, ' Ablaze.
"Parties.
magnitude of the Ilinckley disaster.
(Ilene! the Most Appailiag lilo
casters In American History.
rm mus swm srarss
bone Parts of Pennsylvania's Oilfields
In ‘llnssoeuta. Where Nine Towns Were
$0“ In Ashes, the Member of Intuitive
”Almost Appalliug—Wiaeonsiu, Michi-
gan and New York Also Visited by Forest
MA Poll of Smoke Hangs Over the
Great Lakes and (lbscures Navigation—At
Binokley the Unknown Dead Ara 1hr;
kindly Burledfih'oble Eflorts of Reliel
DULUTH, Sept. 4.—Later details simply
confirm the reports received as to the
The
"most conservative estimate of the dead
errant» W ‘ ’ ” Ill-91in ~ , .2
g ., of, wartime! Ether-lint ‘ 1 .str
. remained but thesewlihiovedmnes
lyiagdoad. ‘ p - 1
There was no attempt to care f the
dead who lay scattered through the all"...
of the town. Everything inflamma 1e ai
Sandstone was destroyed, and invelttigav
ties brought the number of dead at that
place up to 62. with 21 people millllll.
Mr. Webster, the father of Mayor Lee
Webster in this town, was arnonl the
dead. and Mr. Webster sent to Sand tons
to bury his father and mother. The scene
at Sandstone, as described by Mr. Web
star. was heartrending. r
Scenes in Sandstone.
The streets of the town were only liner
of sand between heaps of ashes. Within
these lines lay «iii bodies scattered nit ran.
dam. and so more were founddead in the
outskirts of the town and in the hollow:
and marshes toward the river bank. Tilt
bodies were lying exposed to the sun and
rain and were rapidly decomposing. The)
were identified as far as possible and will
be buried today.
The Duluth people are looking after
the care and relief of the people on the
line north of Hinckley. They are doing
their work well end will see that met one
of the living is allowod to suller for food
or clothing. ‘
One of the marvelous circumstances ()1
the affair is the escape of so many cattle
was sent outline them. The bed
tobrossironi ”illusion”. on the'fit.
Paul and Duluth, to Sandstone, air miles
distant. Sixty bodies were tuned in the
little town scattered about everywhere.
No attempt has been made to bury than.
and they are rotting in the hot sun. One
building is all that renlaina at Pardridge,
on the Eastern Minnesota Everything
was burned, but so far as can be learned
only one life was lost.
THE WISCONSIN FIRES.
The Northern Part of the Great Lumber
state a Sea of l'lasnea.
lamv MOUNTAIN. Wis, Sept. 4.--'l'he
whole northeastern country is a mass of
ruins. and the loss and damage will
amount to thousands 0! dollars. The peov
pic of Norway had to fight the fire for 10
hours to save their town from being do-
stroyed. The damage in this direction is
chiefly more to crops of homesteaders,
many of whom lose everything. The in-
tense hcat luay be judged from the fact
that vegetables were cooked in the ground.
Captain John Perkins lost 1,000 bush-
els of turnips in this manner. 0n the
Octagon division of the Chicago, Milwau.
kco and St. Paul railroad the fire belt ex-
tends from (Ihaming to Rockland on both
sides of the road. and the darlings is chief.
iy to standing pine. is is not possible to
militias
“M, [ii Q .L’Je.
the oilfielia‘end Filmlmn neutrinos
located close by.
lineal-L (CITY, Pa.. Sept. i.-The
woods are on lire on both sides oi this
plate, and the fire extends overall area of
W miles. A large gang of men is fighting
the berries and digging trenches to prevent
the fire from spreading to the oil and gas-
lleld in this vicinity. The Elk Oil com-
pany have laid Water lines in all direc-
tions from their pump station and have
their large pump ready for any emergency.
There are a number of sawmills and lulu-
ber camps in the woods south of here, and
nothing has been learned from them as to
their condition. It is feared the mills
have been destroyed and that some loss of
life has occurred.
Gale Freshen: the Fires.
KANE, Pa, Sept. i.-—A still gale from
the southeast has freshoned up, and the
bright glare of destructive fires are visible
in all directions. Fire along the line of
the Pittsburg and Western railroad be-
tween Mount .lcwett and Ormsby Juno.
tion ’preventod railroad traffic. Much
valuable timber is being destroyed.
The fire which threatened the south
end of the Kano field on Martin run a
week ago is again burning fiercely and
covers a very largo scope of oil territory,
extending from Martin to Crane run.
Constant
Study.
Eternal vigilance is not only the price of peace. but it’s
the pride of any successful business effort. With us it is a con-
stant push for new and popular-goods, at prices that must please
our patrons.
Every style we show is the very latest and satisfaction is
guaranteed. This is our reason for asking the favor of your
esteemed patronage.
0LOTHIERSandHIIlNISIIERS
in the six or eight towns in Pine county
is 368 and from that figure on up to 1,000.
Although the exact number of dead
will never be known. enough is known to
- make this one of the most appalling dis-
asters in American history. More have
perished, but never so many in so terrible
'a manner. As to property loss.all thoughts
. .11"! been of death. and few could be
made to talk about their business losses.
It is probable the loss at and around
Hincltley will exceed $2,000,000, although
no careful estimates have yet been made.
Nor can they be made where all papers
1, . and records have gone up in the some
‘ flames that so quickly devoured all the
houses, the vegetation and almost the
estimate the damage in dollars until a
thorough investigation is made. It is as
tillmtcd. however. that 200,000,000 feet
of timber has been scorched, but if lum-
bered at once the loss will be but 10 per
cent. The railroad tracks are badly warp-
ed ill many places. rendering the operation
of the road unsafe on that division. hate
Saturday night a train was derailed ' by
warped rails. and the engineer. named
Almquist. a resident of Ontagon, was in-
stantly killed. An unknown brakeman
was so badly injured that he can‘t live.
Conductor Kllkcn, who came down from
the burned bolt, says the flames have at-
tacked the roadbed, and the ties are born
lug. Many homostoadcrs have lost their
Oil operators are making preparations to
put a large force of men out. The fire is
particularly dangerous to the entire oil
producing interests in the Kano field.
A heavy fire near Jchnsouburg is de-
straying millions of foot of lumber and
timber. Authentic reports say fires along
the line of the i‘lttsburp and Western
railroad in Elk and Forest counties have
destroyed several sawmills and a large
amount of sawed lumber and timber ill
the last few days.
and horses. Many Were absolutely un-
scathed, though no one can tell how they
escaped the ordeal of fire. Others wore
pitifully burned, and stops are tar-dilly be-
ing taken to put them out of their misery.
The animals wore without food until
late yesterday afternoon. when the relief
train brought up some hay, and the cow:
were in great suffering. not having been
milked for two days.
In the afternoon a strong breeze swept
up from the south. and soon the llamas,
which had been quenched to smoldering
by the morning showers, were again fan
nod to a blaze, and hundreds of columns
of smoke began to ascend from the woods.
The fire will not be out for many days, but
For Men and Boys.
Store will close at 6 o'clock, Mondays and Saturdays excepted,
until further notice.
W. A. BENEfllGT 8:. (WWW,
SENTINEL BUILDING, WASHINGTON STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK.
Sirloin) obscures the hull.
Donn-7mm; N. Y., Sept. i—Tho sun
has not boon soon hero for nearly a week,
so dense is the smoke overhead from for‘
‘ land in a large section of Pike county.
Rains have cleared the air somewhat
from smoke. but were not heavy enough
to entirely quench the fires, which would
break out on slight provocation if they
had ought to be fwd upon.
Of the fl res
across in Wisconsin less is known how.
but there has been no loss of life reported.
and it is hoped all is over.
Notwithstanding the showers. however,
the ground is dry and perched, and all
vegetation is so dry it would ignite easily
and burn with horrible rapidity.
there is no danger, as the underbrush is
burned out clean. and there is no possi-
bility of it spreading. The intensity and
insatiability of the fire can be soon from
the fact that tho corduroy illls. where the
logs were buried under several feet of
earth, are entirely eaten out, the lire out
ing its way through under the entire
width of the road.
None of the citiseus of Pine Clty who
volunteered aid in the relief work did
more than i“. G. Weber. He took entire
charge of the work at the cemetery and
homes. barns and crops. Unless rain
comes within the next 10 hours, of which
there is slight indication, all trains on
that division will be abandoned,
In the direction of Watcrsmcct. on the
Chicago and Northwestern, there are fires
of the nine nature. Many trains are be-
ing abandoned. The passenger trains duo
here Saturday did not arrive until Mon.
day morning.
Cmrrswa Farts. Wis, Sept. 4. —
Northwestern Wisconsin is one sea of
flames. and reports are coming in to this
est fires both north and south. There is
so much smoke, however, that molly poo
pie believe a large proportion of it comes
from the great fires in the west.
Your correspondent drove 20 miles north
of here to investigate and found not less
than a dozen fires burning in the woods.
Most of them were north of the Canada
lakes in the neighborhood of Omega, but
they have not yet reached the valuable
spruce timber tracts lying south of Caro;
ea
The fires or:- boing fought stubbornly
by the farmers. and it is believed their
F
Extravagance
May lie in paying too much for Mining. or in paying
too little.
If you buy feed for less than we ask you'll not get
as good qualily~that’s poor economy.
If on pay more, you pay too much, because we
sel the best there is.
This rule applies to all our goods, Oats. Corn Bran,
Meal, etc.
Oats and Corn carefully screened from dirt and
city constantly of fatalities caused by the chaff.
A Scene at Desolation. :33; g: riggethfllobggnwggrfinlllhzg “1‘“ great oonliogration. The towns of Rib spa-adds "'1‘" “pm": “I“ 6“" ”fangcm' Pratt's Poultry Food, Pratt‘s Food for Horses and
PIKE Cl'l'v. Minn.. Sept. 4.~—Wordscan- Not until nightfall were his ‘1’“ ‘ '0‘,” Lake, Marengo and Bradshaw have been a" w” “’3 “'6 urn "3 (m ( m°“"‘ Cattle.
not tell the story of death and destruc-
tion that is revealed to the traveler on the
St. Paul and Duluth from Mission Creek,
two miles above the little town of Miller,
or Sandstone J auction.
The awfulnoss of the desolation which
strikes upon the eye of the observer as he
reaches the camp which was once
the
town of Hincklcy is more strongly im-
pressed on his vision as hejourncys north-
ward. The smoke has lifted, revealing
a landscape bare and black. the few stami-
ing trees being charred to a height of it.)
feet, while the ground is of a peculiar
tint of brown and mixed with gunpnwv
dot, for the grass has been burned to the
roots.
Here and there in the bleak and dreary
stretches of country in what is now agrcot
lone land is seen the body of a deer whose
feet ad not been able to outrun the lianws
or o a human being who had been lillm)
lutely powerless against the grim destroy.
or.
The latest verification reports of
the
number of dead do not Illutorialiy alter
the former osliumzn-s.
in fact, that Ball-
mate is proving remarkabiyl-xnct. con
Iidering the «(infusion of tho first day.
The element that makes rinse figlll'i'v:
Very difficult is the fact ilmt- linilltlrl sum
in the Woods and along the ll-m-k are
liul.
infrequently reported at two puiuts.lluli
lent out from oarll as among its dual.
The number of dead at llinckley is
placed at 1100. Your correspondent
actually counted lul of those. and
hits
lilo
margin allowed is about all that is unres-
eal'y. ’l‘he liguros are as follou's:
Hinckloy. 200; Sandstone. 6:3; Millcr,
12; between Skunk bake and Miller. 1:3.
Pokegalua. :58: in
scattering, estimate to, total. :l7l.
lulnbor camps and
The following is the list of known (loud
at Hiuckley partially ldenlillod:
'ihe bend at llincklsy.
Mr. and Mrs. Abbey and two viliidron.
Mrs. Dan Donoghuc and three children.
John Woslund and child. Mr. and Mrs.
and during that time he had a succession
of relays of men under him. for many sick-
ened and had to give it up. The work
progressed slower than would have been
the case had Mr. Weber's working force
been adequate. As it was, so unidentified
dead were interred in the trenches. 50’
more were put in boxes, and 18 were bur-
ied by their friends, makinga total of iili
bodies handled at the cemetery.
Mr. Wobor says he has reports of? 51 bed
fee all ready for burial today. and this
number Will grow every hour. '1‘th bodies
found after today must be buried win-re
they are found. as they are literally fail
ing to pieces in most cases.
filmule Among the Dead.
There is a strong suspicion that among
those who have been in Hlnckloy osmosi—
bly for relief purposes there has been a
lawless few who art» playing the part
of ghouls and vandals. Many of the bud-
ies had money and valuables (all them.
and in cases whose number you only ho
conjectured from two or three which are
known those were stolen. Um: body was
found whose pockets had been turned in‘
side out.
All the military forces have been with
drawn from l'lincklcy and l'llilu City,
everything that could be accomplished
having been done. This is a regiment of
well armed troops from Fort rinvllillg un-
der command of Captain lluic lmd Lieu‘
tenant Mcl‘oy. it was decided at night to
send the Wurst of the injured to hit. l’aul,
where they can secure hospital treatment.
The wind has changed to the north and
is blowing almost a gale. 'l‘ho tempera
turn has fallen if) or '30 drgroos. which
will materially lessen the dilllculty of
handling the dead.
The Havoc at Panllsionm
saxosroxu. Mlllll., Sept. LMAIi that
rezoning of what was once the mosporous
village of Sandstone is a small siluck used
by the Sandstone company for all ollloe,
and this would have met the fate of the
completely wiped out, and at the latter
place three people lost their lives. Many
others are missing, and it is impossible to
estimate the extent of sufl'erings by the
people.
A message was received here from (to-
dott asking for aid. The town was threat»
sued by a forest fire, and the inhabitants
wore almost panic stricken ovar their im»
minent danger A force of mull from
Chippewa was sent up, and for hours the
inhabitants of the village struggled to
preserve their homes from destruction.
Several buildings on tho ouiskirts caught
fire and were shortly rmlucmi to ashes. but
fortunately the fire was prevented from
spreading to the others.
The citizens were greatly excited at the
prospect of losing their homes, and prop
arations were made for a hurried flight in
case the town fell a prey to the fire. Wag
ens loaded with household goods staid in
the streets, and the scene was one of “r
doscribublo confusion.
The fire finally abated in the vicinity
of Cullott. and for the present the village
is safe. Almost two miles away, in a dense
forest which terminates at the limits of
the town, the woods are in a vast blow.
and the wind is carrying the ilamcs with
great rapidity toward the town
EA]: CLAIRE, Wis. 59;)! ~i.—-—\\'urll from
Cadutt says the fires have been checked,
but there Is still danger The lites are to
the north of the city, and the wind has
generally boutl from rim southwest. It is
almost impossible to obtain mmluunlca
tlull direct with the smaller towns
“'clcolne Rain at Last.
Amman, \\'is., Supt. l.—-'l‘llo anxiety
felt at Ashlaud for the safety of northern
Wisconsin towns is somewhat eased by
reports of rain at nearly every city where
the fires had been worst. Queries sent
out from Ashland have brought back
many responses regarding the rain, which
has to a great extent checked the flames.
From lromvood came the following ro-
sponso: "This city is in no danger from
tain near llevereux. with a prospect of
taking off most of the timber.
There is no telegraphic communication
north of hero. and no details as to the
damage can be obtained. Reports have
been received, however. of extremely dis-
astrous fires in Lewis and l'lster coun-
ties. There has been no rain in this sec-
tlon, with thecxception of onelight show-
er, for many weeks, and the soil is ex-
ceedingly dry for a foot in depth. l'nlcss
rain falls soon the damage in tho Adiron-
dacks will be enormous.
An Appeal l-‘or Contributions.
Sr. l’M’l, rept. 4 —(lovl~rnor Nelson
has issued a proclamation appruling for
contributions for the relief of the fire
stricken localities and appointing a com»
mitten to receive and disburse the some.
The most cmuplolo relief arrangements
are being carried out by the people of this
city and every town and city in the north-
West.
A relief train that loft hero hulla"pick-
up" car in which to slur-n such supplies
as might be ready at the various slatlom
along the mod. and the car was filled long
before Pine City was reached. The first
measures for relief were put under Way
by James lilxby. the governor's private
secretary. Various cullimerciai bodies and
all the churches have promptly socoullod
all efforts of the authorities.
At a llluotlllg in this city of all later
ostu-d in the relief llluriSlll'l'fi it was decided
to call on tho governor to appoint it sells
tral committee to have general oversight
of relief and tho distribution of all dona-
tions from whichever source revolved.
Anything sent to Governor Nelson, iiixliy
or Mayor Smith will be promptly for
worded. The St. Paul and Duluth road
is running rcliof trains and carrying all
supplies olIorcd.
Smoke obstructs Lake Navigation.
Chicano, Supt. 4i.—«:§moko from forest
firms is now making navigation dangerous
on allthc grout lakes except Lake (in-
Grain.
Manuel T. Hatch
l5 MARSHALL STREET.
BRANCH OFFIOE'A'I‘ HOLMANS' “VERY STABLE.
m
The Leading Dry Goods Store.
Tristram & Hyatt,
No. 2 Gazette Building.
m W‘s/M
lZl-ZcHandkerchieisil1-20
There are two points about a bargain. The first is to be
sure that it is a bargain. The second is the case of mind which
always follows a satisfactory transaction when good value is se-
cured and only a small draft is made on the purse. Just now we
can save our lady friends from 5D to 60 per cent, on Handker-
chiefs. We have just received direct from the importers about
(:0 dozen Embroidered Handkerchiefs subject to slight imperfec-
tions, goods that sell at 25, 30 and 35 cents, but we are going to
soil the entire lot at the very low price of
tario. From liuluth to Buffalo reports are
received of snmko so thick that one could
not see on the lake more than a few feet.
Along the south shore of Lake Superior
captains Could not discern objects 100
yards away. At Sault Ste. Marie all hosts
were being seriously delayed. captains
preferring to go slow rathcrthau take the
chances of stranding on the rocks and
roofs.
lloports of stranding came in to the un-
derwriters with too great rapidity to be
onjoyable. The fires have destroyed to
some extent telegraphic communication
with the dangerous shore near the straits,
and it is feared that more wrecks have
occurred than have been reported. The
losses to lake vessels on account of the
trunks already exceeds $10,000.
East l‘lltvaslhlich. imports are that the
passenger swalncr (lssll'rngn ls ashore be»
tween hero and Alabaster. its passengers
are safe and will be brought aslmrc by
the lugs if llcccssul-y.
John Rodgers and three children. Mr. and
Mn. Mike Curry and buy. —--—- Sherman,
Paul leaks, Mrs. McClevero and four
children. Thomas llunn, Mrs. Blanchard
and two children. Mrs. Martin Martinmn
and four children, Axel Hanson and moth-
er, Mrs. Catherine Griseinger, Callie (iris-
' singer, aged ti; Manuel Griseingor, aged
0: Mr. and Mrs. William Binder and two
boys, Winifred (Hillier, aged d; C. (9.
Anderson, Airs liens Paulson and four
children. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers andlwa
children. Henry Hanson, Emily A miorsou
Nels Robertson, wife and live children.
Mary Robinson, Otto liowiuy of lluluth,
Israel Hohurmskl of Chicago, E. lill'hutl-
son of Minneapolis. llmlll Kline of ill ~k
Creek, Mr. and Mrs. John Best. lion" m
Best. aged 24; Fred lied. «and :33; v ill
Beet. aged 2i; Bertha lleai. aged l7; \ .o
tor Beet, aged H; Mrs. Alli-my Win. 4,
Minnie Wiogcl. aged in Miss Annie ’l‘rm u,
aged till, of lliumond lilul'f. Wis. llr.
Kelsey of New iirightun. mm immlnsvm.
William Nosiiit. Mr. and Mrs. John lluriw
and two children. Mr. and Mrs. L. lioyn
holds and tvm children. .ilm limo, lime
Mettllon. Handy llmulvrsnn of Milo l‘ily.
Johnny Henderson of Pine ('lty. ’l‘lmnuls
Jones. Charles Manson. llcnlils iliim'.
John Anderson. wife and tau Clilllli’l'~i.
other buildings but for the fact that it
was located near the quarry and was miss-
ed by the llamas. Crowdodintothis build-
ing Wort) 200 people. who had lost their
bellies and everything they possessed or-
oept the clothing which they wore. When
the lit. Paul and Duluth train arrived at
Miller's J unction, word was received that
the town of Sandstone was entirely buru~
ed, and that the people there were in used
of immediate old. A party of the relief
colnmlttoe was aboard the train when it
started with provisions to look; after the
destitute people.
After passing the Eastern Minnesota
thanks and just before coming to the glow-
ing cools and ashes which marked the city
of headstone several bullies were seen. the
victims apparently having been ovmtnkon
by the finance as they won; illeoing to
safety.
(in reaching the quarry below the town.
where the people who wore saved were
waiting for them, they were given provi~
sinus. and those who were uninlurcd were
sent forward to the relief train about four
or five miles away. Those whowore burn-
ed. together with a number oil children,
were left in the ofiloo building until they
were cared for by another relicll train.
All those saved at sandstone were in
l2 i-Zc Each.
We do not think that such an opportunity was ever before
offered in this line, and everyone who can should take advantage
of ii.
lristram & Hyatt, Norwalk, Bonn.
Fl0l|ll “Ill 00W .
forest ilres. liain foil for nearly two
hours. Monday the fires crept up over the
liogobic range around the Norrie mine
and were advancing on the city from that
direction. "
In explaining the reason for the fires
one railroad ollicinl said that it was all
owing to the great amount of brush and
rubbish loft in the rapid construction of
the railroads and also the great amount
created in logging. No precautions had
been taken to clear up the stuff and
burn It.
A vast amount of territory bumrd over
by the fires this your had not been visited
by fires in yours below. and the account
lotion of (load material had given a last
lug existence to the flames which will
tulle duysof rain to effectually extinguish.
livery town dauluged by fire has been re-
markahly negligent ill the lllattul‘ of clear-
ing up around the suburbs. Stumps and
brush hoops have been left along the
tracks and ill vacant lots.
OlLFlEllosm‘AHRs.
rho Forests Nurrouhdlng the Pennsylvania
Wells Are All Ablase.
iilmnrmm. Pa. dept. -i.-~l"orest fires
. m
$4.40 bill. $4.20 bill. $4.00 bill...
S'w. per imn.
HERE ARE
Uliii l'lili.‘l-‘.H
Mr. per mm. nor. mulling.
"Maud 2".“ Hill par h-lvn-l. Mo pur Imus: .lnllos' illnwriallvo, SLIM per barrel, filo. par bug;
bllowllaile, we per barrel. 34k! per bag.
We have received a large con-dimlm'mt of Flour dlrm‘i from tho llll'llft. and we are pro ar-
wi in deliver any of ill:- itlmvu which at limo! unusually low prim-s. We rel'uummllll " mi
H."In preference in anyulllnr il'mr. lmllnvim‘ ii. in be ill" bowl. l'lnmpnel. Itiill Mimi. uniform
llnllrinillunmrkel. “Hoowdoko” isogroai tread liourof lim some quality as Jones, and
uplaliy as good in every rosin-Pi.
purvhasera FREE
I
Hill. ”“
A iwmlllml (Illlnmo Folding Fan. iilvo li'ini‘illl on 11ovli~'aillr<ley and not useful those
Exciting ltuu of a Train.
Mammary; Mich. Supt, i. w 'l‘ho
South Show oxprvss from the west pulled
in many hours late after an exciting run
through douse smoke and wallsof fire and
over burning bridges. The wires are all
mull. Halurliay we will glw‘ from in all
of Tea-s and Unions in millilinu in the regular presents.
PM Hilbert-mil.
Costignn and illvm l'llllill‘k‘ll.
more and child.
ie of Sandstone.
Bondsman without food or shelter
God’s sake gel. them out of there. "
Won the Way In Sandstone. The
hotel)
:m It (lllw M the illicit. “'llrn
and Miller.
hulls Nelson. l'llnwm
noun. Belle Il'llrlcn. Anna wallow. .\; . 4
Will
Pinnohr, Patrick Murphy. Henry ilolilmm
and wifeol nandslulur. Mrs. John Mohw
.li
Yerdmastcr have Williams of liululll
is Militia of a hero himself. lie is the
man who grasped the situation. acted on
his knowledge prompliy and mum-d the
e reunited a revenue from Miller
which laid: ”'i‘here are 15') people at
l'lll‘
Within an incredibly short than an un-
jibe in charge of i’ardmaater Williams
illl‘
tire road after the burned dislriri was
reached Was patrolled. and the canine
an incvasant whistling. so that
m We who Worn near by Wutilil
the
“normal at qulsinnh Journos. or
miles, as it a marshy railed. a was
‘ «hr nearly the entire populations!
was ‘ a platform a hello had been
and there was not shears left
1 flywheels view. About no
the river while the cyclone of flames pass»
ed and only managed to escape by wading
in the water as far as invisible and thou
throwing water over each others' heads.
The roaring of the llanlos sounded like
thunder. and with such rapidity did they
collie that people who lingered to save
property or neglected to seek safety in the
liver perished in the llamas. As far as
maid be learned between 40 and to bed-
he Were scattered about the streets burn-
ed to a crisp. The relief cmnnhitieo had
paid but little attention to um bodies. as
the living required immediate attention.
The town boasted of a wateliworks sys-
tem: but, as one of the citizens remarked.
”the wholeoi Kettle river redid not have
had any effect on the sheet of llamas that
advanced on the town and adopt it out
of existence in less than an hour. "
The relief train took back ebtlut 946 per-
sons to Duluth for aid.
Doom. Sept. twill rails; train re.
turned to Duluth hearing sill survivors
of the burning of steam... The train
seals upon the st. haul and lithium. the
I‘ll: having bee , by
are raging all along the line of tho lluffa-
io, liochostvr and l’iitsblll‘g railroad. lio-
ports from all [mints on the narrow gouge
roads stale that tho wumis are on fire for
miles. and in damage will be heavy on“
less rain should fall. The woods along
the pike to ilorylion are on live for miles.
and oil property in the vicinity of the
West Branch is tllrl-ntened. Should the
fire spread to the oilfield serious (louse-
quoncos Would result
The woods along the liradlord, Borden
and Kiuzua railroad between here and
timethport are newt-ted on tire, and vein.
able property is in danger of being de-
stroyed. 0n the big level between Mount
Jarrett and this city and the head of the
West Branch the words are ablaze, and
several oil well rigs are reported burning.
At Songbird and unintupls the woods
are a roaring mass of lioness, and value
his oil property is being devoured by the
flames. As yet no loss is reported. and
the extent of damage cannot heestimatsd.
A report reached here from Lama lion
stating that the «will: afl'ablaae and the
people fighting the lire to save their prop
iam‘l’a. dept. lwrmo tires are
withinarnileet town. Should no rain
:lown, but the iowm along the lino arc
lwl‘icved to be safe.
steamer Ashore.
AiiiilJiNli. Wis, Supt. -i.~Au unknown
steamer and mmsorts have gone ashore in
the dense maniac on San island. which is
about 50 miles from here. No information
can be learned immersing their identity.
The tug Britain loft in the aflcruoulltogu
to the rescue.
Prince liomatsu in San Francisco.
SAN h‘uasmsm, lit-pt. ~l.-l’rinoe Kc
matau, a cousin of the emperor of Japan,
has arrived from the cast, accompanied by
N. 8. Nagasaki, his chambcriain. who is
also master of ceremonies in the emperor.
The prince registered as Count Mishlma
of Tokyo.
Work For Three Hundred.
Ham-nos. l'a, Sept. 4.—~'l.’ilo Coniock
iioel company at 'l‘rswknw resumed work
today after an idleness of six months. Em‘
playroom will be given 300 men.
makers in session.
Acorn Sept. i.-«The ilrst resetting of
as Millie‘ll n administration of the so»
Mew association was held in this eit1.
la‘auilml Falls.
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