Fire storm
Subtitle: the great fires of 1918
By: Christine Skalko, Marlene Wisuri
Publisher: Carlton County Historical Society
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cloquet, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780961895969
Subjects: Fires, 1918; Forest fires; History; Fires
Other titles: Great fires of 1918
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: About this book --; title: Introduction -- -- ch. 1.; title: Before the fire --; title: Conditions --; title: Lack of fire safety and prevention practices --; title: Lack of fire fighting equipment, supplies, & trained firefighters --; title: Lack of an effective communication system -- -- ch. 2.; title: The Cloquet fire begins --; title: Milepost 62 --; title: The Fond du Lac Indian Reservation --; title: Rural areas are ablaze -- -- ch. 3.; title: The fire enters Cloquet --; title: The city is alerted to the approaching fire --; title: The townspeople prepare to leave --; title: Escape by train --; title: Escape by foot --; title: Escape by automobile --; title: Fury of the flames sweeps city --; title: The harrowing train ride --; title: The fight to save the mills --; title: Red Cross responds to appeals for help --; title: Neighboring towns welcome refugees -- -- ch. 4.; title: The Duluth fires --; title: Duluth is threatened by the fire --; title: Pike Lake --; title: Outlying areas of Duluth --; title: Duluth is saved -- -- ch. 5.; title: Islands of flames --; title: The Moose Lake/Kettle River fire areas --; title: Tamarack --; title: Lawler --; title: Flames in Automba --; title: Kettle Rive burns --; title: Dead man's curve --; title: Eckman's corner --; title: The fire in Moose Lake.; title: ch. 6.; title: After the fire --; title: Cloquet is destroyed --; title: The Minnesota Home Guard, Motor Corps, and National Guard --; title: The Duluth Armory and the Red Cross --; title: Minnesota Fires Relief Commission --; title: Cloquet jobs restored --; title: Homes rebuilt --; title: Cloquet schools reopened --; title: Trees replanted --; title: Fond du lac Ojibwe receive relief --; title: Rebuilding in the region --; title: Fire losses brought to court --; title: Glossary --; title: Notes to the text --; title: Bibliography --; title: Fire stories --; title: One who then was a wee girl recalls Cloquet fire  -- by an anonymous fire survivor; title: Fire sufferers remember  -- Ada Martin Blinn; title: Prize essay recalls fire horrors on anniversary  -- Mrs. Herb (Pearl) Drew; title: History of Cloquet  -- Joseph N. Franklin; title: Saima's story ; title: Saima Lumppio --; title: Memories of the fire  -- Larry Luukkonen; title: Night of flame  -- Tina Pearson; title: My great aunt  -- Katie Casperson; title: The wedding  -- Beatrice Gellerman; title: Anna Dickie Olesen's speech before Congress --; title: Remembering the fires --; title: Suggested readings --; title: Newspapheadlinesnes --; title: About the authors.