The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-21
THE FIRES IN THE NORTHWEST,
UNDERSTANDABLE SCENES.

From the Ocohto Lumbcrnan Extra, Oct IL
There is little heart to write the sad tales
Of these fearful times. Eye witnesses can
not describe them by word. The pen can
only give an idea, and barely even thai.
of the woe, the weeping. wailing. the
homes ruined, the lives lost Early We'd
nosday morning every available horse and
wagon was brought into rcqui,ition for the
purpose of reaching the sufferers in the
different settlements within the range Of
the tornado Of Sundays nights fire.
To much credit cannot be awarded to
citizens Of Oconto for the active sympa-
thy displayed upon the occasion The
different supply teams reached their desti-
| nation during the afternoon. Parties of
men with axes were employed in advance
| Of the teams 10 chop away the fallen trees
and render the road. pus.able. The
| bridges, culverts, etc, were burned. ana
much time was taken up in actually build
| Ing Il way through.
We lay we cannot describe the scenes;
We cannot Infants cla.pcd in mother,
arms; fathers brothers, sisters. tiff in
! their last embraces actual lines Of dead
from the once happy farmhouse TO the
! adlourning creek charrri groups. black
-
and torn members the smiling babyuoud
tiew hours past the adulc,cput. the old
| IN one horrld heap OF death. j., all that /.
left Of the country Travelled over The
toud'ldcs are strcwu with dead horses
oxen, cows swine, fowl. Even the nm.
,amcd ofthe forest flew toward, civil
eaton for rciici, but only 10 find death in
.hrir fight.
Deer, tear, rabbits, were discovered in
! Pfolusloh burned to a. crisp. And all thi.
within few miles of oar city. From IN,
ew left to tell the tale there can be vet
little obtained in their uaif crazcd situu-
non We ourselves saw the inthcr con-
ign to their la,t ro,tipgp'ncc aII that vg.
cit ot II family Of six. We cared lutL.
about qu"'uoulng and ug seemed to car.
IS h,l.e about speaking Having rivr,
'lin few morse, o. bread fJr necessary
subsistence, We passed ON and ,uy me
'Hoe IN H. mother arm. tho bow. thr
STN III hakrdhc--, the Young wumnn ma,
!. mother, the father IN uur sal ,,royr of
''A!h' AGAIN, a fam " upplrrr,,y far
'"ttt was nothing left uut tlr bono. mud
j. 'n4'E u"hr' at lnul. Ir., there was one
D. VI lh"t family of which there WA, a lilIo
,eIl IL Wa' the baby, The poor mother
j. i"fgeliul OF herself chung 10 her iDuo., n,
@ 'Hspr'hg, ana her a,t effort must Lny,
| been to save her young one, lfo, Tn,
IL ln'tners band or the charrcd rem,i,
At '"ereol' were on the babes head Il, en-.
j"seH III pressing it to the ground. fac,
uo"hWards, to save it from suhnrotinr
Of prominent young man was found Viii
b, "S 'nto0' cut and his knife living sloug.
" slde MN lie must have been c1az.d :,
IN tortures, or preferred Immediate a. linger
, ing agony. Hundreds of su n casa. c,9,l,
= We clte but 10 what use Ict ~. NIL,
IN take II possible, into the minds .,,,
Of tract OF desolation, suffering, death, p6ycr
~ want and loneliness, ruined bonc,
IT. burned csrpses-perhaps happier tbon ,h
lot lNlhg-and many the alwav. yyise p,a,';
m ''n.e nave mercy upon their soul.
'"' 1t l. the duty ofus, who arc v,. ..c.
'or ny WIN everything in our ro.,ess ia,''
rty we a,9 OF our fellow Lcirp. ,'on,
,hpuia not be lost, and non,e .t,, limit ,,'
az NH ne called upon, The sm,IIo., IVA '"
zeal W. W. cover IT. size Of naselnr.,. ,L. ,nIe
i,'' inor'el viii, for time SUNNI, ~" Is
ing ~ " Il! De casy TO deposit npyI Lt,..a ' ~
os- ofia m" NJ 70 give Anything left -. :" 90
once VIII, be reported to tho.n c}'n, o.
'on ladies' and gentlemen who nre ., 'narltnb
inc interesting themsolye, in Mi. p" active
re of kindness. H'ole Wo
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