Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-09-08
xICHIGAN's CALAMITY.
Extensive Forest Fires - Terrible
Destruction or Property and Loss
or Life - Whole Towns swept
Away and the Country Dcvas.
tated,

EAST SAGINAW. September 7.-Reports
Of the ravagss Of the fires continue to
come in along the Saginaw Valley and
st. Louis road. T~wsnty-ons miles have
been burned over on both sides Of the
track. and thirty or forty buildings have
been burned. including household goods.
grain and stock. In Tuscola county
damages have been done to the extent OF
$50, 900. and the fires are still sweeping
over . large area. Owing to the excite
ment II is difficult to arrive at the losses
In this county east OF this city. Great
damage has been done, hundreds OF
acres having been burned over and many
buildings burned.
DETROIT. September Hundreds Of
farms are already reduced to Q blackened
desert. Stock. crops, fences and all the
farm buildings have been swept away.
Absolutely nothing Ia left. Several lives
are known to be lost. Men, women and
children. ovsrtskeu by the flames, have
been suffocatsd by the sitting heat. II
in feared that when full accounts are 70.
csived the Losses may prove terrible.
The people are iocking to the shore OF
Lake Huron. a. the only refuge from
the dsvouripg flames. and sometimes
they have been overtaken by the spread.
ing FIRE. The whole country around
Saginaw and Bay City IL also ablaze
from the marshes taking FIRE. and reports
of many losses to farmers are beginning
to reach us. The weather continues ex-
cessively hot. With NO signs Of rain.
Whore the present condition Of things
will end no one can tell.
DETROIT. Michigan, September g.
Telegraph communication 10 entir 'ly cut
Of with the worst part Of the burnt re-
zion in this State, so that the reports
are yet somewhat fragmentary, and IL 10
hoped are exaggerated, but there are
many fears that the worst Is far from
being told. Some are already predicting
that the loss OF life will reach Q hundred
or even higher. The complete dsstruc-
ton OF Richmondvills. Ssnilsc county.
10 confirmed. II seems to be beyond
doubt that the little villages OF Carson.
Charleston and Tyre are, AZ reported,
completely destroyed. and Ashley partly
90. The townships Of Delaware. Min.
den and Austin in Sanilsc county. and
Bingham, sherman aud Paris, in Huron
county, are burned ovsr aud deserted.
The crops In these townships were oil
harvested and are nearly all lost. The
remains OF o family Of seven, named
Redmond. were found in . well near
Charleston, they having got into the
we'll for shelter. aud suffocated. The
charred remains Of Henry Cole were
also found at Oh ~rleston. and . family
named Susuld In Paris township. Mrs.
Derbsrt and her three children were
ovsrtaken BY the flames and burned to
death in WATERFOWL district, and 40
other family named Dennison are be-
lisvsd to be burned. Two families,
named Thornton and Lee. II Is feared
fell prey to the flames near Richmond.
Vile. The wind blew q gale, carrying
the Ere with . rapidity that often
prevented escape. Last evening the
direction OF the wind changed.
and 1t 10 feared this will add new
destruction by sending the flames over
sections that had escaped. II was much
cooler last night, but the wind 10 high
and the country Is helpless. There are
NO signs Of rain, without which there
seems to be no dsliveranos. The Board
OF Trade in this city yesterday appointed
committees to solicit relief for destitute
communities. 1t IL evident that . large
work In that direction 10 at our doors.
Hundreds OF families have lost all their
property and this years crops, and are
now reduced TO . condition Of absoluts
and immediate want.