANYON country, razed the buildings
of the Nabob mine with a loss OF
$500,000, and today were reported
threatening the Constitution mine.
Twenty employees of the Nabob
mine were reported to have fled
back into the hills for safety, and
their present whereabouts are un-
known.
Several families fought their way
through the belt of fire yesterday
and reached safety.
Four members of the Doukhobor
colony, living on Porcupine Creek
near Nelson, B. G., still were miss
ing today after the fire had ragged
between them and the villages
where other members of the colony
had taken refuge.
Much Timber Destroyed
Vast timber tracts i'll the vicinity
of the Doukhobor colony have been
DESTROYED. two mills owned by the
colony burned and today the fire
was advancing towards Porto Rlca
and Clearwater, B. c.
Two fires there, one on Humbug
mountain and the other in the
Gooseneck district, have burned
over 100000 feet of standing
matured timber and were racing on
today, defying the fire crews, be-
fore 10 mile gale. Two hundred
men were conscripted y to fight
fire at Yreka, 40 miles from the
Klamath forest, last night. Two
men were injured by falling trees.
In the Tahoe forest the situation
still was described as danger
Gus, ;" although sc~lewhat improved
as compared with yesterday morn
ing.
The fire in the Santa Barbara for
est, which for two days was the
worst on the coast, now has been
temporarily checked, reports here
indicated, but the situation still is
critical.
Los ANGELES, July 16.T The
forest fire situation in Southern
California was reported less hazard.
Gus today.
On several fronts the blazes are
under control, while fire fighters
in other sections were hopeful of
having the flames well in hand with
in few hours.
The new fire in the Pine canyon
district of the Santa Barbara ma
tional forest is the most active at
present, according to word received
by local forestry service officials to-
day. There, l0-milc wall of flame
is sweeping pathway towards
King S canyon, threatening to rcaeh
the Twecdy Gun ciuD. and numer-
ous small resorts i'll Kings canyon
unless it is halted.
The fire which started yester-
day afternoon on the slopes of Mt.
San Gabriel, in the Angeles ma
tional forest, was practically out to-
day, after it had been fought by
100 men fOi several hours.
This is the only blaze reported
within the Angeles reserve, and au-
thorities are hopeful of keeping the
huge timber tract free of the men
ace that has already swept more
than 200 acres in the Santa Barb
ara section since the fire started a
week ago tomorrow.
Fires in Lang and Little San Mar
tin CANYONS, which threatened yes
terday, are controlled. These blazes
were near Newhall, and men who
were fighting them have been trans
ferred to the Pine canyon front. A
camp accommodating several hun
dred men has been established in
Fish Greek canyon, near the scene
of the one blaze still out of con
troll.