Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-10-18
The Fire Ficnd in .Hichig0n GnG!
Wisconsin,.

The Fire Eiend in Michigan and
wisconsin.
Every charitable eye for ten days,
past. has been turned Chicago ware, 81
This is right, but the distress through
out tho States Of Michigan and Wis.
consin, where the devastation has
been, is equally great We CLEAN the
following from our exchanges;
Detroit, Dot. IL, 1871.
The nows from San Clair and Huron
counties of this date is the most dis.
tressing character. All that portion
of the State east of Saginaw Bay and
north of point forty miles above
Port Huron has been completely swept
by fire. A number ofpersons perishcd,
and, it is feared, we have not heard the
worst.
The fourishing villages of Forestville,
White Rock, Elm Creek, Sandbcach
and Huron City are entirely destroy.
ed. Rock Falls and Port Hope are
partially destroyed. Nothing has yet
been heard from Port Austin or Port
Crescent, but il is hardly possible they
escaped. At all these towns there
were large stores, many of which werc
filed with winter stock; extensive
sawmills, shinglcmlls and docks GOV.
cred with lumber, all of which have
been swept away. 1t is said there is
but one dock left on the shore about
| Forestville.
A steamer which left Port Huron
last night for the relief of the suffer.
ers, returned this morning with about
forty men, women and children, five
Of whom are severely burned. The
revenue cutter Fessenden, which start.
cd for Port Austria, picked up sail
boat on the lake, containing lssac
Green, principal owner of Forestville,
together with his family and eighteen
or twenty others, who had escaped
through the fire back into the country
All the telegraph Offices along the
shore have been destroyed, but com
munication will be restored AS soon us
the damage done to the lines can be
repaired. Five children are known
to have pcrished near Rock Falls
Il. B. Hubbard, at Huron City, shot
all his fine horses and cattle to prevent
their perishing by fire lie loses very
heavily, having had large store, mills,
docks, &c. The extensive property
of Stafford & Hayward, at Port Hope,
is about the only one which escaped.
Five thousand dollars was subscribed
to night for the relief of the sufferers
of this State.
The light rain of yesterday seems TO
have greatly abated the fires through
out the State, aud it is believed the
worst is passed. There is
SCARCELY A COUNTY
in the State but what has suffered
more or less from fire, and the loss
will amount to hundreds OF thousands
of dollars. Tho damage to the pine
land is incalculable Saginaw City
only escaped destruction through the
determined efforts Of her citizens, who
fought the fire back. The town OF
Bridgeport was only saved from des.
.ruction by n shower of rain yesterday
morning. Charles Chambers barns,
on his farm near Lansing, were burned
yesterday, together with several fine
horses.
Az Holland, on the cast shore of
Lake Michigan, the flames made
A CLEAN SWEEP
scarcely building boing left The
sufferings Of the people were promptly
cared for by the Mayor and citizens
of Grand Haven.
Professor Charles Scott, of Hope
College, perished; also a minister,
whose name was not ascertained.
News has just been received that
the largest portion of the city of
Manistcc, Mich, has been destroyed
by fire. Manstcc is on the east coast
of Lake Michigan, place of 1000 in.
habitants and one Of the greatest lum.
ber producing towns in the State
There is no telegraph station within
thirty miles OF the town. The fire
commenced at ten o'clock on Sunday
night, and ragged until five o'clock on
Monday morning destroying 200 build.
ings, six large mills and vessel lying
at the dock. Half of the entire town
Is burned. The loss is estimated at
81 100000. ~.p'
CHICAGO, Oct. II, 1s71.f
A despatch has just been received
from Green Bay, Wis, stating that q
steamer had just arrived bringing no.
port that 1875 bodies were at Pishtcgo
last night and as many moro are still
missing.
SEVENTY FIVE PERSONS
were burned TO death at Little Stur-
geon Bay, and the suffering through.
out the North is terrible. With the
exception of the loss Of property the
calamity is almost as APPALLING as the
burning of Chicago
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEN
werc burned TO death in a large barn
in which they had taken refuge
Hundreds Of people were driven by
the flames into the river, where most
of them pcrisbcd.
A later despatch from Green Bay
says that on Sunday night fire broke
out in the Belgian se,tlmont of Brus.
sells, in Door county, Wis, destroying
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY HOUSES,
oil the place contained excepting five.
MING persons aro missing. II is sup.
posed they persisted in tho ilamcs.-
The Inhabitants lost everything
Active measures for their relief arc
being takena Duluth and other places,
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