FOREST FIRES.
THIItTY I'KUSOXS RT'RXED. l-'oru. towns jjk.stuoyki). JTn.-s Am-wii iala.ll Ky TcU'-ji-iij.h Cn|iyii»lit NKV," YOilK. Aiieji.-t •_>-_'. One liiimli <-< l ~<11::: r. mill's of country arc on fire in Idaho, Thirty |r rs-m, iii'iv hunied to death at Walla;,, ami il„.,v arc a tli<iUMiii(l lriiiu'cs irotn Missonra. On.- hiimind anil eighty members of til- fore.sny s, i'vio : . are ini^sint:. Four towns. iihimliiiLi: Taft. arc destroved, an,l aiv now burning. T-lUXDTJKDS OF LIVES LOST. Hundreds liav,- ,» n-da d in the Idaho lire Hah' of Wallace is icu Mainline, bnv there is a .solid wall of lire 00 mileis lonji from t't> Idaho boundary. The Sue has attacked Helknah. White Pine, Xoxmi, and Heron. MANY SKTn.K.\iKXT> JH'HXKI). Tile lire- in. VY, Mem .Molilalia are dostroyncj. many i-,,!at.(i v.-t t iemenls. .Hundreds of >,;,icr. were ovcilaken '" their beds, and are reachiii". the ti.'.Mi.- .-eaiilil.v clad. !t is expect, d that the nniebcr „i' fatalities nhvadv recorded will he ; ,iea:!y augmented. I lie- fire service nirii icpnrt that they have posit.ve cvidemv that, many tire:u Or, -on are of incendiary ori-in. Keeeived I-J.St.! a.n:.. Aldus' "Mill. . \i-:\Y YOUN:, Aunusi 2;i. Tin: lire:, a; Idaho, KaMorn Washington, ami Aio-unca, are uiiunenehed. Tho dama-e exceeds .'.".V.O.fV.Q. Two hundred persons, were injured, and many are missile;.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14282, 24 August 1910, Page 5
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209FOREST FIRES. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14282, 24 August 1910, Page 5
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