, 1880-09-09

wall OF names conc t0WArN tilen Will
steady sweep MS fast as q man could run.
nn,l swallowing tp everything I'll It's course.
l}y 4o'cIock tho first fnru-h,nse had been
reached. The rr run nlnl,K tho rail 1c,lcGs.
bMrntnK Eratn n!tl tlo wma snnt saf,Ks ,s, III
house after, a'lnther elirriopeh TINT men,
women, and children l.ad barely timo to
escape ont II Its hne. ,,.,
voiun,s. Whits ths, wind rose aiil for the
sl,fce OF about twelve ,nites lii length. and
covering width Ut from tlrec tn four miles,
tho eye rested upon nothing bit roaring.
tle yiIiaga proper ah!verlna III acanty .!re*s.
Children slIrilkc.l III their terrUr. Cattle
rn,i heller n1,a many burned 10 ot'sats,.
Forest sfter forest was swept nway, a',d tlio
ume son,u six tnfles long nlal ,nrasareiess ny
fnr rs tlle cyc could seu ~ to width. From
st. Helena, St Gcrmain, Vt. anilIouns. md
ether roms css tnstlycs, 4, s9,9S on!;ciss ~.
'a,ll iakc to lloraes' backs. Men were obliged
to throw away their caais In, order to
save tlletr lfyos. llunse aftcr fousu anu
barns filled tl! the bGsi cro!s s kilnwii t"f
wero MI counted it &us found tllere wcree
eleven persons missing, not oile ut wllnlh II
was thought would escape, but towards
n.o5nlnE most ot them tnrnea up several
sptetat Ditpateh 10 1zs cateaoo Tribune
UlrroN. Quebec, Sept. a.-ripru hus bceM
no further destruction of buildings III tlIs
vicinity, buy there hns tee,. 3 gsS!t .!ea! 81
pf lulnMr, ietnIock barE. atuf Rrntt burnt TO-
tlay, nl.tl Erayo feaCs nro entertained fnr IT,
night rs tho VI Ind is beginnFIE u rise; Il.er'
ars about olc y ltdr t4, f.iTS 'isStit!te y
.ticrnlnfn, st. ClnrlnttG, tlili ST. Vnterii. 1t
IL estimated TINT up to thu present time ovhr
saD,oN9 worth OF property h's beci' de-
News i1aying beet, brought That family
named Christie wcrc c0npletely lIclnmcd III
by the iru, nil! TINT NO o.'e ct,u!a reits!sr any
assistance, yt'ullg rlnh iIainptl 'fess!er
volunteered to gNItMy0r to rGnCll ulenL. lie
Hnd mile to travel aeroSs swamp, w!iG!!
formed II perfect SUI Of tlrc. III spite Of Tug
most urgent requests ot frlel,,ss t,p persisted
In tllo determination 10 70, alMl lnal!y lnatl-
With It'll terrible marks of tl!s violence Of
ins terribly burned, lie fouI'l tfat tlle
irs l,Al not reael,ed them, an.l tint his labor
ns sssoseyy SsSv i SSt ;ob} f E""teF fsf's sa' his
Lorenzo, nnii two otller men, started on
is tnsneg. ~. stnao 1of tG Il Pso'ef!y M srusi t e 70
ficy hud there. Willie engaged there they
bccane, completely hen,nac.i Il, by tho lire,
a ticir prpvisioi%S % ,i'I tio i,rosei'fer na h uoy
t ihers III thcy ;S'nn reisas nntfi tiayllei.t ts
tllOr1,, the ifre rigging around them, aud tc
smoke so tlunsc that thpy were obliged tn III
oil their faces 10. avoid suracatloii. This
morning, tho i!re l,aylng sH.new!.et ahatesl'
but not wlthnut tllo greatest danger,
as 1t was utmost impossible to lend tho horses
over the burning ground. and they. were frc.
auently obliged 10 leayu the rtall md cut
illcir way through thu wouds nro,,nd burlI-
Ing trees.
iii st. Theodore the passage Of tic fire was
10 rapid that til ono caAu II corpse which hN
oerll laid nut in the house really for burial
hntl to bn Immediately buried close 10 the
tlutise to snyc It from tho fumes.
1.ntest reports trun st. Helena, Stnte TINT
The fire, Is still rigging H. TINT yicinity, aud
several llUll5es have been destroyed.