The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-09-15
THE FATEFUL FIRE F!END.
a Dreadful Condition of Affairs in Mich
igan.
DETROIT. MIcH. September

DETROIT, MICH, September :.
Reports are beginning TO ..rriyc from
tho northeastern portions Of the state
showing the terrible condition Of affairs.
The long continued drouth has rendered
everything rs dry As tnier and nu-
mcrpis 'ilashing-," or partly cleared
traciso! land covered with brush, decayed
timber and other inilammatory material
afford the best possible medium for the
rapid spread Of the flames carried by the
high winds which have been prevailing.
Sallnac and Huron counties are the
scenes of the greatest destruction which
Is growing positively appalling in charac-
ter. Hundreds of farms have already
been reduced to blackcned ashes. Stock,
crops, farm buildings and fences, all have
been swept away. Men women and
children have been ovcrlaken by the
flames, and several lives are known to
have been lost. 1t is feared when full
accounts are received that the loss of life
will prove terrible. The little hamcts
OF Anderson, Richmond and Charleston
in Salinac county are all reportd to have
been wiped out, while Port Hope, Vero-
"a Mills and Badaxe, Huron county. are
reported wholly or partly burned up.
The people are ilocking to the shore of
lake Huron from the interior Of these
counties AS the only refuge from the
dcvouring flames Some were ovcrlaken
by the spreading fire. Not less than
twenty deaths are already reported, but
IT is hoped that these statements may
prove incorrect. In TuscaIa county in
the next tier back from Lake Huron
and south Of Saginaw, fires arc also
raging but with less severity.
The losses are overshadowed BY Il more
terrible condition Of things in the ad-
joining counties. The same state Of af-
ihira exists in Capercr county, and tho
whole country around Saginaw and Bay
City is ablaze from the marshes taking
fire. Reports Of many losses to the far
mers are beginning to reach here
DETROIT, September S-Tclegraphic
communication is entirely cut of with
the worst parts of the burnt region of
this state, 40 that reports are yet some.
what fragmentary, and it is hoped exng-
gerated; but there are many fears that
the worst is far from having been told.
The complete destruction of Richmond
vile, Sanilas county, is confirmed. The
villages of Carson, Charleston ard Tyre
are reported to be completely destroyed,
and Ashley partly SO. The townships oi
Delaware, Nunken and Austin. in Sani-
las county, and bingham, Sherman and
fhrls, In Huron county, are burned over
and deserted. The crops in these town
ships were MI harvested, and nearly all
are now lost
The remains Of family of seven
named Redmond were found in we'll
near Charleston, they having entered the
we'll for shelter and being there sufFo.
Gated. The charred remains of Henry
Cole were also found at Charleston, and
! family named Vasula, in Paris town
ship, and Mrs. Dishcrt and her three
children, were ovcrtakcn by the flames
and burned to death. In Watertown
township. another family named Dcnison
have, it Is believed, been burned. Two
families named Thornton and Lee, it is
feared, fell a prey to the flames near
Richmondville.
1here was gallo carrying the fire with
II rapldity that often prevented escape.
Yesterday afternoon the direction of the
wind changed, and this, it is feared, will
add new destruction by sending the
flames over sections that had escaped.
1t was much cooler last night, which is,
in that respect, favorable, but the wind
Is high and the country helpless There
are no signs of rain, without which there
seems to be no deliverance.
The Board of Trade OF this city yester-
day appointed committees to solicit re.
lief for the destitute communities, as it
Is very evident that large work in that
direction is at our doors. Hundreds of
families have lost all their property and
this years crops, and are reduced tc
condition Of absolute and immediate
want.