Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-20
Other Fires.
The COnaasra,ion. !" the Northwest.

ALLEGED ExAGGERATIoNs
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. ia gentleman lust
returned from the northwest states that the loss
Of property by the Michigan and Wisconsin fires
is really exaggerated. Many lives have been
lost, and individuals suffering need relief, but
nothing approaching general devastation, and
nothing to retard the progress and prosperity of
the northwest has occurred. The general rain
throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin extin-
guished the fires week ago, and in eastern
Wisconsin and Michigan the fires have spent
their force. The total loss of property in Mimi
esOta is tritling in amount, as no towns have
been destroyed in that state, and but few grain
stocks and very little timber of value. The loss
of property in Wisconsin and Michigan will not
exceed Il few millions in ALL Charitable con-
trbutiOns for the destitute should he continued,
as winter is at hand; but the impression is err
roneous that the destruction of property in the
northwest, outside of Chicago, is sufficient to
effect in the slightest degree the prosperity of
the country at large.
ANOTHER TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED
IN WISCONSIN.
GREEN BAY, Oct. 19.-Among the most ap.
paling accounts of the late fire disasters is that
of the burning of Wiamsonyille, a small
place about four hundred miles to the east at
the head of Little Sturgeon Bay. The mill at
that place was burned Tuesday night, and near
" all the inhabitants of the town persisted in the
flames. The mill was situated in small clear
ing in Il cedar swamp, which was piled around
with four thousand cords of cut timber. The
houses were all situated near each other. The
inhabitants, thus encirclcd in this limited clear
ng, were unable to escape from the devouring
flames. number of surgeons went 10 the
scene, with several nurses, from Green Bay.
The dead were decently buried, a shingle being
placed at the head of each grave giving the
name and age of each person.
ASSISTANCE.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-The produce exchange
has resolved TO appoint "a committee to raise
funds for the Michigan and Wisconsin sufferers.
The Dutch consul general has called for contrl-
buttons for his suffering countrymen in Michi-
gan.
SOME OF THE LOSSES.
CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-The Green Bay Advocate
states that the loss of the Peshtego company by
the recent fires in the lumber region is 1850 600,
with insurance of upwards of 500 900. The
losses of Cyrus ii. Mccormick amount to about
three-quarters OF a Million He will rebuild his
reaper factory and wares shop at once.
INTERESTING ACcoUNT-THE AWFUL STORY
OF THE LOSS OF LIFE CONFIRMED.
MILWAUKEE, Oct 19.-Hhe Door County Adj
vocaIe contains full account of the loss of life
and property by the great fires in that county
To Sunday night, the 9Th inst, the fires had
been raging through the towns of Brussels,
Union, Gardner, Forestville, Clay, Banks, NeSe-
waupee, Sturgeon Bay and SwartOpel, burning
fences and timber, but leaving the houses un-
touched.
AT nine o'clock Sunday night tornado of fire
swept down from the southwest, beginning at
the Belgian settlement in Brussels, sweeping
through the towns OF Union and Gardner, the
western part of Swartopel, and down the east
shore of the bay, consuming every building.
AT Wiamson's single mill, everything was
burnt, and the most awful destruction Of hui
man life ensued. OF eighty PERSONS fifty
seven were burned to death. The survivors tell
horrible tales of the scene after the fire.
Forty-tive bodies were found in potato patch
in the centre of a clearing. Others were found
scattered in various places, some in wells, many
disfgured in a terrible manner, and, in some