The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-21

( I cursin, 80 in Mlchi gan, and 800 in Chlca
/ / go--.urh a loss Of life by ire has never be
fore occurred in this country.
BURNING OF wIL.IAMsoNviLLE-rg
FIFTY TO SIXTY LIVES LOST
From the Green Bay Advocate, Oct, 18th
By Guillaumc Dclaluzernc. from Unioi
Town. we learn that the entire settlement
at Williamson Brothers mill. five mile
from the shore of Little Sturgeon Bay. wa,
burned on Sunday night. The proprietor
John Williamson, and his wife and tw,
Children-hl. entire family are burncC
t. death, and about ifty-threc other per
IONS in the same settlement perished
Scarce n soul left to tell the tale.
Charles kasterman, of Little Sturgeon
write, Us further particulars. There were
twelve families about the mill, and fifty.
two men in and about it. Of all
these people but two were saved unniured
aud ten injured persons were found and
were senton Monday by the tug Ozaukce
to Big Sturgeon Bay for medical treatment
Every other individual in the settlement /.
/ dead. Mr.. Gardner sent twenty-five men
/ to chop through the woods to this settle
| ment Uur correspondent being one of the
number. They found the remains of six
! persons in one building, and piled the
partly charred remains of ffty-fve bodies
OF men, women and children in one pile
Three or four persons attempted to save
1hemSclves in u we'll containing three feet
o.wHter. One of them had his head badly
lrned and the others were burned to
death
Reaching the site of Willamsonyillc.
they fund no living creature but an OK.
I~enty-nne human bodi - lay on a spot
ton .taf A, 1
ieg- burned off. and all with clothing gone.
a few rods of, on every side. were Others
and man and child were found dead in
well. They found ffty-fve dead bodies.
ana think the total number must be from
sixty to seventy.
MENEKAUNEE AND PART OF MARINETTE
BURNED Loss OF LIFE AT BIRCH CREEK
We got the news of the burning on
sunday night Of Il considerable portion of
the village Of Mcnekaunee, at the mouth
of the Menomonee River, part of Mari.
nette adjoining 1t on the west and some
property Oh the north side of the river.
In MenomOnee, Spaiding, Houghtcllng
" JohOnsUn's large new mill, at Menekau-
nee, Baglcys planning mill, "A church.
schVol-housc, and all the buildings in the
lower town, in the south side except a few
shanties on the bay shore, are burned
The flames lcaped across the river and
burned X. StephcnsOn's mill formerly
SpatlOrd ~ Gimorc',) in Menomonee.
Many uf the people fled to the bay shore
for safety, and remained in the water all
night The steamer Union lying in the
river took some three hundred women
and children from Murinette to place of
safety in the hurbOr. The women and
children of MenOmonee were placed on
board the steamers Favorite and DUNLAP
and several vessels lying at anchor in
the roadstead. The male portion of the
population of the village spent the whole
night in fighting fire.
One man died from fright and exhaus-
ton after he had been taken from the wa
ter Another, who was sick in house !
which Wa, burned, died before ne could be |
rescued. There are other reports Of |
deaths, but as yet unconiirmed
A sad report comes from Birch Creek |
Settlement, on the state road, eight miles |
north Of Menononee Here thirteen PEG. |
pie are reported burned.
Two-TnIRD, or THE CITY OF MANIsrEE IL |
AsnEs-vILLAGr on Grrv u,sH,-
BURNED.
( From the Milwaukee Wisconsin, October L..
The propeller Messenger when ar
rived here ut o'clock last evening,
brought intelligence Of II terrible cunhug- |
ration in Manlstec on Sundly evening |
which laid fully twO-thlrds of the CITY |
IN ashes. An extra from the Times Office
gives full pa ticulars of the fire, with u
.argc. but We are informed, incorrect h,t
Of the losses. from when we extract nbcr-
ally. 1t say. The WIND blew heavy
gale on Sunday from tue south, and me
ire that had been burning IN the wood,
for several days spread with great rapIdI-
". The lire company was out ali day
with the engine, near Clifford u Ruuduck
mil, aud succeeded IN checking the flames
La the evening IA fire broke out near Cam
fields mill, ana the fire company prompt.
y repaired to the scene of action, but the
wind blew the smoke and sand at sucn
'carful rate that they were almost blind
ID, and could not check tue head
way of the flames. About 10 o'clUch
me engine gave out, and during the bai-
ince OF the scene was powerless 10 ass,s.,
In short time the mill ana about twentN
small dwellings, the clearinghouse
lighthouse, PIERS lumber piles and Nj.
Horton : house, were in flames. Tyson y
three barges and the lug B.s
narcH were in the stream between tue
Iirc,, but escaped by almost a miracle. \
-cow loaded with slabs aud pnc driver
were cut loose AID houtcd Gown the rlveI
The pile urlvcr was on fIc, but iortu-
natcly II did no harm. The barge Frank
,ort ana several other vessels were ncur
the mil, but went up the river 10 u plac,
ut safety. VI hie this was calling tn,
attention IF the citIZens, II hghr was see,
reilecAnS on the sky, N the rear of III
Guy, near Maple street IT, AN eXcrcu-
Ingly short space of time number ..
buildings were in flames. EverythinL |
was swept clean, not II vesuge Of consum |
muD!e matter being left
The districts burned over were, first, |
about twenty acres west of and IncludnL |
Canhclds mlll second, strip con. |
mcncIns on Maple street from j. q. Ram, |
deils rcsIdencc, and widening n it ud |
vauccI, ana when 1t reached the river IA |
eAtcndcl from OAK street buckley store
% lysun " R-binsUn's hltIc min, a dis |
,ancu Of haf mile, and through the prin.
opal part OF the town, thence across III
RIVER burning the bridge aud the schUon,
seneca Chief, and destroying every bula
ing on the north side (uIuctccn in ain eX
cept the fourth ward school-housc, Georg,
lhorps house and the Catholic church
third, Biackblrd island was literally
burned up.
From the captain Of the propeller Cit,
a a. ls,.l alZ