New Orleans Republican., 1871-10-19
A CYCLONE OF FIRE.
Whole Counties Devastated-AppalIfng
Less Of Life-Horr0rs that are Inde.
serbia bile.

Whole Counties Devastated-AppalIfn
Less Of Life-Horrors that are Inde.
scribable.
Especial Dispatch to the st. Paul Pioneer
MILWAUKEE, October ll.-Specials to tLe
Daily Ne,rs from Green Bay report the loss
of life by the burning Of settlements in the
lumber regions as appalling. At Pesbtigo
three hundred are known to have perished.
At WilliamspOrt, Door county, fifty.tive
were burned. At Faustville, Of six families
only one person escaped. At Bush creek.
OcontO county, thirteen were burned. In-
dividual cases and single families who were
destroyed are reported in all directions
At PeshtigO the flames swept from the
woods upon the town Sunday night, and
the population had not time to get out of
their houses. Some. who lived not ten rods
from the river, were Overtaken by the
flames before they reached it, and fell
burned to death. One boarding house con-
tanning upwards Of hundred was burned
with all its inmates. The population that
could reach and enter the water stayed
there until morning. and were saved,
though receiving severe burns about their
heads.
The reports would seem to be incredible,
but they are also fully true, and numerous
from all the northeastern part of the State
Authentic intelligence of at least five hun
dred human beings roasted alive has been
received, and it is not improbable that the
number will be doubled.
GREEN BAY, October ia lot of pro-
visions clothes, surgeons and nurses left
last night for Peshtigo, and to-day steamer
was sent with provisions and surgeons to
points on the east shore. The women of
this city are at work making up clothing,
and are doing all in their power to relieve
the suffering. Help is wanted from the
State at large in provisions, clothing and
money. Not the least item of suffering is
that Of the cattle Of the destitute sufferers,
the hay being mostly burned and the coun-
try SO ravaged by fire as to make grazing
impossible.
Fresh news is constantly coming in of
deaths by fire. Intelligence today from
Door county is to the effect that upward Of
thirty persons were burned in the town Of
FOrestville, and Of six families in one neigh
bOrhOOd one person escaped. The list Of
lives lost at Peshtlgo and the sugar bush in
OcOntO county is hourly augmented. 1t now
reaches upward of 300. At Williamsville,
in Door county, fifty five are lost as far as
heard from. and only two uninjured in the
whole town. At Birch Creek, Oconto
county. thirteen were burned. Individual
cases and in families are reported all over
the country. The rain of Monday night
lasted few hours and arrested the fire.
There has been no more rain, though the
sky is heavy and hopes are felt that it will
rain tonight. A high wind would fan the
smouldering fire into life again.
JANEsv1LLE, October ia special from
Green Bay to the Gazette says: The news
is coming in from all quarters. and it is
impossible to give detailed account this
forenoon. At Peshtigo and vicinity the
dead will number upward of three hun
dred. The survivors are in a destitute
condition, and are coming in by every
boat. Not landmark Is left to show
where the village stood. AL the cattle and
horses are burned. Sixty horses in one
stable at W;lliamsonvilie were burned.
Sixty-fOur miles east Of Little Sturgeon,
fifty-five dead bodies have been collected.
Only two persons in the place escaped un-
hurt, by going down we'll The news
from the farming country is fearful. and
beggars description.
GREEN BAY, October 11.-Five hundred
persons have perished at hshtigO. News
paper reports do not exagge,ate Down the
east shore the mortality is fully as great.
Everything is needed, and the town is full
OF refugees.
MILWAUKEE, October la messenger
just in from Manistee, Michigan, reports
that city nearly consumed ty fire. A num-
Der of people from there have arrived in
this city. Some lives were ost.
The latest advices from Manistee state
that large sawmill and ever three hun
6re6 hOusoa uora hurpo1