Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-10-19


GREEN BAY, Wis, Oct. IL
The steamer George l.. Dunlap ar.
t,ved from Escanaha brings terrible
accounts OF devastation by fire at
Menominee and adjoining villages.
AT Menekaunee 1870 buildings burn.
ed, at small settlement called
-Birch's Greek every house burned
and ten or twelve lives lost; Pcshti
90 totally destroyed and
HUNDREDS BURNED on DROWNED
in trying to escape the flames
Many were badly burned about
tho head aud taco while in he water.
Many were drowned Others. wa.
men anil children died from the ex-
posture. Those who lived only one
or two stress from the river were
STRICKEN D,wx ny THE FLAMES
and burned to death before reachi' z
the water. Whole families were 4.
stroyed In the morning the stree 9
were
sTREwS WITH BURNED BODIES.
Eight or nine bodies in On. corner
were found near together One tam
lily consisting OF father mother and
six children were found Teal tog"t-
er within three feet OF the water. II
is impossible tn give any correct esii
mate OF the loss Of life. Fully seven
~ five reoplc are known 20 lie lost
by fire AMI drowning. I, is supposed
that the inmates ~ the Prshti.o
Comanv's boarding hpnsc. one hun
dred and upwards in number, nearly
all persisted Every report foam he
neighboring settlements brings infor-
nation OF houses burned and
MANY LIVES LOST.
Not a single house remains s'an'l;ng
HORRORS ACCUMULATE
GRE.v BAY. o.. To- SIS p NJ
Williamson's mill, at Sturgeon Bay.
is reported burned and
FIFTY LIVES WERE LOST.
The steamer Union has just arriv-
ell
FROM rEsnrIGo.
with number Of burned and other
wise injured survivors q: the fire ri
Sunday night. anil the steamer st. Jo.
1t is reported. will be in with nearly
huaircl more. The Dunlap House,
ut Marinctte ~ full Of :hc worst
cases Of burnt people. who arrived at
that place in WAGONS, on yesterday
and to day.
No fires Of any Importance are RI.
ported since the rain o. last night.
Ocon,o AMI Pensaukee arc safe.
VERY LATrsT--rHg WORST Confirmed. !
GREEN BAY. Oct. 10, p. NJ
The report OF the burning # Will
',amsnns mills is fully confirmed.
Fifty five lives lost. and ten others
are badly burned. an'l only three mn
injured. one OF whom Is in the city.
At SAGINAW. ETC.
The Saginaw (Mich.l papers are
full Of accounts Of fires in that
double city. AMI in it's vicinity, and
special meetings OF the council were
held 10 devise means for meeting an
emergency which seemed momentar-
" to he really to bars. uo,n them
with an intense fury. Oae FIRE in
East Saginaw DESTROYED some hun
.lreds of thousands OF dollars worth
of property. AMI several lives FIRES
cncircled the city on Wednesday AMI
grave approximations If total lestrnc-
ton were felt Corrallton. the sea,
Of the great salt works. 1t is feared,
were totally destroyed.
B-twacn East Saginaw and the
Isrilrport woods were Yesterday one
mass 1t flames ami smoke. Beyond
Bridgeport the scene is much III"
same. At Egglcston a large amount
OF property was consumed. A saw
mill, four houses. a store, AMI several
little buildings ot various kinds were
DESTROYED A fire took place ahon,
ten o'clock Tuesday morning, and il
did not slacken in the least until he
whole village Of Eggieston was wipcl
ont Of existence.
On the Jackson. Lrnsinc Is Sarin.
aw line the fire is terrible Houses
portable mills, barns, timber AMI
crops are being consumed the f:,mil,
les have to leave :hcir all. in ml,,y in.
stances, and flee for their lives AZ a
pont Il short distance sonth al. 81.
Charles. quite number Of ha,l,lncs
were destroyed. including boarding
houses and private residences. At
st. Charles the fire is raging ieartully,
tho mills are MI closed an.i tho men
are working steadily anil faithfully to
prevent the spread ut the flames
At Pine Grove tho entire property.
including a mill and several houses
were .lcstro,c.l. Tho property be
lonred to Macarthur e Co, Of Cor
runna. and was worth probably $50.
900. Al that was saved from The
lot were two small piles OF lumber
and one shanty.
A dispatch from Lexington, Mich.
says:
White Rock, Forcstvillc. Elm.
Greek and Cato are entirely destroy.
cd hy fire. Hundreds are without
shelter or food.
The loss ut White Rock can safely
he estimated at S25O,0OO. while At
Forestville it will far exceed this
amount. Thompson 4 Brother, Of
White Rock, alone lost 100000.
BURNING OF MANIsTEE.
MANIsrEE, October 14.-The fire
which hrokc out in the pinerics north
east IF hero last week was almost
anbdued, when heavy gale sprung
up from the southwark, driving the
flames and cindcrs toward Clifford &
Ruddock's mills.
This the FIRE company checked. bnt
on Sunday evening fire broke ont
naae CanSall.a mill whinh ;s ailnaf a1