Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-10-25

State, the following circular Of appeal
! to the people Of the United States has
been issued by the Michigan State Re
lief Committee:
"To THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES: We need instant and plenti-
ful aid. From I2,OJ0 to l5,Oaa people at
least in the stale Of Michigan have lost
their h"mcs, food, clothing, crops, horses
aud cattle. On the night of the Chicag"
fire 1000 people OH the east shore Of
Lake Michigan, and five or six thousand
on the west shore Of Lake Huron, were
reduced to almost absolute deslitution.
Within two or three weeks other small
villages and settlements have been blot
ted out. The number Of individual
farm houses, harms and frontier dwell
Iing<, which have Leru destroyed by the
aH-prcvuding fire cannot, from thewaDt
Of information, be accurately calculated.
The aggregate we know 10 I G enormous.
The fires are still burning, and new ones
are springing up. The area Of ruin and
devastation is daily increasing.
The intensity and dramatic mAgmif-
icence Of the calamities which have
overwhelmed other cities AMI villages
are lacking here, but the suffering eX-
Ist<. \ long, hard, cold winter is APP
preaching. Large numbers of these
people are accessible only hy wafer, and
navigation will soon be closed. Scarce
~ a month or six weeks now remain in
which to feed, cothe and shelter them
for The winter season, which extends far
into the months of spring. They must
be helped now or they will perish.
"Thcy will need, too, in The Early
spring, seed and implements for the
harvests Of next year. The greater por-
lion of them must commence life entire
Iy anew, without preparation, and at
the beginning of winter. Their isolation
from the centers of commerce and the
means of communication makes the
problem Of relief all the more difficult,
and all the more urgent.
"The people of Michigan have nobly
responded to the appeals which this
misery has made to their sympathy and
generosity, but they are severely Grip
Piled, indirectly, in their business by the
Chicago fire, and directly by tile assis-
lance they gave to the sufferers from
that calamity before they were aware Of
the demands which would he made upon
them at home. Many Of them, too,
have lost their resources 10y the fires
which have occurred in this State. IN
their names, and on behalf of the vic
Tins already known, and of many whom
we fear are yetunknnwn, we ask prompt
and efficient aid from our benevolent
fellow-cilizens everywhere. Money
and supplies may be sent direct to the
Michigan ReliefCommittee at Detroit Or
Grand Rapids"
Milwaukee, October lg.-The Door
county Adeocatc contains a full account
Of the loss Of life and property by the
great fires ia that county. Upto Satur-
day night, the Sth, fires had been raging
through the town of Brussels, Union,
Gardner, ForpstyiIle, Clay, Banks,
Nasewaupee, Sturgeon Bay and Seba$-
topol, burning the fences and timber,
, but leaving the houses untouched.
+ AtaP. M. Sunday night the fiery tor
nado swept down from The south west,
beginning at the Belgian settlement in
Brussels, sweeping through the towns
of Union and Gardner and the western
+ part of Sebastopol, down the east shore
of the bay. .r 4
Every building in its path was con-
smed. At Wiiliamson's slingle-miIl
everything was burned and a most aw-
rul destruction of human life ensued.
Out of eighty persons at the mill fifty
seven were burned to death The few
survivors tell horrible tale Of the
scene at this terrible holocaust After
I the fire forty-fve bodies were found in n
potato-patch, in the center Of the clear
ing. Other bodies were found scattered,
some in wells. There were many dis
( figured in a terrible manner, in some
} cases beyond recognition. ...f.
The great destruction WAS the work Of
but fifteen minutes, and was the same
tornado that burned up Peshtigo and
. 200 human beings. a number of other
losses Of life are reported in other
, places. Twenty-Five in the town Of
Brussels suffered the same fate. There
is scarcely house or barn standing on
the line of this storm of fire. Efforts
for relief are not spared here or any
where in the state, and donations from
abroad are come along just in time to
make Comfortable those who survived.
Contributions in money can he sent To
Hon. Alex. Mitchell, President of the
Wisconsin Marine and Fire Insurance
Bank, Milwaukee,, Wisconsin, aud
clothing or provisions TO Hon Harrison
Ludington, Mayor Of Milwaukee.
Six fire Insurance companies have
failed in New York within the last
week. Cause: the Chicago cunfugra-
lion.
Tie health of Queen Victoria Is i'm