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1. collection.mndigital.org › exhibits › fires-of-1918Aftermath | The Fires of 1918 - Minnesota Digital Library

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   Rebuilding the town after the 1918 Fire. Bird's eye view of the corner of 6th Street and Cloquet Avenue. Sheltering the refugees became a main priority of the Fire Relief Commission.

2. collection.mndigital.org › exhibits › fires-of-1918Total Destruction | The Fires of 1918 - Minnesota Digital Library

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   Ten area towns were burned to the ground, including Automba, Brookston, Kettle River, Moose Lake, and Cloquet. Photographs taken of Cloquet in the days immediately after the fire show how the formerly bustling community of 8,000 people was reduced to piles of ruins.

3. libnews.umn.edu › 2018 › 10The fires of October 12, 1918 - UMN Libraries News & Events

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   Oct 11, 2018 · The fires devastated several municipalities including Moose Lake, Kettle River, Automba, and Cloquet, and portions of the Fond du Lac Reservation (Nagaajiwanaang). Residents of Cloquet, a city of 8,000 people, were evacuated to Duluth via train and automobile.

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4. www.pinejournal.com › community › fires-of-1918Fires of 1918: Oldest survivors in Cloquet are now buildings

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   Jun 30, 2018 · When the last train pulled out of Cloquet just after 10 p.m. Oct. 12, 1918, the people jammed in its boxcars watched the city burn as they left. Passengers recalled watching the Pine Knot newspaper office, the YMCA, the Cloquet hotel, the Methodi...

5. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › fire-ragesFire rages in Minnesota | October 12, 1918 - HISTORY

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   Nov 13, 2009 · A massive forest fire rages through Minnesota on October 12, 1918, killing hundreds of people and leaving thousands homeless. The fire burned at least 1,500 square miles. The fire, known as...

6. www.ancestry.com › disaster › naturalCloquet Fire - Ancestry

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   A massive forest fire forged a path of destruction through Carlton County, Minnesota, on October 12, 1918. Known as the Cloquet Fire after a small town that was virtually wiped out by the disaster, the blaze began in the heavily forested lands of this region and spread quickly due to high winds.

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   What happened at Cloquet Avenue after a fire?

   • Ruins of the Catholic Church. View of Cloquet Avenue between 14th and 15th streets after the fire. Looking east through the ruins towards the Catholic Church and school. Cloquet had recently built a brand-new high school. The fire reduced it to a shell of a building. Most of the city’s industrial buildings were also destroyed.

   Total Destruction | The Fires of 1918 - Minnesota Digital Library

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   What happened in Cloquet & Moose Lake?

   • In the first weeks of October of 1918, two fires ignited by sparks from trains began near Cloquet and Moose Lake. On October 12 and 13, these fires grew quickly, and tore through the Cloquet, Moose Lake, and Duluth area, virtually obliterating thirty-eight communities and 1,500 square miles.

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   Was Cloquet burned?

   • By 4 a.m., the city of Cloquet was "practically all burned," reported Commissioner Archie Campbell, who traveled back and forth between Carlton and Cloquet three times that dreadful night. But not everything was destroyed. Many of the industries were saved thanks to people who remained behind to fight the fires.

   Fires of 1918: Oldest survivors in Cloquet are now buildings

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   What buildings were destroyed in the Cloquet Fire?

   • Ruins of the Cloquet High School after the fire. Ruins of the Fire Hall after the fire. Duluth and Northeastern Railroad Yard and Round House in ruins. St Louis River Mercantile Company Warehouse and Elevator. Dunlop Island Buildings in the bac... Ruins of Cloquet Northern Lumber Company Planing Mill.

   Total Destruction | The Fires of 1918 - Minnesota Digital Library

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   What happened in Cloquet in 1918?

   • When the last train pulled out of Cloquet just after 10 p.m. Oct. 12, 1918, the people jammed in its boxcars watched the city burn as they left. Passengers recalled watching the Pine Knot newspaper office, the YMCA, the Cloquet hotel, the Methodist Church and the new "fireproof" high school, which had only opened in April 1918, go up in flames.

   Fires of 1918: Oldest survivors in Cloquet are now buildings

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   What happened to Cloquet High School after the fire?

   • The fire was so hot that only some brick or stone remained, the roofs blew off, the windows exploded, and only the metal parts of train cars remained, twisted on the tracks. Ruins of the Cloquet High School after the fire. Ruins of the Fire Hall after the fire.

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8. libguides.d.umn.edu › 1918fireHome - Fires of 1918 - Research Guides at University of ...

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   Jul 20, 2023 · In the first weeks of October of 1918, two fires ignited by sparks from trains began near Cloquet and Moose Lake. On October 12 and 13, these fires grew quickly, and tore through the Cloquet, Moose Lake, and Duluth area, virtually obliterating thirty-eight communities and 1,500 square miles.