Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-10-27
NUMBER 80.
The Fires in Michigan.

From the Detroit Tribune.
The woods In Huron county have
been on fire I'm various places fssf sew.
.eral weeks, though little danger was
unprecedented until about week ago.
The timber II partly pine, but also
largely made up OF different varieties
OF hard wood. Much or the value OF
the pine has unquestiOnAbly been de-
stroyed BY the nfes, and the owners
ef the pine sections cannot fall to be
heavy losers, The roads through the
country are not very numerous. but
several are well worked and largely
Travelled, and along these and at short
diatanCe away from them are consid-
erabls agricultural populations who
had farms partially cleared and had
houses and barns recently erected
The iumbeffng Interests are located
at the various p0ints on the lake
shore, where mills existed In large
numbers before the drcs, surrounded
by numerous residenccs, stores, etc.
n On Sunday night, the same on
which Chicago was burned, q strong
wind commenced tn blow over Huron
county, passing, at different hours,
In somewhat different directions, but
always tending out toward the lake
at the esst. BY 10 o'clock In the
evening 1t was blowing very hard
and by midnight lt was q gale, rous-
Ing Numbering hres Id the forests I'M
IA. O.AfnnnsadeuA fury and bringing de-
struceion upoua the farms and lake
The warning of Imminent danger
was flrse brought TO the shore by
men, women. and children fleeing
from the interior towards the lake,
and the fires shortly afterwards burst
on some OF the settlements them.
selves On that night the town OF
Sand Beash was totally burned. ex.
cept Darlington. Pack d Co. o board.
ing house ant store and the Rice
shingie mill, lying under hill near
the water. THE inhabitants were
driven out, aud many sought refuge
I'm the lake, throwing tho water over
themselves tn protect their bodies
and faces from the intense heat occa-
stoned by tho burning Of y great
number OF buildings near the shore.
This tnwn h almost totally ruined,
1T milling Interest destroyed. aud Its
population ,scattered far and wide. =
A number OF Its people are now,
however, ut Port Huron and other
points on the shore, and desirous OF
returning and rebuilding the town.
On Sunday night, also, White
Rock was entirely destroyed---a wis
lage or some three hundred inhat,i-
tants. Al least one person was
burned IL death here, the t,ody of q
woman advanced In Hfe being after-
wards found IN one OF the streets
with the head aud limbs moatly de-
strOyed. On the pame night Forest
vile was entirely burned. $3.50 a
On Monday Dlght the fires attacked
other settlements on the shore HUI
ron City, q place of quite popuIa.
tion and q good business point. was
com pleteiy destroyed with the ex-
ception 6f four buildings. New
River was about one~hsif burned
Az Port Hope, 6tefford d Haywood's
eight dwellings about them. were
also completeiy consumsd. Forest
Bay was ruined entirely. Center
Harbor suffered the same fate as did
also Elm Greek.
Rock Falls escaped almost unin-
jur0d, though some loss Of lifs In re-
nnos known Il Poft Huron. Il l. un-
Idetstoed, however. that most Of the
boiIdinGs there go safe. Port Aus
I'm, . very iuAp0stant paint In the
county, hns aIs0 escapsd, and Cate
Iand Minden IN the interior are
known - b. III right. Tyre. little
ssttlensene swny from the lake, has
ben utterly SdestFoyed. Verona
Mlns ID btarned. % u also . hamlet,
where D aRent1eman named FTsnk
BuskowskT rssIded and did business.