New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-19

neeoe'e night that followed That child heroHn the
"s:So-AnOther team has just como IN with wounded
eoun mas Int a No1S all gay 5gIga
Inc driver says that the country Is literally covered with
deSd and dying victims In one place alone forty dead
who had travelled since Sunday with little child In his
'Ts'Ts on poat 5 which were found mba
partially Revived H. The Little creature was nearly dead
In It's fathers arms"
gentleman who has beerfto Green Bay from Saginaw
says. in description Of his voyage:
"The boat was greatly detained on her upward trip on
account OF high wind and smoke and the latter was 30
dense that 1.-THE boat had to be seeTed entirely WIN ns
IN an almost unbTOken line from the eastern Sn9Ie o.
Lake Winne6ago to the northern extrcUitY VI re GnsH
ern Peninsula fully 100 miles, burning up In It's ouise
fences, barns houses endless quantity Of otoes
telegraph poles and tan-bark the latter OF winch va
NAL was the darkness, caused by the immense volume
OF smoke that the sun was totally dOs
continued for week Tho boat OF course was delayed,
but shc left Escanaba for Green Bay on the ata SUNDAY
when forced to return on account OF the Stormy be-
meath and the Of fire overhead The air was red
eso andot6er places along shore distance nearly
80 miles The boat laid In Escanaba harb0r until O'CLOCK
having Vim but Slightly SI .HSsldod The
sued and thew PASSED Vessels
loaded with furniture &C. all being ready to leave II the
place took fire. i was here the passengers learned Of
The destruction Of Peshtego,"
Prom TIE La Crosse Leader
On Wednesday a prominent La Crosse lum-
herman stepped into Office and gave us the particu-
Cured in North Western WiscOnsin Sunday night Oct
fire was set In the scrub pines the mouth OF
Cunningham Creek the lower branch OF BLACK River In
Clark County. The dry frs and pines burned Ike punk,
and the fire spread rapidly taking an eastery course,
following up the Cunningham Creek u distance
Of 10 or Is miles, destroying the largest
ana most valuable belt Of timbeI in the
Black River Pinery The sheet Of fire Ave miles in
Width and swept everything In its course The scOrch
ing seething hungry flames many feet above the
tall majestic pines, and would have laid that entire dis
tct at had 1t not been for the heavy rains OF
Monday night which checked it's progress. The heaviest
loser Ruel Weston OF La Crosse, who owned nearly, II
not quite 1000 Of the timber land made COMPARE
and akesee Of Neillsvie, together owned about the
same number Good judges estimate the loss OF
these gentlemen at from SO 900 TO 100000.
THE RED RIVER SECTION.
From The appleton Crescent
Mr. Thomas Linton, one of four survivors
from scoyille Smith d. LaytOn's mills ten miles from Red
River, came to town Thursday evening Mr.. Linton
Is badly burned in his face and OF his hands and
arm. He informed that at these mills were ten men
and two women that the fire came down upon them gu
tened out to fight fire. but uselessly the wind was
blowing hurricane The barn took fire first and i'm.
medately after the mill, with the fire bowling all
around Himself and three others ran and wallOwed In
the mud Of nearly driedup slough near by, and were
thus saved. The others all burned to death. Tho
four were all night and the next day, and were
finally found by q searching party.