The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-10-26

wagon was stretched out from where
| the forward axle would have been, and
at the other end ofthe chain lay the irons
I of the end of the tongue.
Near by where every farm house had
stood, were lying dead horses, cattle and
hogs, Some of the horses were harness
| sed and bridled. Through this settle
ment runs small stream of water; the
fish in it were dead. In this district but
one family was saved. They ran down
| into creek behind small mound OF
earth; others went into the stream, but
were found dead. None Of the inhabi
tants were here in their houses. They
were found scattered in the fields and
woods.
A Mr.. May was found three, quarters
of mile northwest of his home, his
wife about the same distance north, and
his little boy, four years old, about the
same distance northeast. The Newber-
nv families, consisting of seventeen
persons, were all lost. They lived near
each other. They owned mill anu
three farms. Old Mr.. Newberry was
not found Charles Newberry ran
about half mile and fell, and his two
boys, running hand in hand, were
found little beyond the father lying
side by side, while the wife and mother
was found on tue road near bridge
she forgetful of her own suffering, tried
to save her babe. Her charred hand
was pressing the head of her child upon
the ground, so that it might not breathe
the fire. The chiid's face was all that
was uninjured. One of the Newberrys
was found dead in the water under the
bridge. Warren Church, probably to
escape worse death, cut his throat with
a lack. knife. Charles Lamp took his
, wife and four children in wagon when
the fire began; the horses became
unmanageable, and ran away; tue
children were thrown out one by one !
:. finally, Mrs. Lamp was thrown out.
Mr.. Lamp was dragged into the corner
of field, and was the only one of that
family saved. Mrs. Caroline England.
expecting to be confined every hour,
rode four and q half miles, to Peshtigo,
stood in the water five hours, saved
three out of four of her sisters children,
and gave birth to a daughter the day
- after, In the middle of Sugar Bush, q
boy jumped into a barrel of rain water
y that stood near the house, but seeing
his faith er and mother in green turnir
y patch, started to go to them but getting
badly burned as he tried to climb the
fence, he went back and got into the
barrel again. The father and mother
were burned The boy was found there
two days after, alive. The Davis family
sought refuge in well. The curling
- burned, and the whole family of six
persons were lost. They were not
found for three days. One woman with
baby ten days old, and four Other
e small children, displayed more bravery
" than many General on a battle field
She gathered her children around hel
- and picked the Goals off her family a:
u they fell She was badly burned. and
one of her children has since died; bu'
the babe escaped. Mr.. Tanner, son-in
- law of 4. II. Hart, of Calumet county
!" tried to save his wife and two children
n when his wife fell dead, he took chile
under each arm, and then he drew ;
knife and tried to take his own life
After stabbing himself twice and before
he could accomplish his design, a lint
of a tree knocked him insensible anl
thus his life was saved.
8 Passing on to PeshtigO We found the
reports published had given but faint
idea Of the loss Not stick OF timber
was left of the houses, and on the south
side of the river the only evidence LET
is that there was once towh there, were
- the posts of the garden fences, whjci
were not burned so close to the grounC
but that we could trace the outline of The
e fence.
% 1t was reported that one house was
y left unburned This house was no
. completed-only rough boards encased
l. it-and yet it did not escape without one
a side being burned black. 1t would b,
1t useless to attempt description. lot
~ can imagine a beautiful and thriving
village, with its immense MANUFACTURES
) and busy life, now waste OF sand, de
serted The carcasses Of fifty horses lay
h in regular rows as they had stood II
70 their stalls, with scarcely vestige o
. the building remaining. The people
II only had ten minutes warning of The
hurricane III me, aba nv tiliS W N'ih'
q prehend the situation. They rushed
- into the streets and started for the river
out were overtaken by the storm of fire
e and fell in the middle Of the streets
Z One man, carrying his wife, approached
'e the river, but the blast drove him owe
!, some obstruction. and, falling, he wa
separated from her. He picked up ;
woman, supposing her to be bis wife
y carried her into the river, and saved her
d 1t proved to be another mans wife, ant
a his own was lost. One man was sicl
with the typhoid fever; young MAJ
stopping with him took the sick mar
out back of the house, and buried hin
,e in the sand. He was saved, and il
:. rapidly gaining his health.
The half has not been told the whoi'
,, will never be known. The loss of lif'
n increases every hour. On Friday las
10 twenty six dead bodies were found II
=, the woods, and on SATURDAY., thirty-six
u The woods and fields are literally full o
d dead bodies, and many were burned
Y entirely up. We found some teeth,
,e a jack knife and slate pencil. 1t mus
have been all that remained OF prom
: Using boy. Truly in this case the dark
'r ness preceded the light. On Sunda,
A. night, October Q, just after the churches
a were closed. for half an hour ther'
reigned the stiffness of death. Th'
"a smoke settled down SO thickly that thu
| ca,,ll ha fol +