Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-27

OF 2 mile northwest OF his house, his vile
aboutthe same distance north, and his
little boy, four years old, the same dis
tanoe northeast. The Newberry families,
consisting of seventeen persons, were all
lost. They lived near each other. They
owned mill and three farms. Old Mr..
-Newberry was not found >. Charles New
berry ran about half nile and fell, and
bis two little boys, running hand in
hand, were found littieN beyond their
father, lying side by aide, while wife and
mother was found on the road near q
bridge; she forgetful of her own suffer.
ing, tried to save her babe. Her charred
hand was pressing the head OF her child
upon the ground go that il might not
breathe the fire. The child's face was
all that was uniniured! One of the New
berrys was found dead in the water un-
der the bridge.
Charles Lamb took his wife and four
children in wagon when the fire began;
the horse became unmanagable and ran
away; the children were thrown out oRe
by 6ne; Mrs. Lamb ~ thrown out.
MIR. Lamb was dragged into the corner
OF a field, and was the only one OF that
family saved. Mrs. Caroline England,
expecting to be confined every hour, rode
four aud half miles to PeshtIgo, stood
in the water five bouIs, saved three out
of four of her sisters children, and gave
birth to daughter the dav after. In
the middle OF Sugar Bush, boy jumped
into barrel OF rain water that stood
near the house, but seeing his father and
mother in a green tufnip patch, started
to go TO them; but getting badly burned
as he tried to climb the fence, he went
Hao Oh "A s,,t
father and mother were burned. The
boy was found there, two days alter,
alive.
One woman with baby ten days old,
and four other small children, displayed
more bravery than many general on the
battle field. she gathered her children
around her and picked the Goals off her
family as they fell. She was badly burn
cd, and one of her children has since
died, but the babe escaped. Mr.. Tanner
tried to save his vile and two children;
when his wife ie.l dead, he took child
under each arm and started on the run.
His children died in his arms, and thea
he drew knife and tried to take bis own
life. After stsbbipg himself twice, and
before he could accomplish his design,
limb of tree knocked him insensible,
and thus his life was saved.
will mention one case of a little girl,
12 years old, who saved her little sister
from death, but who was advised by
many to desist from the attempt lest she
herself should perish. She needed them
not, but by the most heroic efforts she
succeeded in rt scuing her little sister from
the merciless flames. Her father, moth
er, brothers, and other sisters perished in
hn 6nUnrIRtroe a NntNN A.NA aNf
fire had abated somewhat, she worked
away back over hot ashes and burning
Goals, and dragged. the dead bodies OF
her relatives out into an open space, and
then stood watching their charred re,
mains all day and through that long and
desolate night that followed. That is
child-heroism, the like of which, was
never recorded.
One man was sick of typhoid fever a
young man stopping with MIN took the
sick man out back of the house and bur-
led him in the sand. He was saved and
is rapidly gaining his health.
On Friday last, 26 dead bodies were
The woods and fields are literally full of
dead bodies, and many were burned en-
tirely up.
On Sunday night, Oct. 8, just after the
churches were closed, for half an hour
there reigued the stiffness of death. The
smoke settled down so thickly that the
darkness, like Egyptian, could be felt.
Then came light gusts of wind, and IN
the south was seen through the smoke
and darkness faint elimmers of hight.
of the approaching tornado and
tha aohnaIy Of hn taII
the awful stiffness. No one could real
ize the approaching danger, when, in
moment, the holocaust was upon. them.
The fire, in its maddening rage, could
not keep pace with the wind, and trees,
and houses, and men were blown down
that they might be more readily con-
sumed. Men, women and children rose
again to rush like specters through the
flames, and tell separated from each
other. In this terrible moment men
thought the terrible moment had come
when the earth should be burnt, and
they bowed themselves to offer their last
prayer. More might have been, saved
One man gathered his family into his
store, and resignedly walked to and fro
in the room, awaiting the awful con-
St4uSHCSs, anu IuCJ UCllCfS0 III
prophecy, had they not reason for
this belief "a day of darkness
and gloominess, day of clouds and
thick darkness, as the morning spread
upon, the mountains. A fire devoureth
before them, and behind them a fame
burneth; the land is as the Garden Of
Eden before them, and behind them q
desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing
shall escape them. The appearance of
them is as the appearance Of horses and
as horsemen, so shall they run. The
earth shall quake before them; the
heavens shall tremble and the sun and
the moon shall be dark, and the stars
shall withdraw their shining"
q The best data gave the loss in the
Sugar Bush and Peshtigo at eight hun
dred. On the east shore forty bodies
were found IN one field. They had fled
to the field hoping to escape, and they
ran in the worst place possible. Small
clearings were more safe Than large fields.
fr ]. II. HAUsER.