Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-05
THE FIRE FIEND.
s,o0e Square Niles OF Wisconsin In
ryw 4ru Flamesi
Hundreds Of Families Burned out. 9
whole Families Burned Alive.
All Food for Man and Beast Consumed.

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All Food for Man and Beast Consumed
| Mu.wAUKEE, ~Oct.s Especial come
! pondence Of the Dailg Neaes to-day froi
Green Bay saws the fires which have bee
raging in the woods between there and LAX
Michigan have extended across Fox rive
and covers strip OF dr. -r.s r,srr, 81.
Thirty Miles wide
In Shawanta and 0canto counties and tn
big numbering towns of Marinetta an
! Preshtigs which are threatened with des
truction. The fires are raging over tire
thousand square miles of territory. On
hundred families burned out of houses an
! homes, and refugees, are in Green Bay AM
i other towns, and at least one hundred othe
families are In equally bad condition
Houses, barns, farm buildings, bridges
fences, absolutely everything has been sweep
away w-FYTA- A TTrT
Thousands OF square Miles
of valuable pine forests. destroyed by fires
| and the wild beasts have been driven in dis
may from the woods and fleeing in every
direction across the fields; the entire popu-
| lation are
Fighting the Fires
/ without success, and many have fallen down
| snffOcated by the smoke, and carried by
! their comrades 10 places of safety. All
| supplies offood for men and beasts through
ont at least fifty townships, have been des-
troyed,, and starvation during the coming
VI inter stares them in the face.
GREEN BAY, WIS, Oct. 4.-The fires
which are now prevailing in the six or seven
! northeastern counties Of Wisconsin have
Never Had n Parallel
since the settlement of the country. The
drought, which has prevailed since the early
part of August, had dried up the springs,
streams and vegetation, has parched the
ground TO such depth below the surface
that the soil itself acts as conductor, and
living trees are falling from the action of the
fire, which undernines them. All Of the
outstanding property is swept away, there
being so little water in available situations
to stop the fires, barns and their contents,
hay stacks, corn, wood and other property,
together with hundreds of miles of fences,
are burned, as no resistance can be offered
to the approaching fires.
There is vet no autheptic account of the
loss oflife. A family in Kewanee county
and some Indians in Shawnee county, are
reported
Burned 10 Death.
The hardest fights against the flames are
made at the many saw mills which are To-
Gated among the pine forests in this region,
but many Of them have been burned. All
the available force which could be obtained
from the adjacent places has been called TO
the assistance of the threatened mills and
settlements. in some cases with avail and
others not The work has been so long and
harrassing and the men 50 tired with the
smoke and fatigue that in great many
places -
The Contest has been Given Up.
In places where there was no water the
only available plan has been to dig trenches
around the property, but the blast winds
carries large flames of burning bark through
the air and renders such means useless.
The Advocate of to-day has accounts of
the fire in the counties of Brown, Kewanee,
Oscenta, Ontigmee, MantOwoc and Shaw
nee. It estimates that an area Of 80
square miles are being burned over. Three
saw mills are definitely known to be bnrn-
ed, and others are said to be burned out,
but the reports need confirmation. In Ke-
vance county from sixty to eighty dwelling
houses and barns have been burned, and
the inhabitants are
Fleeing 10 the Lake shore
for safety. At HONS Pier, store, with
goods, six dwellings and shops, with barns
and 'other buildings were burend, and it is
said that the inhabitants are fleeing TO the
pier and taking up the planks communicat-
ing with the shore. Two Rivers, Two
Creeks, Ahaupee and kewsnee, and other
villages have been more or less damaged.
In DaOr county. next north, great duan-
tity of cord wood, railroad ties, telegraph
poles, and other property, got out for ship
ment, have been burned, in addition to the
losses of barns, fences, etc.
On the west side of Green Bay and Fox
River the flames extend from Memonee TO
Oshkosh, distance of
100 Miles I'm Length
and in breadth. This region is one of
alternate pine and hard wood timber, and
is thickly settled with milling and farming
settlers. Havstacks. fences and bridges on
roads are mostly gone. In some cases large
lots of pine logs. in dried up streams, have
been burned. Very little travel is Practica-
bic, and it is with difficulty that definite
particulars can be obtained.
Along the Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
road fire extends close up TO the track on
either side for many miles between DepOre
and Appleton, threatening bridges, and
culverts and burning fences ties, cord wood
aud requiring the closest vigilance in opera
ting the road. Along the extension of the
same road now building nOrthward a con-
siderable amount of ties and all its con-
tents have been buried.
Deer and Bears
Come out on the railroad and wagons
and could be shot but no body has time to
devote.
On the line of the Green and Lake Pepin
Railroad grade half of mile of corduroy
substructure, three thousand ties and
hundred cords of wood belonging to the
road were burned, besides property Of much
greater value belonging to the farmers.
All the bridges on the line of the ManitO-
voc road for twenty miles east Of Green
Bay are consumed.
AIden's Circus
passed over them only few hours previous
on its way to ManitOwOc. u The fire extends
to the CITY limits Of Green Bay on the
east and is running over adjacent to the
marshes. The dity is not regarded in dan
ger though the
Cinders and Ashes are Falling In the
Streets.
The smoke was SO dense to-day that
buildings two blocks distant were not
visible. On the west the fire has approached
the village limits of Fort Howard imme-
diatelv opposite near the river, and large
forces Of men are engaged staying its pro-
greSs. What will be the result TO standing
pine and other timbers in these counties
cannot vet be ascertained. No access to
the forest is practicable, and nothing can be
estimated except from the effects Of the fire
uear the settlements. where il
Penetrates the Ground from 10 Feet,
and DESTROYS the life of trees. TIE stmos-
phere is hay, with some appearance of
rain. 1t will take heavy and drenching rain
to saturste the ground and sop the progress
of the fire.
Miles Of Flames I'm Southern Ohio.
TOLEDO, OHIO, Oct. 4.-The woods are
on fire on the line Of the Toledo and Wa
bash Railroad the greater part Of the way
between Antwerp and Newhaven, covering
an area of four or five miles and about the
same distance between Antwerp and Cecil,
burning down timber both green and dry,
burning hundreds of cords of wood and
miles of fencing. At Woodbune, Oct. .,
three houses were destroyed, and the steam
mill was only saved by breaking several
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