Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-10-27
wALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY OCTOBER n, 1871
Fires are still raging and destroy.

The loss ofd1GGvo in Northern Wisconsin is
more than 0MMMr .
FIVE TINES GREATER Tn.v. THAT OF CHI
! CAGO
by the late fire, and the suffering of survivors
destined to be Infinitely greater from the
sparscly settled condition Of the country and
lts rcnoteness from populous and wealthy
communities. The loss of property there
can only TO computed by millions, embracing
farming utensils, houses, barns, grain fences
and lumber Of every kind iii every state of
manufacture
CnlcAeo, October 15.-Pcshtigo, Wiscon
sin, dates to tho II, record the utter dcs.ruc.
tion of tho town.
-FOUR HUNDRED DEAD BODIES
have been recovered and it is thought that
30O more arc in the river, whoro the intense
heat caused death by inhalation while tho
rest of the body was under water The vc.
loclty OF tho iirc was so great that all es.
cape was impossible. n large number of
doad were brought to Oconto for burial, as
no materials for collins could be procured.
The loss of life on the cast shore in Dover
and kewancc counties arc appalling. All
communication is severed, and tho terrible
news comes slowly. at Pensaukec twenty.
| five dwellings were burned and several lives
lost The destruction Of hay, farm houses
and fences in the vicinity is complete.
In Brussells Dover County, 300 houses,
comprising the Belgian settlement, were dcs-
troycd, and
| hARdE NUMBER OF PERSONS ARE MISSING
The people, in utter destitution and struck
dunib with their losses, arc powerless. -
llouscs. barns, farming implements and cattle
| all destroyed roads are filled with the car.
casscs of animals horses, cattle and sheep
dying from smoke and heat, while hunger and
| starvation must be endured by tho wretched
people.
Mere Kauro has been destroyed, and all
its inhabitants arc destitute, housclcss and
homeless. particulars have been received.
1t is reported
II. THE WHOLE WEST ON FIRE
| from Green Bay to Menomonce Dopcro. -
Wriyhtown and Fort Howard are Threatened.
No rain fell for two months until to day,
when
e!e2gIoUs SHOWERS WERE HATED WITH .Jov.
Great numbers of wounded have been
brought to Green Bay. The scenes we're np
phllng. Men and women were partially roast
! cd alive, their ears burned off.
Adviocs from Fon do Lac say that reports
rom inc g, northern districts grow hourly
worse; worse m ne accounts OF suffering are unpar.
nlcllcd. Clothes, food ami money arc greatly
needed.
Great fires arc also reported in Calumet
county. Dwellings, barns, hay, grain and
stock have been destroyed
NOT A SINGLE rowH TN TIE COUNTY
has escaped. All crons have bocu dostrorod
Particulars have not hnon rcocivoa Ns''o' 'o
Tho settlement W;lli,msnn,s Arn,s -
Sturgeon Bav has been bnrnoJ aud .; y ,;ras aS
lost, Late nd vices s,v thot lin ,o,,,s "f Ar,
riotta and Mnrn.tti ware nart;,l, soro1 ~ "
heavy rain which is falI;no hos noarlv ] ov,ir
ruisIed tho Grcs in Cnlmmrt md Shoohox',an on~"
counties. News from M;cbiaan is uar,, w. g.
Gre, hut ~ n''"' ''"'
MOST rrpp,rrr bl a.
NJ dot,;,s hawo oo,,a H.,
-, ao,.ssa.;o ws ""ro 'u'no W manu-, puo inc TO-
~" .", "0o" y. '"' "u'"Uer =, ot towns 10
Ms Mpuosto, al 's a,La"ss 'Ao''"nu' g ''augaSucH'
u' NJ ,,mru NV o'''Ia m". * ,o-,
from m the east mIsI sboro 0oe ~ nepoIts
loss of Gf, fill, vi oon nay pace Iae Inc
ao,o o, =, ao ,u 90 .sn .is as az iishtceo ne
of .he noono s; t"I h.. ,n'nou."to wants
of mr. nropispn. ] an aud dPplG aIap; ous i'tso amounts
Gar tho comm, % wnto" I,v.E ill., "; uo iegu,Tea Mcs
wa,1soo bos ;ssnoa -, ai no nAnSos .i " W
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