The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-16
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Miles of Fiame an the Lake &hascs~-lccscue
Of Villagers.
IFrom the petrolt Free Press, Oct. ian

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| Of Villagers.
From the Detroit Free Press, oct. 1877
r,ve IN this city Yesterday by bot and rail srsl Inc
| nu-conntry counties and the statements made nv
thev, r. rerard 70 ti,, woods tres are nn'an" III
If Them nave suffered the oss of every daIar M nron
erty and some OF them show scars aud blis:ers 20
prove now closely they were pursued by tie ilames
| Jonn Kent and vile were living nhout Inn miies
| above Forestvie and about i've from the lake.
He states as DO all the others that fires have bnei
running i'm the woods Tor months bur ba We travelled
more RAPIDLY and have created greater destr nctjnn
within The last ten days than IN ali the time
connt,cs has been so dense III 1t Women and chii
| dren nave been made sick, ana every human heno
as three weeks ago ana the enect on cattle ana
horses was to render them unit for work. Although
wife ana two children he din as nearly every one
alv ~ he had ~ ,c 20
is house. ana imagined that lie flames wenid NOT
reach NM, ne hai plenty OF water near his honsa
and nea barrels tubs c'oSss and evsrytalnC w,ie
would be OF service in extiuguisni1r sparks ana
cnders
flames aud The falling cf trees from his house. AZ
night the heavens were rendered so iignt that he
needed no lamp IN Inc house. Ills dog lett HIM
early Friday morning, and The house cat dsap-
peared two days before. the ANIMALS seeming to
lave q better knowledge OF the danger than the
man. Toward noon tile flames appeared on the
outskirts Of kents farm HIS children, two little
house aud HusSana ana VIE repaired 70 Inc re io 10
try TO beat II back. win anything which wonld
STRIKE or sno,ner lney tougn. the advancing name.,
and Tor DISTANCE Oh twenty ZOOS kept them IN
cheek: SUI, willie npsy ae,s, I've ilaines crcpf
oyer she Dry eroahe ro cn snsr uTchnns I'm
strength, la.ner nnu n . wave no need 10
anyhg nr. ue h nro s rem I , ss were
AZ last startieu ny NcIsaH from tle mousse. III
snncMvciy they 'as ,naI tac nau,es iad seized ",
anu lne, sta,,eu o ~ ~. VI VIZ cuen. But
in ali directions without nding the house and knew
no. no., s iUea n a ,,,te opn a & M ~ se loo'
'oG iann ro ,at a sn a an leaarr ae
Ieroay, ~ .uauu us ..m1y, inc mrs Wa ~ arounf
Ms car ma vervii'ino cs,roveI n @ nnIing;
my sGu soe.y i Saii or d.. anerT was Vhiy one
Jung 10 10 sos nou ~ 'aiy ~" Lunseu ICusn
nfe AMI mon % had wo.H e. ran o we iane
Toaa ana ,nsn W. INV Lar WIS ~ Heep ahcaa ~
sne hie oe' ,o, n W. , m tn ~ WIS aMiu,'
s,r 10 ueaf 'na. =; ,,ou .aosc uurms Gnu,
aren, am NV !. wa " ~ away on" leave the'h
roasims oi'1 iha o,hers had a,mos, s no, on.-,
auy Un;o sue ~ rs ,ar'nr, 10 -, "a" eApeI.-
ences Mnme some W 'ne o farmers lal' ,le woods
ten or Twelve Iaas ago, seeing anat noting could
yiuV'uSS onaa sor ran omI ,"nar, ue, Ing
,, moi ADVANCE over the cleared lnas 'T The
Wouiu =, ~ U,,in namsa .,raes man ri,,'s hncio
WIS nacr or Kenis and "a he a NO, ssn u ,na
mile paCk ana nna e ia no =" I non no. ~ ssn ,e
S,s Mouse burned he IL certain thai every one five
| In All were roasted in the flames.
Detroitor named j. y. Parker returned 10 the
CITY yesterday after absence OF tea days in the
,ea ~ The desoa,n scene nnlessfe was speciator
For several lays Parker was right on tue borders oi
mo fire being driven BACK six or seven nes some
We're driven ont OF their burning ho,ses lie states
| that one ,lav whIlc he was making great effort
n Cef flrnuph the woods to sec about the fate M
aa,vmiii he encoun,eied an Indian and his sruaw
ine iaiipr having n rapp0ose strained 10 nor tocE'
parrpr fried 10 nair them FOR n moment 10 mara
iun,,ires but they passed hm on the Keen run lac
milan Yelling ont mo more wiz wan ~ 49, -
the onIy avenue OF escape was the lnge MANY Of
mo setnrs a,ony inc shore hacked ihsir yoo,a' ~,
,G and anrhored them Out IN me laSo sdc n
Tina aaoat for MANY nouis before heinz taken az
~ steamers Others who were neeine tor thar
vcs n" had no lime o hui rarts a hnnt fnr
nra,s na, M .her 70 source mn r. ,,nga ,ntn no
wafer ana wait ior inc fro 10 nurn iiscif ar W.
All tho tciarr,ms and LETTERS recsiveJ ,r,,, Tho
Ia 20 shore region confirm the Statements If thesc
nenne There Is reason TO appreend mat very itrie
pronerry wing ywnerc near tic great dro belt viii
csoano ami thar the fire viii consiantly increasa
and travel in new ,yiraetlous Tnera is ALREADY n
annna, Tor heIn and ,ha crv viii comr,,ne
fr"r veess IL come Every effort OF our c,iisens ana
=, ,he neon,c inronrnont me STATE must now ne d.
recl el towards ralsInQ money food ana cotl,iDrfor
| nnr nniori nate sufferers. Detroit mas aiready
raised a consjnrrabe sum and more IL be n y racci
avery honr while large collprtons OF clothing are
| nmn5 maize in variols anartcrs or the civ II any
cl,i1sn nas shilling in money nair of booie cast.
an c,n,,,,ny a h,anket or anvlh,nv else that viii
onvor and con,,nr The poor victim II ia hoped that
no VII, cal, ri tne civ Clerk Once and leave ~
~ va 80 -, 80 -. 80. ~, "a
u TOW ~ .me De ~. ross wv " 10 ,.
ihe steamer 4nuine MY aIIv s, ~ DtMo. anotb
seven lasb evening, lIoiH houcTlSou We