The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-17
THE FIRE HORRORS IN MICHIGAN.

and Huron CoYDhes, on the shorcs OF Lake
Huron, aredeepening everS hour. 4
The distress is unparapeledA Us be
lieved that 30 people have persisted. aud \
is feared many more, while thousands
are stripped OF eyerylhing--food, shelter,
crops, stock--all swept clean from the face
OF the earth. The people need most every
thing necessary to sustain life and clothe
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Accounts continue to come in OF the most
harroYiASr dss eriptoa-y-.A..spseial tosttae'
PoSt aud Tribune says:
George MacDonady of. Afihden, sihHac
County, tells Il narrowing tale; over 200
families are homeless ia that seotiony and
suffering from want Of food and clothing.
u John Ballentine, OF Verona Mills, says
that ffty-three lives were known to be lost
in the neighborhood Of Sand Beach, The
IRE suddenly reached Verona Mills on Mon
day, and the town was soon wiped out.
me Wind was so strong that Balentine and
iwife were picked up and blown fifteen or.
twenty yards. '"
"Ih The vicinity Of Richmondsvile and
Western Forester and Marion Townships,
reliable information leads me to say that
flames. There was no escape for them. The
woods and the ground were so dry, that no
warming " danger was given. Faster than
d race-horse eamethe fire. It'w6uld eih-i
brace house or barn with its contents, and
away to the next. Persons who have, been
through.the terrible ordeal satS that fin ten
minutes from the time the fire istvuck there
would be no vestige Of house left, L have
Just returned from a trip through the
burned district; and the description of the
sights would make the readers, blood turn
cold. In many Instances men, women and
children,were found lying on itlfeir faces in
the road where they had fallen when over
taken by fire. Children were found lying
on logs where they had clambered for safe
tyr There was no finding each other when
, once separated. Mpy took refuge in wells
and root houses, thinking TO escape, but in
almost every instance were SuffOcated. ,"
~ The 4iPt- 5'q4Fe correspondent itele-
graphs: I..s... ..,.--.
The details Or the disaster in Hui
ron County are as bad as in Sanlac
County. l believe that when the returnsare
in 1000 persons will be found to have per-
ished in the flames. r1'"hli i''"'A 100
?" "The Rev. w. f. Abingdon found six-
teen dead bodies near DeckerVile. Only
five buildings are left between that place
and Minden. lau.ui "Uf.#uW .... |'l
, "John Flytewager's family ofseven chill
dren and wife were all burnt together in
Paris Township, with seventeen others.
The Day family were burned, with Norris
Clifford, wife and child. A man aud wom-
an are lying dead in the road between Don
ner's Mill and Tyre. LaH gave. .
? F" Fifteen families were burned in Moore
and Argyle. Five hundred families are re-
ported at Mnden az having Been burned
OUT. a woman was burnedat Smith's Mill,
half a mile from Tyre. .l.-.... "a
Wherever house is left the people
flock to it like sheep to fold, in some places
as many as six families being in log shanty.
They must have relief from below, or great
suffering Twill be the result. l saw many
families to-day who hadn't had one meal
since Monday, and don't know when they
will get one. Their teams are all gone, and
cows and other stock burned. DesOlation
stares them in the face. They talk about
their misfOrtunes, and many say, bad as it
is, it might be great deal worse. They are
glad to get away with their lives. Many OF
them are Canadians, who had been over but
a short TING, and had just begun to get
matters in conf rlable shape. Many need
medicine and medical assistance
The farm of the widow of John KlOpf,
living mile east OF Daner's, was totally cut
off from all communication with the neigh
bOrnOod, and what the fate Of herself and
family OF three daughters will be cannot 1T
this writing be detcrmined.la. r..| .l
A artt n.,f,o tt N F,,yl fnt, 1,p,
who came in from the east, reported the
woods and fences all on fire, and the people
fighting to save their property. II People are
nearly blinded by smoke. Water is scarcely
to be had, and stock Is Suffering. For the
pact three days Tuscola has seemedto bS
literally on fire.
Reports from every direction indicate ter
ribe loss and suffering. Nearly 100 families
between Caro- and Cass Cityare burned out
\ number Of buildings in Cass City burned
and for miles around the people are Hooking
into the town, scorched and destitute,
many Of them having lost everything.
o. Reports are crOwding in thick and fast,
and from these are learned enough TO llnCN
thar the suffering in Huron, Sinilac and
TuscUla Counties will exceed that of ISL
Wednesday, at Cass City, a number Of per-
sons were brought in manned Tor life from
the effects Of burns, and it was reported OF
good authority last night that Several deaC
bodies had beenfound. .t4J.f .......
In the towns OF Wells, Noyesta and Day
ton undoubtedly many lives have been lost
The following appeal for aid has beeI
issued by the Committee of Citizens of POr
Huron, headed by Senator CouSer, May Of
Carleton, and others:
To the People of the United statosI
most appalling diSas er has fallen upon
large portion of tine Counties of lur IN anJ
Sanllac with some adjacent territory, a sec
uon of country recently covered with forest
and now occupied by nearly $1,000 people
largely recently settled, and either poor or II
very moderate circumstances. In the whole
Of this section there has been but little rain
during the past two mon rs, and everything
WAS dry when, on Monday, September B. {
hurr cane swept Ovcr it, carrying with i
a sheet of name that hardly any
thing could Withstand. We hay,