Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-27
The Wisconsin Fires.

IMPORTANT p,RrIcuLARs.-oREAT Loss OF LiFk'
The Green Bay .Airocats prints many impor-
tAnt particulars of the great fires In the Sic'ni''
of that town. Among the villages either "nO"'
or in part destroyed, are enumerated 0ree"
Bay, Humboldt, Casco, Red River, Brussels
Rosiere, Robinsonvile, Thirty Desmes, Glen-
more, Hubbards Mill, Bersey Mill, New Frsnken,
Oak Orchard, Coullard Bridge, willismsonville,
Menekaunee, Marinette. Birch Greek, Union
Town, Peshtego, The Sugar Bush, Messiere,
Dyckesvil.e, Ahnepee, Pierce. KOWaunee, and
many others
PEsnIEGo.
Pe,htego had nearly 1000 inhabitants. The
village was mainly owned by the Peshtego
Company, of which William B. Ogden, OF Chi
cago, wGs President aud chief owner, and mos.
II Beebe also Of Chicago, General Manager
W. A. Ellis is the Resident Manager at Pesh-
teco. Ii was the chief point Of the Company
for its large operations on that river, End there
was concentrated all the offices, stores, and gen.
ersl headquarters 1t is about seven miles from
the harbor at the mouth, with which It ls con-
necte1 by a railroad. 1t is also on the highway
from Green Bay 10 Escansba, between Dconto
and Menominee, and is to be q station on the
northern extension Of the {. ana y. W. hAil-
way. Among the main features OF the place
was the extensive pail and tub factory, one Of
the largest and most complete in the United
States, and OF new, having been running less
than year. There was also an extensive mill
for the manufacture Of sashes, doors, blinds,
and a variety OF woodwork. The Company
slso had a large hotel and clearinghouse, and
a great number Of dwelling -houses, one OF
which-the residence Of the local msnsger-Wss
as compleie as all the modern improvements
could make it There were also the Company s
shops. for the building Of cars, logging s.e-s,
ami all the implements required BY this great
lembering concern. Every builling but one
an unfinished DWELLING reported burned.
PARTICULARS OF THE BURNING OF WILLIAMSON
VILE.
This settlement five miles from the shore Of
Little Sturgeon Bag, was burned On Sunday
night, the sth inst. The prop<etor, John WI
hanson. with his wife and two chillren-his
entire fsmily-are burned to death, and about
So other persons in the same settlement perish
cd. Scarce soul is left to tell the tale. There
we're II families about the mill, and 81 men in
/ and about the mill. OF all these people but two
were savel uninjured, AMI ten injured persons
/ still living were found. and we're sent on Mon
/ dav. BY the tug Ozinkee to Big Sturgeon Bay
/ for medical treatment Every other individual
/ in the settlement is dead Mr.. Gardner sent -
I men TO chop through the woods TO this settle
msnt. The found the remains Of six persons in
one house and piled the partly-charrei re
mains Of 50 bodies Of men, women ami children
Twenty-nine human bodies lay on a spot about
/ 10 feet suuare-some with arms and legs burn
ell off, and all with clothing gone few rods
/ off on every side were others, ani man and
child were found dead in a well. They found %
dead bodies. aud think the total number must be
from 90 to 20.
OTHER PLACES.
The villages Of Rosiere and Messiere. both in
the town of Lincoln, were entirely destroyed. At
/ last accounts p persons were missing. The
number Of houses destroyed in h-siere was loO-
At the Coullard Bridge, some five miles abovS
/ Ocont1. i large number Of the settlers, some 80
or 20. we're gathered one day last week, seeking
refuge from the flames They had been driven
out from their houses and cearngs IN the coun-
try adjacent, and were panic striker and tired
out. fleeing before the smoke and flames 10 the
nearest water The prevailing idea of many Of
them was TO reach the river and plunge into 1t
for safety All these people had lost everything
not even saving their bedding Some Of the more
ignorant and panic striker imagined that the
eDt Of the world WAS at hand Some Of the rail-
w.y hands on the railway extension, evidently
old soliiers, dug pit, which they rooiei over
nit and IN