Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-10-12
A L Food for Man and Beast Con-
sumed.

a l Food for Man and Beast Con-
sumed.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. Especial
correspondence of the Daily Me,Us
today from Green Bay says the
fires which have been raging in the
woods between there and Lake
Michigan have extended across
Fox river and covers strip of
thirty miles wide in Shawauta and
Ocanto counties and the big lum-
bering towns of Marinetta and
Preshtigs, which are threatened
with destruction. The fires are
raging over three thousand square
miles of territory. One hundred
families burned out of houses and
HON, s, and refugees, are in Green
Bay and other towns, and at least
one hundred other families are in
equally bad condition. Houses,
barns, farm buildings, bridges, fen
ces, absolutely everything has
been swept away. Thousandsof
square miles Of valuable pine for
ests destroyed by fires, and the
wild beasts have been driven in
dismay from the woods and fleeing
in every direction across the fields;
the entire population are fighting
the fires without success, and ma
ny have fallen down suffocated by
the smoke, and carried by their
comrades to places of safety. All
supplies of food for men and beasts
throughout at least fifty town
ships, have been destroyed, and
starvation during the coming win
ter stares them in the face.
GREEN BAY, Wis, Oct. 4-The
fires which are now prevailing in
the six or seven northeastern coun-
ties OF Wisconsin have never had
. parallel since the settlement of
the country. The drought, which
has prevailed since the early part
Of August, has dried up thesprings,
streams and vegetation, has
parched the ground to such a
depth below the surface that the
soil itself acts as a conductor, and
living trees are falling IRON the
action of the fire, which under.
mines them. All of the outstand-
ing property is swept away, there
being so little water in available
situations to stop the fires; barns
and their contents, hay stacks,
corn, wood and other properly, to-
gether with hundreds of miles of
fences, are burned, as no resistance
can be offered TO the approaching
fires.
There is yet no authentic &C.
count Of the loss of life. A fami-
ly in Kewanee county and some
Indians in Shawnee county, are
reported burned to death.
In places where there was no
water the only available plan has
been to dig trenches around the
property, but the blast wind car
ries large flames Of burning bark
through the air and renders such
means useless.
On the west side OF Green Bay
and Fox River the flames extend
from Memonee to Oshkosh, a dis
lance of 1870 miles liz length and
8 in breadth. This region is one
Of alternate pine and hard wood
timber, and is thickly settled with
milling and farming settlers Hay.
stacks, fences and bridges on roads
are mostly gone. In some cases
large lots of pine logs, in dried up
streams, have been burned. Very
little travel is practicable, and it
is with difficulty that definite par.
ticulars can be obtained.
Deer and bears come out on the
railroad and wagons and could be
shot but 10 body has time to de.
vote to them.
The smoke was SO dense today
that buildings two blocks distant
were not visible. On the west the
fire has approached the village
limits of Fort Howard, immediate.
ly opposite near the river, and
large forces of men are engaged
staying its progress. What will
be the result to standing pine and
other timbers in these counties
cannot yet be ascertained. No &C.
cess to the forest is practicable
and nothing can ne estimated ex
cept from the effects of the fire
near the settlements, where it pen
etrates the ground from / TO 2 feet
and destroys the life of trees. The
atmosphere is hazy, with some ap
pearance of rain. 1t will take
heavy and drenching rain to satu'
rate the ground and stop the pro-
gress of the fire.
TOLEDO, ONO, Oct. 4.-The
woods are on fire on the line of