Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1910 — FIRES MENACE TOWNS [ARTICLE]

FIRES MENACE TOWNS

Blaine and Custer. Wash., Surrounded by Flames. Forest fires near Lynden, Wash., spread until several towns of Whatcom county are Vi taenaced, dozens of ranch homes and barns have been destroyed and a total loss of $1,000,000 inflicted. The fire has practically surrounded Blaine, and three houses have been destroyed there. All of the nine buildings in the town of miles from Blaine, have been burned. At Enterprise, thirteen miles north of Bellingham, the Enterprise mill and a few houses have been destroyed. Twelve houses near Ferndale have been burned. Custer Is surrounded by fire.