Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-09
HURRICANE On PIRB
Sweeping Over Northeastern Mich
loan on Monday Last.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED
Two Hundred Persons Known to Have
Been Burned or SuffOcated.
SOME SAY DOUBLE THE NUMBER
The Homes of the Settlers Swept Away
Like Chaff Before the Wind.
THOUSAND FAMILIES HOMtLKSS
The Loss in the NeighborhO0d OF a
Million Dollars.
Two Hundred Persons Known to Have
Been Burned or SuffOcated.
SOME SAY DOUBLE THE NUMBER
The Homes of the Settlers Swept Away
Like Chaff Before the Wind.
THOUSAND FAMILIES HOMtLKSS
The Loss in the NeighborhOOd OF a
Million Dollars.

SAND BEACH, Mich, Sept Z, 1l:l5 a. NJ
The fire last night was worse and did NOR
damage than that of 1871. The towns of Bad
ak, Verona, Port Hope and Huron City are al
burned Eight dead bodies were brought int
Port Hope before o'clock this morning. A
least zoe lives have been lost in this county
R.. j. Meade and his whole family, living
four miles west of Sandy Beach, were burned
A child of James Meade was found dead thu
morning.
found.
One family were found in a well, safe, bu
al their goods, horses and barns were burned
People in Verona buried themselves in theil
gardens The hose company of this towr
was up all last night, and are now wetting tht
streets, houses, barns, etc. The only danger
here is from the sparks and cinders.
$50 p. m.-The town of Sand Beach i;
shrouded in total darkness, and business If
suspended. The hose company have beer
wetting the business portion of the place.
Gas and lamps are lighted. Many have theil
clothing and portions OF their bedding packed
ready to go out on the lake. The smoke Is
sitting. The train due here at 2:20 turned back
at Deckerville, % miles south of here. People
there have buried the most of their clothing
and furniture. j. jerks & Co. s salt block in
this place caught fire, but the hose company
succeeded in putting it out before much dam,
age was done. The town is supplied with
Holly water works throughout the business
portion, and no very great fears are entertain
ed for its safety. A very heavy roaring can be
heard off TO the northwest, which some think
is thunder, others a tornado. One farmer, tif-
teen miles southwest of here, lost his house
and barn and six hundred bushels OF wheat
and three hundred bushels of oats. His insur-
ance had expired three days previously.
a widow west of Verona lost her house and
barn.
No communication can be had with other
towns, and the wires are not working.
7p. MP to the present time twelve bod
les have been found and brought into the town.
1t is reported from Port Hope that twelve per-
sons are known to have been burned near
there. More are missing, who, it is feared,
have been burned. The entire town Of Yer
ona is burned, with the exception of the hotel
and church The inhabitants have saved
nothing There is not a pound of Hour IN
the village A letter from the county treas
urer of Badax, dated yesterday, says
FIFTY FAMILIES ARE WITHOUT ROOF
to cover them. The county buildings and
records are safe. They have appealed to the
no provisions or clothing were saved. No one
can imagine the havoc that was made by yes
terday's fire.
One little child was found casped in an old
er sisters arms.
Two Others near by were burned to crisp.
One entire family, consisting of five per-
sons, burned within twenty rods OF their
house.
Reports from what is known as the Frs
kline, about eight miles west of here, running
south through the township of Paris, are
heartrending.
Dead bodies are lying along the road and in
the dooryards, having apparently been oVe-
taken by the fire.
Port Hope was entirely consumed.
Huron City is entirely destroyed. q
The depot and Wards elevator, at Windsor,
fourteen miles south of here, were burned.
There has been no railroad mail OF telegraph
communication since yesterday at noon.
The fire company has been at work i'll this
place constantly since yesterday at y. m
wetting buildings. The safety of the town
depends on the wind. Large Goals of fire have
been blowing into the town through the day.
Il is thought the
WORST Is PAST.
These dispatches are sent by boat to Port
Huron.
The best estimates that can be made at pres
ent place the number of families that are en-
tirelv burned and destitute of food and clotn-
ing at 500 .,
4 special messenger arrived from Cass City
with a letter signed by the president OF the
village to Frank II. Thomas, president of Caro-
village, stating that fires were raging for ten
miles east of them, that nearly every settler is
homeless, and asking for aid and provisions
for distribution. The scene at 3 p. IN. was
distressing.
ANOTHER RRPORT.
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, Sept. Z. - During
lest night the wind hauled around to the
northeast and blew fresh all day. The atmos
phere was also maternity cooled, the ther
mometer dropping to sixty degrees in twenty
four hours At no time since the fire com
menced has the smoke been so dense as this
afternoon. At five o'clock it was so severe
that the stores and business places and resi-
dences were lighted up. The peculiar tingt
of the sky gave the entire heavens wild ap
pearance. During the afternoon telegraph
communication with st. Louis and Vassar wal
established. Reports were received from thos
points. The fire along the st. Louis road ha
evidently
DONE ITS WORSE
and is working back into the country ol
either side. Trains are running regularly OF
the st. Louis road, and no further interference
is anticipated. In Saginaw and Rockville
townships fires are still running and doing
great damage Several farmers arc reported
TO have lost their crops. Many niles of fence
are DESTROYED on the Flint & Pere Marquette
railroad. Fires are reported as having starte'
near the Western division near Coleman, Am
R1tn
damage has resulted. At last advices the fires
along the lines aforesaid between the city AM
Port Free has subslded or spread back into tn
country People have plowed around thei
houses and taken every precautlon t.
save their property. There are number o
fires in the vicinity of st. Charles an
Chesening, west of this city, and fire is run
ming through Maple Grove township in thi
county, and in New Haven, in Chiawasse, an
doing great damage. The fires east of thl
CITY are very bad The destruction to-day ha
been great, particularly along the plank roa
between the city and Vassar, and on the WI
tersonyille plank road, a portion of which wa
DESTROYED Probably thirty families hay
been
BURNED OUT
in Buena Vista township, this county, an
thirty miles of fence burned. People ten mile
6ut OF this city ia that sec tion are haulin
water to keep stock alive. The situation hel
is gloomy IN the extreme. On the otht
branch of the Flint q Pere Marquette rallroa
there has been vast destruction of timber ar
fences, and portion of the track is burned
Four carloads of ties have been ordered the
to-day to repair The damage. A dispatch w'
also received by the road master about p. m
stating that fires had started below Milford
and asking for help. 1t is feared that
UNLESS RAIN COMES
Immediately, points hitherto escaping, but
the fire belt, will suffer immensely. 1t is +
ported by men who came in last from Carse
r,....a1s hot tho country or