Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-16
FOREST AND PRAIRIE.
A Cyclone of Firs-Ths Nest Awful
Destructive and Heart BENDING
Visitation Of Modern Times.
The Great hOIIBcaust Of Wisconsin
Twsa'y-fivs Hundred Persons
Burned to neaih.

Towns aa6 Villages Swept Away
Slcksuing Stories of Suffering
The Latest Accounts Of
the Fire.
Mu,wAUKFE, October 15.--Later
eo~e1nts fcem Ncrthern Wisconsin
confirm all previous reports aud ru-
m 3. Z t-7 - - ~ the neighbOr-
hood of the burned village Of Peshtigo
will reach over twelve hundred, and
fifteen per cent. of those injured can
not recover. The IRE tornado was
heard at a distance like the roaring OF
the sea. Balls of fire were OBJ
served to fall like meteOrs in different
parts OF the town, igniting whatever
they touched. People rushed with
their children in their arms to q place
ofsafety, but the storm Of fire was upon
them and enyeloped them in flames,
smoke, burning sand and cinders, and
those that were not able to reach the
river were suifOratsd and roasted
alive. This terrible scene happened
on Sunday night, the slh of October,
already made famous by the Chicago
horror. A member of the relief COM
mittee, sent from Milwaukee with
supplies, says the only survivors were
those who were fortunate enough 10
reach water, many throwing them
selves into the mill-pond and clinging
TO floating logs. A number Of these
were drowned by being thrown from
the logs by msddened horses and cat
tie that rushed into the water. The
fiery cyclone swept over a tract OfeOun-
try eight OF ten miles wide. Every
bTiIding. fence and all the timber were
licked up clear by the tongue OF fire;
the town of PeshtgO numbered two
thousand, one third of whom perish
ed on that fearful night. Reports
from the east shore of the Green Bay
place the loss Of life fall as high as at
Peshtgo, the same account states that
Ehe immediate wants Of the people are
supplied, and large amounts OF pro-
visions and clothing will be required
for the coming winter. Mayor Led
ingtOn, of Milwaukee, publishes the
following appeal for aid:
MILWAUKEE, October, (, 1s1l.--The
eaIsmities that have befallen our state
and some Of our neighboriDg states are
truIyappallhSg, over thirteen hundred
men. women and children were
burned to death In Wisconsin alone.
Their business houses and rooms were
to a large extent entirely destroyed,
the very soil having been burned and
all their autumn and loot crops
destroyed. They are utterly Gestl-
tute, and will require full support, al
least till another season. Seven cOun,
ties in our own State are thus in great
part utterly desOlated. Whole regions
Of country in Western Michigan are
in the same condition, and these fires
are still raging and destroying. Mil
Waukee is doing all she can do. BY
her close proximity to Chicago, she
Pas enabled TO send large quantities
al supplies into that devastated city
during the progress Of the fire, feeding
her fremen and exhausted citizens.
Vast numbers OF Chicago sufferers are
poE filling our houses and public
buildings, and We have minis
tered 10 their necessities. We
have supplied hundreds Of tons Of
provisions, clothing and shoes, and
other needfui articles to Chicago, to
Northern Wisconsin, and to Western
Michigan. We are doing our best,
hit the amount of suffering in Cur own
State is beyond our power alone to as
sua0e, We appeal TO the public for
aid We will be the dispensers OF sup
niles fo suff.-rers in Wisconsin and
Western MichieSu, We have made
every necessary arrangement 10 &C
cOmplish these purposes WIN econo-
my and effect. All cOntriDis uons IN
money may be sent to AiexR2der
Mitchell Barker; all contributions Of
fered in clothing, bedding, and otter
necessary supplies may be directed to
Harrison Dudingt0n, mayor.
(Signed) HARRISON NLUDINGTON.
DErRoIF, October 1.-THE news
which has been received today con-
drms the previous reports as TO the
wide spread desOlation inflicted by
the fires in various parts of the state,
from PORT Huron to Point Aux, Bor-
,zues: the shore is almost deserted, the
Inhabitants being burned out and
obliged to fee for their lives, saving
nothing. Particulars OF the Manistee
and Harland conflagratlons also give
a more disastrous aspect than the first
report. All the energies Of the pe0-
Die ia the city are now directed 20 aid.
ing the sufferers in our own state, and
contributions of money, provisions
and clothing are being made. The
Detroit Free Press company to-day
sent to the community their check for
Ave hundred dollars, and the
eanpIoveae of the same Office
nave contributed nearly one hundred
ooIIars more. Senator Chandler and
y. 3. Ward each contributed one
thousand dollars. The employees of
the Tribune over one hundred dollars.
The central relief committee sent
special agent 10 Manistee with five
thousand dOllars' worth Of supplies
and one Thousand dollars cash; also
an agent to Lake Huron with clothing
an,t supplies. The committee has es-
tabIis,sed a central depot for the re-
cepfiOn o. clothing, provisions, etc,
and are receiving liberal contriDu-
fions.
A collection win be taken up in all
the churches tomorrow In aid OF the
Michigan sufferers.
Ia most of the cities throughout the
State, relief committees have been
formed. and the good work Is being
carried on with energy.
An immense sum OF ready money
must be raised tysanable the destitute
farmers and Othte - rebuild and pur-
chase the necesse IOols and stock.
The following L @ecefved from the
Grand Rapids (Miehigan1 relief com.
mittee;
GRAND RAPIDS, October 1.-The
Manistee relief committee, OF Grand
Rapids, congratulate the noble people
of Detroit for their carloads of cOnfri-
buttons which arrived at Grand Ha.
ven this morning. Lansing also re-
sponds with q carload Of -four and
provisions.
General Cuteheon, Of Aanistee,
with his wife and children, has Just
arrived here. He Is bereft Of house,
furniture, books. papers, and every
invention Of his past Life, and all the
Clothing left to him is that now worn
bv himself and family. The great
n1uItitude at Manistee are in the same
ondition--Wifhout shelter, bedding,
clothing or food. General Cutcheon
saws there are one thousand people
who need immediate help; ne wishes
% say to the people Of Michigan that
when the people OF Manistee heard
OF the Chicago calamity they were
ia despair, but he has Just
heard Of the generous responsse,
sor Manlstee, and feels as Il
there was yet something to i've los'
He advises the people 70 ssno soma
unc0oked f0od, such as hourt meatsI
and groceries; next send bedding Ioa
the women and children to sleep upon
next, send winter clothing Tor the
women and children. HRndreds o.
women escaped in their nlgel
Clothes with their children in their