New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-27

calm sun OF the morning ehone down tho waste Of
homes his body was found with thu head hanging over
the WE'LL where four little oorpses mingled tner un
slightly fragments with that Of Q woman. ElseWhere
father addenod with the burning breath OF tho tem
pest and evidently dstrustful Of escape freed MS te
ones from trouble by the sharp eIpedent Of knife
Tho group. almost unsearrcd found and identhea
Not rod beyond. tho wifi OF this man lay STARK WIN
a dead babe snuRly covered at her DreaSs' Inc
maria for death fightful. Men have been iouhu
harg ing in wells, with the waerchsin fasehed aSou
their necks The Incredible ingenuity OF Buiclde "ouu'
1t seems certain, have in other channels Droueh' 'no
victims out In safety. shallow stream ran through
one of the hamets this 80 people were fouhu' WIN
faces pressed ngidly into mud and Water E'oh 'ou"7
girls insane with scOrchng torture rusheu W u'" -
any other form TO escape the fire. YOUTH 'n" sou 80
the care OF his employers wife and chldren i'i'nuiy
eDdeayored to conduct them to safety SelZlne ''
pnd cocb arm and bidding the faintng mother foow'
he plunged through tho elrling waves OF IRE ooro Ito
went ten steps, the two lltc ones hung Oh LIZ aino'
linn and inert lie had only time to sec that ther lie
had gone out In the Came when the "rapPeu
in flame fell by his side He dropped gro'ehhS III 'ho
sand and now lies in the worst extremity III ncisH-
boring hospital.
There were cases OF safety In this mao maolsTom Oh
flame Indeed il these fires not In every sense
wonderful as well as beyond all comparison dSaStrous
there would be little profit in narratng consecntivey
tbc mechanically details When block Is burned In New
York Il ia very seldom single life is lost, and beyond
nero passing record Of the loss, no journal burdens S
columns with the details But here the conditions are 80
novel; the continuous phenomena so unparalleled that IL
cannot do otherwise than instruct even the lesson OF
herom and consistency stand for nothing to read these
brief and careful passing pictures Of an altogether won
derful episode.
Men who were in the turmoil Of fire describe 1t as o
chance against doubeshoted batteries ranged at either
end of the planf so happened the blast passed by
YOU and struck the companion by your side The waves
ateray rcocheted and rcbounded from the earth up
ward and downward. Those that remain marvel most
at their escape Frightened birds, lowering far above
the tops were heplcssly swired into the whirng
pool More wonderful than all the rest, perhaps, 1e"
families comparatively, 30 far as can De aSeer'a"
were burned inside the houses all rushed outward, ana
death was with them on every hand. iamiy "on
known TO the three settlements for gentle neighDor
ness were found lffeless fully three-quarters Oh y
mile from home the husband wife, and four-year old
boy ing OH their faces they bad boon stricken GOWN
and no perccptblc on the dead bodes' oe'en
teen In undergraduates Grahdmother' Son iN
md CONS Of sopsyere found their farm fcesS
But why attempt the cold work OF recapituat0n "hat
awful satire was it that made life and death confront
each other in this rigbtul time While 400 souls were
rushing ont Of tho world, puny mortal entered IT,
and lives after such baptism Of fire as the world
never before witnessed The mother OF this memorable
waif, MR.. Caroline England, did q Work that Gay
which exceeds in improbaDilty the widest fiction. Riding
four or five miles on horseback she reached Peshtego in
the closing hours Of agony, and with her own brave
hands ard heroic resolution saved the lives OF four OF
her sisters children; standing five hours III the hoou
with her unborn babe, whose first wangs were mingled
with the muttcring flames. The consistency surpassed
the sefcOntained determination OF the bravest men,
resolute mother gathering about her brood OF nVe niue
oncsthe youngest ten days Odthrew her dress sRlrt
over their little heads and seating herself calmly Ut the
foot Of tree with her back to the seyereSt oil the he
calmly pucked the burning brands from the group at
her feet and outlastcd the tempest with every IRE SAFE
though one of the little creatures has since died from
thc burns received The mother is badly but not fatally
Injured Brave in the purpose Of saving wife and child
Mr. Tanner rushed with his little family toward nan
cied place OF security the hot dealing current Whereo
the woman, and In moment scOrched the breath iron
the little one. DisdaBful Of life, the unhappy 1ather
drew his knife but mercifu lnb fell and crushed him
safety and life. Two CHASTITY wounds attest the Ter
vor OF his determination.
These are the pictures that are credbly attestod
spare you the inconeeivable incidents that one hears
narrated Remember that all this desoaton came upon
these two counties In day. the same hour almost the
same moment and in almost Identical shape and crcum-
stance You can imagine then, how prompt the work OF
rescue might be- When all PROSTATE there we're
none TO sustain when all struck none could rally
But as at Peshtego at Chicago Christy charity ana
brotherhood to ALL and even the numbered roads
and burning the ruin Mt home and the deadly
terror overhaDgiRg ALL could not impede the work OF
succor and relief. But the bravest energy cannot ny
over mpossibtes mpediments, and the work OF re-
moyal makes grevous delay. In the Bush Settlements
on that solemn Monday morning, there were anguish
and despair OF the cOntented thousand that peopled
the place at sundown scarcely could be found in the
yellow glare Of the morning sunlight But even these
woful relics life and hope and energy did not forget
the instinct hepulness and the terrible work OF sue
commenced with decent 0rmneS9
and restraint. Hccaombs Of dead covered the fields
BY some curious fatality, crowds sought Safety
together aud In masses fell with scorched faces
and burnt lungs in mounds. Thirty-nine fell
in one spot 10 in another - not much
disfgured Just breathed upon by the furnace breath OF
the tornado. Hundreds were flung among the runs
dreadfuy disabled and not dead; but it would have been
better perhaps II they had been. Whore the seekers
came upon dead and dsf CURED kindred the keenest tor
ture perhaps came upon the hearwrung survivors The
quest for the dead continued for hours and before the
sun went Down S76 we're gathered for sepulture Inc
people coming in from OConto and along the shore came
upon dead bodies miles from the scene In me shGiterng
OF cedar hcket 80 bodies were hudded In wha
seemed tranquil and painless death On the northern
road leading PeshegO 40 Of the number In the grand
total found scattered not very widely apart FROM
group OF farm-houses near the bed or babbnR little
stream frightful track Of death discovered Wo
men with babes tightly clutched fair young girls and
brightaccd lads lay mingled and embraced In eloquent
agony Others uDrecognzable partly burned and dread
fully lacerated, covered the spot Mingled WIN thls
holocaust OF human beings lunulneEapo bWouon Gar
casses of cattle and covered these Fowls
but slightly snged numbered the ground IN shoals spec
uating on the scene with dead, glazed eyes. In the
shallow mill-pond 80 women and children were found
unable to STIR but unframed. They had joined bands
by direction OF few sefconained men, aud wading In
the waters survived the perils Of the night
One house out of the 800 that stood N these prosperns
acres remained its In this shortly were gath
cred the survivors. 1--WE did MT say much about the
business" said grave survivor when narratng tae
final Incidents Of tho fire. ait did MT seem just right TO
ever open our lips again. except TO thank God for sparng
when hen opened right above our doors Lie 10 MN
now seemed a new boon, to be guarded and cherished
reyerenty andwhen nterrogated about his future
plans he smiled in q vague, happy way, and made an
that his wife, family and life had been spared him,
and still further his acres and what more could man
ask that had come through such an exper1encep The
narratives coincide and confirm each other with the pre-
nnf ndic faatf anda