This Week In History - July 16, 2020

100 Years Ago

One of the most terrible tragedies in the history of this district occurred Friday night when Mrs. Marcy Roesch and her seven children, residing near where the county road branches off to Copeland, burned to death. John G. Roesch, head of the family was the only survivor to escape from the burning building and also the only one to witness the calamity.

Four valuable cows belonging to Fritzpatrick Bros. died Saturday night. When the veterinarian examined the cows, he determined that they all had died as a result of eating dynamite.

Officials of the Cynide Gold Mining Company report their new machinery and equipment at the mine has been installed and will be running full blast by the latter part of next week.

50 Years Ago

Two Canadians were seriously injured when their 1956 Chevrolet crashed on Rock Creek Hill. Both men were sent to the hospital with injuries. The accident is under investigation.

A fire, believed to be started by a defective electric fencer unit, burned Lloyd Nowland’s two barns and a granary just east of Three-Mile Junction.

Authorities are holding two men and a woman who allegedly stole a checkbook and tools from a vehicle parked at Robinson Lake. The threesome went on a buying spree writing checks in Bonners, Sandpoint, and Coeur d’Alene.

15 Years Ago

Multiple rapidly moving and growing fires north of District Road 2 forced evacuation of all homes in that area all the way to Caribou Creek Log Homes.

Citizens have stepped up to contribute more than the $35,000 cash required to “Raise the Flag.”

On July 8, 2003, the Bonners Ferry Chapter of Rotary was born, and members have been doing good for the community ever since.

— Submitted by the Boundary County Museum