Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-18
Tho Great Forest tIfc IN michigan.


People t,lt tie heat while the fire
Was yet El.es away. 1t Hithere3 the
leaves Of trees stan ling two miles from
lie path Of the fiery serpent. The yc.y
earth t. ire II hundreds OF places,
and bazsG M rs If the fire were Teasing
on co.lw,ol. The stoa'est log huii!-
ings stool uY Only e few minutes. The
tiic scer!od t. c.'ch thom AZ ev'ry
corner at oi q. and after wLirl ard d
roar nothing would tee LETT. : ven
miles OF the beach, Il: Forester, sailors
found the beat uucc mforiable. Where
.oIae houses and barns were Eurne,i We
could nut find e,t il u bl,.ckeued sIick.
Every log, beam and board Was reducc'
t. ti:r ashes.
Seyen Niles back frtm thn l.b., "a!
Forester, :. Farmer gatherc.! MP ii!!,t II
tor:0rs il !;s wagon ana stated g.
tbs b"ac!.. The fire was close hchiLd
them IA they started 80 clusc that iii,
dresses Of some of the women aad
children we've IL fire fron the sparks.
it WAS seven miles OF up hili aD': down,
with c,rdnrpy, rats and roots. and TIE
horses needed no whip to urge thfla
iuto 1t mad run. AS TIE wagon stated
The tire Of hini wheel rolled Of.
They could not not stop for it, a,.d yet
even on good road, the wheel would
have crushed down III going twenty
RODS without it.
1t is Ell sexual fact that the hofs.s
/ pushed over that seven Iliiee IF rough
/ road at viii. Iun ard the wheel stood
irci. y ieiay Of five minutes at nay
point Of the road would have given
! fifteen moro victims To the flames " Lioh
foilGHe,; cu behind. s,u the wagon
at the lake. aid saw the tire seven
miles away Oh tuc roadside.
The people who s01eh. tho beach
had still to endure much CT the beat
anl I'll IF the s!noke. Waiiug ont VI
to their shoulders they we've safe from
the flames, bat sparks and ciLaors fel
like snow stern s,nd tic smoke Wa
sUifCcatipg. Tie birds lot caught il
the woods were carried out to Sea AM
drowned, ard the waves have washet
Thousands If them ashore. squirrels
rabbits and such small animals etoot
no show at all, hu. deer and beal
sought the beach aud the company q
human beings. In one case MAJ
leaped fIom bluff into the lake ant
found himself close behind a large bear
Tsey remained III company nnder th'
bank nearly all night, and tho beal
seemed rs humble as q dog. a2oiLel
instance tao Of the animals came out o
the forest and stood clcsa ton we'll frcn
which Il fIri1er vas drawing water Il
dash over his house, and they were
with him for two hours before they
deemed it prudent to jeg along. Deer
came out and sought the coEpanicn
snip of cattle and horses, ami paid Ii,
attention TO persons rushing past them
Eaif enough c. fins to bory tho 2es,
could no. have been got into the burne,
district III week. Some were bariet
With neither C; fla nor shloud, Will,
others had lude boxes az their las
reci p:acle. Il beyond Cirsonsillo, ii
one case, the &c fin ,,as made of Roof
boards taken from shed, saved VI
with u cross-cut saw, and fastened to
gether with nails taken from the ashe
OF tho victims burned home.
The dead are buried, but there is lief
u horribly deso!atc waste Of countr,
full of tho ashes Of prosperity, ant
crowded with sick, wounded and dis
courased humanity. whose tears aux
groans niues open the heart Of ny NJ path,
in every corner OF the country. Turl
which way they will, they see blacl
ruin and utter desolation.- NJ. Quad
in Detroit Free Press.