The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-26
MONTANA TERRITORY THURSDAY OCTOBER 2e /
TERRIBLE FIRES IN WISCONSIN.

AN AsA-S11N j 1-fAlN-El i III
TERRIBLE FIRES IN WISCONSIN
Immense De.tructi.lnr u Lifs and PRO
81 sa@ erty.
The following dispatches disclose WoI
derfll amount Of suffering and the destru
ton Of millions of dollars worth Of propert
! il Wisconsin BY recent fires. From Mich
gan also come accounts Of almost equally di
astrous confiagrations. The general dront
peryading through these States will aceour
/ in a manner for the extensive fires, but
really seems as if the world was on fire:
Green Bay, Wisconsin, Oct. 4.-The fire
which are now prevailing Ia six or seye
northeastern counties of Wisconsin har
never had 4 parallel sincethd settlement o
| the country. The drouth which has pre-
vailed since early III August has dried up til
springs and stfeams. and all vegetation, AM
has parched the ground to such depth be
low the surface that the soil itself acts as
conductor, and living trees are falling from
the action Of The fire which undermines them
All outstanding property is swept away
there being SO little water lii available situa.
lions to stop the fires. Barns and their con.
tents, hay stacks, cord wood and other prop.
erty, together with hundreds of miles of
fences, are burned, as no resistance can De
offered to the approaching fire.. There is
yetno authentic account Of the loss of life,
although d family in KeWaunee county, and
some Indians in Shawnee county are reported
btrneds .
Milwaukee, Oct. 15.-Latcr accounts from
northern Wisconsin. confirm all the previous
reports and rumors. The loss Of life iii The
neighborhooa Of the burnt village Of Pesh-
tego will reach over twelve hundred. Fif-
teen per cent. of those injured cannot re-
cover. The fire tornado was heard at dis
tance like the roaring Of the sea. Balls oil
fire were soon observed to fall like neteors,
in different parts Of the town, igniting what
ever they touched. The people rushed, with
their children in their arms, for place of
safety, but the storm of fire was upon them
and enveloped them in flames, smoke, red
hot sand and cinders, and those who were
not able to reach the river were stlfTocated
and roasteds alive This terrible scene oc-
cured on Sunday night, the sth of October,
/ night already made famous BY the Chicago
lorror. As5ss s,zsSs5s
A member of the Milwaukee relief com
nittee, sent to Peshtego with supplies, says
he only survivors were those who were for
unate enough to reach the water, many
hrowing themselves into the mill pond and
linging 70 floating logs. a number Of these
we're drowned BY being thrown from the logs
Y the maddened horses and cattle that /
ashea into the water. The fiery cyclone I
Wept over tract OF country eight or ten /
lilies wide, and every building, fence and ALL
ae TIMBER were licked up clean by the
,ngue Of fire. The town of Peshtegc num-
cred 1900 inhabitants, ene-third of whom
erished on that fearful night.
Reports from the east shore OF Green BayI
lace the loss of life in that locality full as
igh as at Peshtego. The same account
ates that the immediste wants of the people
e supplied, but thatslarges amounts OF pro
sions and clothing viii be required for tile
,ining winter. aF=s#
Mayer Ludington, Of Milwaukee, publishes
10 following appeal for aid
MILWAUKEE, October Ii. 1871.
ssThe calanlities that have bcfallen our
ate and some Of our neighboring States IS
uly appalling. Over $500 men, women .
I'd children have been burned to death, in ,
'isconsin alone. The houses and farms of
e survivors have, to a large extent, been
ltirely destroyed the very soil having
'en burned and all their grain and root
ops destroy yod-they are utterly destitute, ,
ID will require full support, at tleast till an !,
her season. Seven counties in our own
ate are thus ii great part utterly desolated.
hole regions OF coun1rytin western Michi-
n are in the same condition, and these
es are still raging and destroying.
!. Milwaukee Is doing all she can do. BY :
r close neighborhood to Chicago, she was
abled tossends large quantities ofzsupplies
% that devastated city during: the progress !
the fire, feeding her frenlen and exhaust !.
citizens. Vast numbers of Chicago suf- :,
ers ale now filling our houses and public Z
iIdings, and we minister to their necessi-
:. We hare supplied hundreds of tong
clothing and provisions, stores and other =
sdful articles to Chicago, to Northern Wis y y
1sin and Western Michigan. We have \.
de every necessary arrangement to ae- =
nplish these purposes with economy and
,ct. All contributions il money may. be Y
i To Alexander mitchell, banker, and CON y y
buttons offered Of clothing, bedding. and
ersneeessary suppIes,am may be directed to g 9
Irison Luddington, Mayor. Htss4s "
,s5tEs Nh HARHISG N IUDINCTON. Y
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hicago, October 4. ST. Paul special
s that terrible fires have been raging for
aral days past In u nlrnber Of counties III pf
eastern part Of the State. Already it u
passed over portions of six counties, all th
one Of which lAcLcoD are thiekly pop gr
ed. Iii Mcleod tlsousan1sso sof tons OF hay ha
bushels of grain have. been consumed. th
III farmers have lost all they have, and the ac
]. still rage with anabated fury rapidly WI
,ading south and southeast, under fierce sTI
d, towards the more densely populated ito
ssof the State. The inhabitants of some co
mites are reported as fleeing, leaving br,
-ything behind.: them. u st,