The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-10-19
A Carnival of Fire.


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and dc.,,.,,;vo 6ros Tho, haze beo,
raging in Jll;nois Wisconsin, MINES.
o,e Michigan and Indiana-causinp
alto,o,ber Tho dos,ruc,ion of nroncr-
l,v 10 an es,imatcd amount q 6re hmm
ijy,J million joI,ars and n, lens, o,e
,boysauJ I;pcs-far exceed all other
similar cnlnmi,;es that have befallen
this or any other coun,rv from n lik.
ca,os,ronbo.
The burning Of the CITY of Chicago.
which commenced Saturday evening.
Oc,ober 7. and ,a,ed for two dovs
stands ont ns tho greatest calamity
HAVING DESTROYED property amounting
10 about two hundred and fhy mill
ion dollars. besides a yreat los, of life
The beart. rendiny details Of tbi, vrea,
confederation are well known TO tho
public About tho anna time. the
nr,irie soutb of Brockinridoe Mimi
look FIRE. The flames ran faster Than
IN. fleotes, animal. and soon roach.
ed the Bi, Woods. extending for
moro ,han ono hundred miles from
north to south. There the fire seized
upon the underbrush, which was as
dry as ,inder. and presently the forcs,
was burning in all directions. and a
clean sweep Of tho heavy timber was
made for many miles. The roar aud
crack liug Of the trees when the con.
Haprat;on got under full bcadway
could DO heard for a great distance.
In its course this Gre DESTROYED an i'm
mcuse amour, of property-tbe grain
and bay of tho settlers. their live stock
and farm. houses were burned 10 an
Instant. and those were deemed for
tuuatc who escaped with their lives.
This fire extended through several
,ar,e counties. reaching from near the
Red river of the north to the Mime.
sofa river. near Mopkato. distance
of about one hundred and fifty miles.
Many small town are said to be COM
ple,cly swept out of existence, and At
last accounts tho woods about Glen.
coc, Mankato, and New Ulm were
blazing still unchecked. Ii is feared
that the fire will make rspid headway
toward tho Missi-sippi river below
St. Paul.
Next comes the disastrous fires ra-
uinc in Wisconsin. on both sides of
lt;recn Bly THIS il a lumber region
extondiny for upwards of n hundred
miles on the Yves, side of Green Bay.
pisb,eno standing back from the bay
about ten miles. being surrounded by
n nine forest. is said 10 be swept ou,
of exi,,once with its five or six hun
dred inhabitants who oerished in the
drmos. Tho whole shore of Green
Bay south to near Fort Howard is
said TO be on fire.
On the csst side of Green Bay tho
town of Brussels is DESTROYED. with
the surrounding forest in Door county.
Here Also was a great destrustion Of
life and propcrty. Thirty men arc
renor,ed 10 have been burned al Pen.
saulee Orop,o county. Wisconsin.
where they were surrounded in n
saw v.mill and uuublo to esc,pe. were
roas ted aljve In abandoned camps
IN tho woods boots and charred no.
Jies have hecn found and great mum.
nora of wild animals have nerished
The prea, fire raging in Michigan
q, tho shorss or I,,ke Uuron oro of
the most fatal character. To the
north of tho Saginaw river ON both
the eastern and western shores Of SAG.
nav Boy. the wood, are on FIRE,
, ,hreatening the destruction of the sur
rounJiny VILLAGES and towns Ter.
riblc fires are reported ip the woods
bock ot the shore near An Sobls and
T,w,s Citv-,bis whole section of
county Is devastated by fire.
An tba, par, of Michigan east OF
Saginaw Bay aud north of a poiu,