Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-10-18
The GREAT WESTERN FIRES
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III. lssky rssat.iss In Flames.

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The 1ssky Hssntains In Flames
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THE PEsrEco cAL.ntry-325 DEAD
BoD,Es 1UUNu.
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin. October IA
Three hundred and twenty Eve bodies
have been found at Pestego up to last
night. LfHl .1ILJUJ LIh.
The river was dragged today. 1t is
thought one hundred more will be found.
Between sixty and seventy bodies
were brought to Ocsnto last night.
The loss of life on the east shore is ap
palling
Terrible news comes in. Those left
are houseless and naked.
STILL FURTHER DEATHS.
CHICAGO, Oct IL Further accounts
of the Green b B.y calamity have been re.
ceived. One hundred and fifty men were
burned to death in large barn in which
they had taken refuge. Hundreds Of
the people were driven by the flames into
the river. where most of them perished
a WISCONSIN COUNTY SUFFERS.
A later dispatch from Green Bay
says: Sunday night q fire broke ont in
the Belgian settlement of Brussels. in
Door county, Wisconsin. destroying eish.
teen houses. all the place contained ex.
cept five. Nine persons are missing. and
it is supposed they perished in the flames
The inhabitants lost everything. Ac.
tive measures for their relief are being
taken from Duluth and other places. but
before assistance can reach them they
must suffer severely.
PREVIOUS REPORTS CONFIRMED.
New York, Oct 15.-A World
special. dated at Pishtego. Mich. Oct =.
l2. confirms the previous reports of the
utter destruction Of the town. Four
hundred dead had been found, and it is
thought three hundred more are in the
river.
The velocity Of the fire was so great
that all escape was impossible. A large
number OF dead have been brought to
OcontO for burial. The loss of life on
the east shore, in Dover and Kewantee
counties. is appalling.
Twenty-Five dwelling were burned and
several liveswere lost at Pensankee. At
Brussell two hundred houses were burned
The town Of Merekanre was also in
ruins. 1t was reported that the whole
West was on fire from Green Bay to
Mencmee.
MILWAUKEE. Oct. 15-The latest &C.
counts from Northern Wisconsin con.
firm all reports and rumors. The loss of
life in the vicinity Of Pishtego will reach
twelve hundred. and fifteen per cent of
those injured cannot recover. A mem.
Der of the relief committee, sent from
with supplies, Gays the only
survivors were those who were fortunate
enough to reach the water, throwing
themselves into mill ponds and clinging
to floating logs.
A number Of these were drowned, be.
ing thrown from the logs by maddened
horses and cattle that rushed into the
wafer. The fire swept over tract of
country eight or ten miles wide. Every
building and fence and all the timber
was destroyed The population of Pish-
tego numbers 1000, oue-,hird of whom
perished. Reports from the east shore
Of Green Bay place the loss of life fully
rs high ae at pishtego. The mayor Of
Milwaukee has issued an appeal to the
people for aid. ...
FIRES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
General Humphreys, chief of the en-
yineer bureau. at war department to day.
received letter from Lawrence, Kings
geologist, who is in charge of the geo.
logical expedition of the For,ie,h paral.
lei, dated at their camp, in the eastern
Unita mountains, October, in which
he states that the most extensive fires
have ravaged throughout the Rocky
Mountains since August 25, filling the
air with such volumes of smoke a.
altogether TO stop their Typographical
work.
THE WISCONSIN CALAMITY.