Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-08

CHICAGO, Sept S--A special to tn
Times says:
SAND BRAcH, Mich, Sept Till!
g. m-The fire of last night was wors
and did more damage than that of 1871
The towns of Bad Ak, Verona, Por
Hope and Union City are all burned
Eight dead bodies were brought int
Port Hope before s o'clock this morning
At least one hundred lives have beer
lost in this county. R j. Meade and hi.
whole family, living four miles west OF
Sand Beach, were burned. A child OF
James Meade was found dead this morn.
ing. James Maule and wife have no,
been found. One family were found in
| q well, safe, but all their goods, horses
and barns were burned. The people in
Verona buried Themselves in their gar
dens. The hose company of this town
was up all last night, and is now wetting
the streets, houses, barns, etc. The only
danger here Is from sparks and cinders.
$50 p. m.-The town of Sand Beach
is shrouded in total darkness, and BUSH
ness is suspended The hose company
has been wetting the business portions of
the place. The gas and lamps are light
ed, and many have their clothing and
portions of their bedding packed. ready
to go out on the lake. The smoke is sti-
fling. The train due here at $40 turned
back at Deckersville, 25 miles south of
here. The people there have buried most
of their clothing and furniture. jerks
& Co.'s salt block, In this place, caught
fire, but hose company succeeded in
putting 1t out before much damage was
done. The town is supplied with Holly
water works throughout the business
portion, and no very great fears are en-
ter tanned for its safety. A heavy roar
ing can be heard off to the northwest,
which some think is thunder and others
a tornado. One farmer, fifteen miles
southwest of here, lost his house and
barn and 900 bushels of wheat and 800
bushels of oats. His insurance had ex-
PRED three days previously. A widow
west of Verona lost her house and barn.
No communication can be had with
other towns, as the wires are not work
ing.
Up. NIP to the present time twelve
bodies have been found and brought into
,own. 1t is reported from Port Hope
hat twelve persons are known to have
been burned near there. More are MISS
ng. who, it is feared, have been burned.
The entire town of Verona is burned,
.hurch. The inhabitants have saved |
Nothing; there is not q pound of flour in |
he village
Letters from the County Treasurer at !
Badax, dated yesterday, says fifty fam
lies are without roof to cover them. |
The County buildings and records are
'afe. They have appealed to the Mayors |
If Port Huron and Detroit for aid as no |
or clothing were saved. No |!
,ne can imagine the havoc that was made |
1y Yesterdays and last nights fire. One |
title child was found clasped in an |
,lder sisters arms, and two Others near
~ were burned to crisp. One
.ntire family, consisting of five
persons was burned within 20 rods of
heir house. Reports from what is known
IS the Erskine estate, about miles west
# here and running south through the
ownship of Paris, are heartrending.
Dead bodies are lying along the road
md in the or-ysrds, having apparently
,een overtaken by the fire.
Port Hope was entirely consumed and
Huron City is entirely destroyed. The
!epot and Wards elevator, at Menden,
miles south of here, were burn d.
here has been no railroad, mail or tele-
,raphic communication since yesterday
orenoon. The fire company has been
t work in this place constantly since
at one p. M, wetting the build
ngs. The safety of the town depends
pom the wind. Large Goals of fire
ave been blowing into the town through
he day. 1t is tn, ught the worst Is passed
'hese dispatches are cent by boat to Port
Iuron. The best estimates that can be
lade at present place the number of
antilles that are entirely burned out and
estitute of food and clothing at FIVE
undred.
A special from Vassar, Tuscols county,
AVS: Fires are still raging through the
ountry, but are under control at pres
ut. Yesterday was the worst day, 90
AZ, in this county. Families come In
rom the surrounding country with their
lothes burned, and some of them are en-
rely blind. Eighteen persons saved
by staying in the well. Bates
I'LL and all of the dwellings were burn
i at Crampton's Switch, three miles
,uth of here. The mills, lumber houses
nd barns are burned all around. In
,me instances the hair was burned from
he cattle, and the fences are entirely |
for miles. The damage great
exceeds that of 1871, bat it ia too ear
to estimate it at present Great ex-
tement prevails here.
From Port Austin, Huron county, re-
orts come that Bsdax, Vernon, Huron
ity and Forest Bay are all burned, ex-
spting few buildings. The township
{ Bloomfield is swept clean and seven
en- lives are known to have been lost
large number of farmers are left home
S. P,rt Austin had narrow escape
st night. Assistance is necessary to
revent the starvation of the people
1, is stated by good authority that one
undred or more people persisted in the
smes in the vicinity of Pert Hope and
uron City. Verona Mills, Charleston
nd Bad Ak are all lying in ashes, and 6
ports are coming IN every hour about q
ersons being found dead.
Ii is estimated that thousand families =,
-e made homeless, with nothing but |
hat they have on their backs. Relief
arties go from here doing what they
IN At Sandusky, seven have been
,und dead-some of them suffocated in
ellis, and several persons were blinded
= the sitting smoke. II is not all over
It, Is the wind changed from the south
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