On This Date in Minnesota History: October 12

October 12, 1918 – One hundred years ago today, “the Moose Lake-Cloquet fire of October 12 and 13, entirely burned the city of Cloquet, reached the edges of Duluth, took 453 lives, millions in property, and 106 people died afterward of influenza and pneumonia.”

http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part2.pdf

According to the book, “They Chose Minnesota,” published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press, perhaps as many as 80% of those who died in this fire were Finns.

Carlton County Vidette; Oct. 18, 1918; p. 1.  Duluth News Tribune; Oct. 14, 1918; p. 1. Duluth News Tribune; Oct. 13, 1918; p. 1.

The Cloquet Fire - Oct. 12, 1918 – Part I
http://pjefamilyresearch.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-cloquetmoose-lake-fire-october-12.html

The Cloquet/Moose Lake Fire – October 12, 1918 – Part II http://pjefamilyresearch.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-cloquetmoose-lake-fire-october-12_12.html

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