, 1881-09-10
.,,a Into II n,ul succeeded In driving them

%. 11nn Kerr md fa!nlly wero asleep wien
'tp"%tns 'p"" caught irt', anil the nelglburs
shen ,sa H. rau 10 wake t'loni. atui they snc-
tetl%L II IN saving tic lm,,sc, but Inst every
iA,pn ,I,s II II. burgess rot separated from her
N". ..r, nml my nil night III n ditch.
Iu,vII s,Iny ,,crspn lay down In II mlltt-puudle,
an'.1lllI an ,nlle,I over nf,l nyur ail night.
ls. ," ,,rgc party of mnEl have E0nn to bury
.,'i",I ~ beasts In Forester Township.
pT =. 1ioyt returned after more medicine,
- ~. ..on,,ted several badly bttrnctl--fnaily so
.s':sa an that they had to he 1etf. Many are
p'," p"ahant food. Numbers Ut parties l'nve
'l' wv vim foos1, clothing, shoes. MID lnctll.
f''' 'as Moro help must c0,na 1nlck. ns much
s,'s s"Ss,Ing viii ensuc. They lave no flot,r or
Fc't,F Fcanrge Ferguson, of Wh1to l,ock, w,o l,as
,a.n NJ, tl,o road since MOntlny, rcpnrts tlut
1e1"s ssES 11D noptEs.
A. nm place lle saw four WAGONS bearing
e. t.sst coCtus-one Mlar walking l,ehfnd alone.
,.tSa mmas lila eutirc fn,nl'y. Au0ther man WIS
,'tIowina tho cnt'lns. Every farmer lost some
rrops asi fences,
oGs Gntrst reports say TINT the bnck townships
,rs bmrne,l over, witt, lnrge loss by fire.
we,Iues,1ny nj gft tho l,i,rlllug district he
,,ren peckersyIllo antl Sand Beach was vls-
ind hy rainstorn,, which put out u cnnsId.
m! portion Of tic llfcs ant cleareH tAe Ut
nospLere.
,The latest reports nre tint tile Tires appear |
ia be abat1ng. 4 dispatch from Tort Austin, |
n The top Of tho burned peninsula, sul1s lp
the general destruction IN follows:
Tbe number Of lives lust by the forest fires
On Monday and Tuesdays estimated Mt from
p,o3N.
The following Villages 0re bllrlcd: Ind
Axe, Veronn, Forest nny. lslcl,n'ondvll!e.
Charleston, Anderson, Deckcrsvlllc, Hnrrls-
rle, and sa'ltlnskS' ,...,
The f0!Iowlng are partly o"lheo: io''
uope, slnden, antl Ooley'
TIFF GREAT LOSS IN v1IrAuEs
h nothing to that In tile country. witere tho
nsses are too numerous to bB named.
l.eports from Saginaw, Tl'scoEn. md In"
per Counties, hl,c tier back FROM Tho lake,
While slowing m,,ch destruction ut property.
do not approach those front tito shore Gn,.ii-
des. The loss by tie fire is nIlsch less
sweeping generally, and tic loss ut lie
snail, but III eacli Of these more favored
counties hundreds Of thousands of dollars
Vonh nj property las been destroyed.
The latest reports FROM I'LL these counties
encourages the belief tllal raisl visited many
sections, and that tho delnge of l!alne las
hrgeIy subsidized.
,The work Of Immediate relief must now
systematically entered UPON. Lumber to
build houses, provisions of NIL ktn'ts, clotll-
Iag and seed for fnluro crops m.tst be fur
rtshcl In large quantities. to prevent
ailI greater dcstitntlon. Tho benevolent
everywhere can safely send money to +. q.
Carleton, Mayor Of Port Huron, nr Selatnr
Oh. Congcr, Mt tho same place. with ussur-
aace that the mems will be judtciously used.
Ttoulpt action is urgently demanded.
A POINT II SOW REACHED
where It mny bp reasonably lloppd we shall
hear Of no fresh disasters to tho afflicted peo-
he Or the burned district. Rains l,ayn railcn
probably sufficient to auencIl tho fires, hut
1ot rno,,el, In sonk the ground md revive
dropping vegetation.
The lowest estimates mike 21a families
burned out in tle towns Of A1arlette, Flynn,
Atgyte, Evergreen, Moore, Lamotte, ulld El-
n,er In Sau!.ao County, aud t!lrty-two per-
ions known to ba tload.
Msn VIM trovnc, throuo,, tbe h,,rnt ,,is-
tIctyestertlay report thcl fires mostly out,
md tha iul,oh;tonts otttt.,e oi,ort thn osbra
Of thelr burnt houses, llllny burned MD
Otherwise Injured. They aro tiiscoilsoiate
md almost bercft Of their so,tscs.
Provisions, clothing, bedding. atld other
necessartes aro being constantly forwarded,
sections distributing supplies and taking the
hanes Of those who arc iii need,
Many nersons nro st1ll missing fn the
burned districts, and the exact loss cannot
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