Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-18
TEE CONTRADICTION E0EEg.gI,E
Terrible Loss Of Life.

Terrible less OF Life.
The southerIy wind which prevailed
during Sunday afternoon reached The
proaar;ionS 81 a gale in the evening"
and during that night the destruction
to houses, barns and other property in
the county, with some instances Of loss
Of life, was fearful A belt Of 'c,untry
extending from point east of this city
norjhward though Brown and kewan.
nee and Door, suffered most The towns
OF numboIdt, Green Bay, Casco, Red
River aud Brussels were scathed with
= whirlwind Of flame, devouring the
woods, leap1ng across clearings and lap
pig up everything inflammatle III It's
track Over three miles in length III
the south part Of the town Of Red River
is bnrued. The whole town Of Brussels.
u Door county, containing some zoo
families, is burned In this town, the
wife and three chjllren of Francois
Wendricks we're burned. In Rosiere,
Moses Delvaux and iiypolite Ligot were
burned. Ali Of Ros,ere, including up
wards Of 100 houses. is burned. It is
sail that only four buildings are saved.
Rosiere is about five miles north Of
Rcbjnsonville.
The village of New Franken, about
twelve miles little north east OF this
city in the town of Green Bay, had
heretofore escaped the general devas-
tatio. from the forest fires, bnt on Sun
day last heavy wind sprang mp, driy-
inc the fire and dense volumes of smoke
from tbs southeast directly dowa upon
the village: The fire struck the place
at about p m aud at | o. clock next
morning nothing was left but blackDed
ruins. Mr.. 6. ". Watson. who was
present at the fire, gives US a list Of the
| buildings he knows to be destroyed :
| William Lambs mill with 800 600 feet
of logs on the railways; boarding house
and furniture; store and goods; Mr..
! Lambs residence two large frame
barns. full of hay and grain; three
small barnes, eleven tenant houses, oc-
cupied by fourteen families, who all
lost everything. Mr. Lamb also lost all
his logging seds The school house
near the mill was burned.
By Guilaume Delaluzerne, from
Union town, we learn that the entire
settlement at Williamson Brothers mill,
five miles from the shore Of Little
Sturgeon Bay, was burned on Sunday
night. The proprietor, John William
son, with his wife and two childrer-
his entire famil y-are burned to death
and about fifty-three other persons in
the same settlement. persisted. Scarce
soul is left to tell the tale
There are twelve families about the
mill and 6fty-two men in and about the
mill. Of all these people, but two
we're saved uhinjured, and ten injured
persons still living were found, and
were sent on Monday by the tug Ozaa-
kee to Big Sturgeon Bay for medical
treatment. Every other individual in
the settlement is dead
We get the news Of the burning, on
Sunday night, ola considerable portion
of the village of Menekaunee at the
mouth of the Nenominee river, part Of
Marinette, adjoining it on the west,
and some property on the north side
Of the river, in Menominee. Spaldine.
Houghtelling and Johnson's LANCE new
mill at Menakaunee. Bagleys planning
mill, church, school house, and all
the buildings in the lower town on the
south side. except few shanties on
the bay shore. are burned.
The flames leaped across the river,
and burned r. Stpphenson's mill (for-
merly Spafford &c Gilmore's), in Me-
nominee.
Uniontown vas a small village in the
town of Brussels, on the eastern shore
of the bay. 1t was entirely destroyed
sunday night. Happily no lives were
lost