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that consumed everything in its path. By 7 p.m. people were beginning to gather at the train depot and a message was wired to Rainy River to have relief trains ready if necessary. Half an hour later, watchers perched on top of a building opposite the depot cried, "It's coming. Quick, give the fire
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The whistle sounded and the people came. The sick in night clothing, children carried dolls or pets and adults, a cherished possession or two. There was some panic when only one coach arrived. Oil tanks lay not far from the depot. Then again, the track was on fire and burning embers had reached the
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had plans to build a railway bridge. The mill started its operation with one circular saw and later grew to be one of the largest mills in the world. In 1898, The Beaver Mills Lumber
Company, owned by J.H. Hughes and Long, bought the mill. The mill hands and their families built shacks around the
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lumberman moved a small sawmill overland to the headwaters of Rapid River, downstream from
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