The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-10-18


( hans piece of tent, few boar,is or Il
I'blauketon sticks, as protection, and
! often entirely unprotectcd-heipless,
sroanius, miserable human beings
many of them ,disfgured for life, and
some destined. ITO drag along o few
miserable days or weeks of existence
and then die.
Twenty one persons were burned to
| death by the same tornado of fire the
| same night in the little village ofBirch
Creek, adjacent. Over 500 men, wo-
men and children have been burned to
death ih Wisconsin alone. Their houses
| and farms are, to a large extent, utterly
destroyed, the very soil having burned
| up and destfoged:all their autumn and
root crops. They are destitute. and will
require full support til another season,
Seven Counties in our State are thus in
great part tiosolatcd. Whole regions of
country iu Western Michigan arc in the
same condition. Fires orc still raging
and destroying
| The loss oflifc 10 Northern Wisconsin
is more than Eve times greater than hat
o. Chicago by tie late frc. and the sut-
fcring Of survivors destined to be IN.
fnitcly greater, fro,a the spar5cly settled
condition ofthe country end is remote :
ness from populous aad wealthy conimu-
mites. The loss. Of property there can
only be computed y lail!ipas, elnbrac-
iny farming utensils, houses, barns,
grain, fences, and lumber OF every kind
in every state Of manufacture.
I Pcshtigo, Wisconsin, dates, TO the,
18th, record the utter dcstrncti"n Of the
town. 800 dead lodies baye been ro-
covered, and III is thought.tha 800 marc
arc in the river, where the Intense heat
caused death by inhalation, while the
rest ofthc body was under water. The
velocity Of the fire WIS 80 grea; that all
escape was impossible. y large number
OF the dead were brought to 0cunto for
burial, as no materials Tor cofius could
be procured.
The loss of life on the East shore in
Dover and Kewanee counticsis appal-
ing. All communication is severed,
aud the terrible news comes slowly. At
peusaakce. twenty-five dwellings were.
burned and several lives lost. The de-
structiou OF hay, farm houses aud fences
in the vicinity is complete.
In Brussels. Dover County, 200 houses,
comprisingthc Belgian settlement, We're
destroyed, aud i large number ul persons
arc missing. The people, in utter
destitutioa aud struck ddub with their
losses, arc powcrless. Houses, barns,
farming implements and cattle all do =.
strnycd =; roads are lillcd with the car
c..sses OF anima.s-horse., cailie and
shecp-dyins from smoke and heat,
while hunger and Starvation huss DC
endured By the wrctcacd people.
Mere kaura has been destroyed. and
alli,s Inhabitants are destitute, hduseless
and homeless. No particulars have been
received.
Itis reported tho wilolr. West is on
FIRE, from Green Bay to- Menomonce
Depere. Wrighttown.and Fort Howard
arc Threatened No rain fell for two
months until t6-day, when copious
showers were haficd With joy.
Great numbers OF wounded have been
brought to Green Day. Tho scenes
were appalling Men and wnmea were
| partially roasted alive. their eyes burned
out and their ears burned Of.
Advices from Fon &c Lac say that re-
ports from tho Northern districts grow
hourly worse. The accounts Of suffer
ing arc unparalleled Clothes, food and
money are greatly needed.
Great Grcs are also reported in Calu
met County Dwellings, barns, hay,
grain aul stock have been Destroyed
NO, u SIM Gle town in the County has
escaped. All crops have been destroyed.
| Particulars have not been received.
The settlement, Wiiliamson's Mills,
at Sturgeon Bay. has been burned, and
sixty lives lost. late vices say that
tho towns of Marietta ard Marnettl
were partially sayed. The heavy rain
which is falling has nearly cxtiuguished ed
the fires iu Calumet aud Sheeboygan
Counties. News from Michigan is yc,y
meagrc, bu: most terrible. No details
have come to hand, but the total de-
struction Of large number Of towns is
reported, including Holland, Saugasuck.
Mancstee and others.