Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-11-17


in the woods was heard clearing away, and
in time the famished horde. who had ps s.
sed the day in burger, found that sbuud-
ant sympathy and assistance wer EeeGy TO
shower up u them. It is seil that they
shook their heads in dazed incredulity
when the actual prefer was made known,
and that ia time hope came to Tighten the
burden of their grief and set them on the
Way to rehabitate their home and acres.
THE STORY OF NoRwEGIAN AND HIS BRIDE
There came one. after the RDsiere fire,
who found time to mourn the dead. A
brave and hearty Norwegian woman came
on the cars to Green Boy ou Monday, and
confidently placing the addre of h hus
band in u citizens hand, explained as well
as she could that she wanted to be directed
to the place The name written on the
slip had appeared among the list
burned to death at Rosiere. By the aid
OF countrymau tho eadfu' truth was
told the poor wife, bnt th9 shook head
in bitter lDci edulily, showing q letter OF
recent date from the d, a husband. The
fact Of her Widowho, d Vas flally credited
but she would go and see for herself even
bis asht s, she said tearle ssiy, would be
known to her, Bat those ashes We min
gIed with mary more and covered, in a
rough F1uo box, near the houFe he had
prepored for his expected Norway I'r.de.
WALLED IN BY FIRE
| Up to the northward the flaming torrent
poured, enRuipg the eutire township Of
Braseeie, with Gar :iner, Union, Forcs:-
vile, Gay Bank, Red River, Casco and
| Nasewaupee, b sides threa: ening all 'he
shore 10 ~ns arproachabio by woods. AT
| FOrestvile, the sEveIi Y OF the hurricane
was not felt until nearly midnight, when
the terrified people We're reused by the re-
verberatons Cf the crashing timbers and
fierce glare CT wide spreading, furious
fame. How the agonizsd people met the
dire crisis cannot be told; all within the
circuit of the hamlet were chained there
by solid, glowing q ali Of tite. Fragments
of what were once human bodies we're bur-
led by the relief that penetrated the place
next.
HOW A REMOTE B HEMIAN HAMLET PERIsHED.
Further on in the track of fIme toward
AAnepce. Il remote and obscure Bohemian
hamlet of eleven houses perished mSs er
iousiy IL the uhirlain3, and forty four
2ead bodies marked tue spyt where the
day before y t1Uzen cheerful homes enilven-
ed tie forest highway. l. is not difficult
TO guess how tGe s. poor people perished.
Ebe 81 uatiOl was yery much like that at
RDsiere AID the whole ravaged township of
Bruss els. comfortable bulldogs back from
the rOa Is, and c,earings spraadlDg out on
either hand The first tongue OF flame lap
fasten on The hcmesteaa, ana then the hid
eous massacre b, gan. Those lett could
ooly speak in damb show; the language of
their adopted l4ud is yet On unknown
tongue to them. So the ashes of four5y-
four gro added to the Lecatt NIB.
HUNDREDS IF DEAD.
From all the thriving population of the
two townships Of the day before, On Mon
day but 400 peop,e could be found out of
1 600 Four accidentally preserved loaves
m maintained them until relief came upon
che scene, but the saffarings meantime
were narrowing. Every conc ivable agony
Of burning had been inf.ctad on the survi
vors, aud their wounds gaped undressed
and qniveri0g in the bitter October air.
Because but 400 people appeared after the
fire, 1t is not TO be inft fred that the re
mainir 600 were burned. How many of
them were burned can never be known. bnt
folly 200 are lost to The settle ment by the
calamity.
DESTRUCTION F ANIMALS.
The dead disposed Of an almost equally
terrible spectacle If animal destruction
cumbers the roads and fields. No cattle. |
horses, swine, caickons, or, in short, any
domestic creatures, were saved from the
flames dogs, howiiDg piteously, made
from their masters to the woods, but, over
taken by the feeter fl ~ se, fell as though
shot, with g'istening ey es and protrudlEg
tongues. Even the many-lived tabby
found all her lives too few and her usual
feetne So of little avail against the air cur
rents. Darling for that universal retreat
o. bucolic tabs, tie trees, these innocent
creatures, scorched aud bowling with pain,
tore madly about, Unwhiskered and fre-
quently mere animated tufts of fire. Fowls
running fl ely, wi heads grote quely
down, would suddenly receive stroke. and
topple over into unprem edltated roasts. |
Drovt cf sheep. hardy as chamois. with
one si}e bngned to tue hide, lay thick on
every farm, while I'll manner of living
thing stared thc N fiery taking off.
wILLIAMsjN ms MILL THE LAST HAMLET THAT
FOUGHT THE FI6E.
Three brothers. Wiiliamsons, owned This
mill, and had IN the little colony mother, |
father, sisters. wiv,s ard children. The
scene of thriving industry, and the home
of nearly hundred Ee pie, this pace, |
though isolated from any human vicinity
had mainaiued fl Jurishing and tranquil
vitality. The shingle mill, vi h its coad-
iutant Industries. gave employment TO the
entire reop!e, woIel ana child en- divid
ing the casy bls ot sh!uging aud bind
irg. There were bat four buildiug gs tnt
clearing-'hA mii. the genera! bUardiug
house, store aLd the b srn
USELESS PRECAUTIONS OF THE INHABITANTS
The fiery experience of the west shore
IF the whole Northern V i-c )nsin, had
been the exp xperie nee Of this wood-immer ed
hamlet. For weeks. incess ant, Iaborious
battle had been weged night aud day, re-
l!efs of men, and even women. taking turns
in the exhaustiDg ,ntaet. IL was hoped
that all Ga 1ger had bean warded off waen
a wide bel, fully mile deep, had been
burned outward fl, N .ha clearing. The
serenity Of assured SAFETY had como upon
the peop'e when this black cir sumvaila-
tion WIS comp!ete-the very nigh before
the calamity. Early in the night IN ,st of
the little population il the hamlet we're
indoors or in bed. Il was still srly when
those "a 2ually asfir outside saw a great
glowing light shoot athw&rs the southern
skv, and, spreading rapidly west and north
ward, continue with dazzling triliancy.
Presently slender c 'lumn of fire shot
forward, and, caught by whirlwind, came
plougbing through the solid timber tow I'd
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