The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-09-16
FOREST FIRES.
Terrible Scenes in the Forests of Michigan

to DETRoIr, September s.-Telegraphi con
". munication Is entirely cut off with the wor
&c parts Of the burnt region of this State, s.
or that the reports are meager and 1t is hope
In somewhat exaggerated; but there are man,
m fears that the worst has not been told Som
OF are already predicting that the loss of lif
as will reach one thousand or upward. Til
ne complete destruction of Richmondville, San
I'd lilac county, is confirmed. 1t seems to be be
~ yond doubt that the little villages of Car
al son, Charleston, and Tyre are completed,
r. destroyed, and Ashley partly SO. The CROP
? were all harvested and are nearly all lost
J. The remains Of family of seven, named
+ Redmond, were found in we'll near Charles
ton. The charred remains of Henry Cole
j. were also found at Charleston and family
s named Susula in Paris township. Mrs. Her
d bert and three children were oyertaken by
g the flames and burned to death In Water
: town district, and another family named Dem
ison are said to be burned.
D DETROIT, September S.-The horrors of
, the situation in Sanilac and Huron counties
, Oh the shores of Lake Huron are deepening
every hour. The appeal issued last night at
Port Huron, signed by Senator Conger and
Hon. W. L. Bancroft, calling for money,
Clothing, and provisions, will be sent ont
forthwith by Hon. E. G. Carlton, Mayor of
Fort Huron. The distress is unparalleled.
II Is believed that three hundred persons Der
ished III the flames, while thousands are
stripped OF everything-food, shelter, crops,
and stock are all swept clean from the face
Of the earth. They must have everything
necessary to sustain life. Accounts continue
to come in Of the same distressing character.
John Ballentine. Of Verona Mills, says fifty
three lives are known to be lost in the neigh
borhood Of Sand Beach. The fire suddenly
reached Verona Mills on Monday. and the
town was soon wiped out. The wind was
so strong that Ballentine and his wife were
picked up and blown fifteen or twenty wards. |
woman and her husband were found lying
against a tree dead, the woman being par
! TALLY delivered of q child. The devastation
done by the fires of 1871 are nothing in com.
parison to the fires of the last few days. In
the vicinity Of Richmondvllle and Western
Forester and Marion township, reliable in
formation leads us to say that upward of
three hundred people persisted in the flames.
There was no escape for them. Rev. Allins-
ton found sixteen dead bodies near Dicker-
vile, and five buildings left between that
place and Minden. Mr.. Wager's family,
seven children..an wife, were all burned to-
gether, in Paris township, with fifteen others.
The Day family were burned, and Morrey
Cllnord's wife and child. Aman and woman
were lying dead in the road between DON
ners mill and Tyre. Fifteen families were
burned in Moore and Argyle; five hundred
families are reported at Minden as having ,
been burned out. The following additional ,
casualties are reported in Moore township ,
Mrs. Strong and two children, Humphrey the ]
stage driver, Mrs. Frank Dsnison, child, and
sister, Paul Wetzel, wife, and five children, {
and George krolch, who went to their res
cue. Twenty persons are reported burned to
death In Custer township. In Bingham
township Thomas Barnes, wife, sister, moth
er. and two children were burned. In Aus a
Tin township, All old man named Payne,
Michael WEIGH, wife, and two children. d
Nearly every farmer in that township has
lost either house, barn, crops, or all of them. l
The loss Of life and property is immense. I,
Dead bodies are being brought in from all
directions. II is estimated that five hundred
human beings persisted, and five thousand -
'eople are homeless and in immediate want.
TORONTO, September 12.-There has been =
'reat damage by fires in the neighborhood of
oven Sound, Parry Sound, Gravenhurst. OF Ia
erville, Stratford, Eden Mills, Burton, and G
Zurich. million dollars worth of timber al
as been burned in the Parry Sound district.
BELLEvILLE, Ont, September 13.-For- b.
st fires are raging and vast quantities of 70
roperty have been destroyed. n,
THE CRY FOR HELP. Ii
DETROIT, September s.-The following
ppeal has been issued by committee of cit VI
ems of Port Huron, signed by Senator Con- sit
er, Mayor Carlton, and others co
o the People Of the United States Re
A most appalling disaster has fallen upon
rye portion of the counties of Huron and su,
anilac, with some adjacent territory, a sec. a.,
on OF country recently covered with forest 80
Id now occupied by nearly $4,000 people, wa
rgely recently settled and either poor or in tel
.ry moderate circumstances. In the whole clio
this Sc ton there has been but little rain
lring the past two months and everything
as dry when on Monday, September 9Th, a csc
liricane swept over it aud carried with it a wa
eet OF flame that hardly ANYTHING could fo,,
thstand. We have advices of two hundred
rsons burned to death, many of them by co
roadside or in the fields while seeking TOW
aces OF safety, and 1t is probable twice T
Is number have persisted. We have re-
rus from twenty or more townships in spo
1ich scarcely house, barn. or supples of wa
y kind are left and thousands of people are ann
stitute and helpless. All of these people sai,
Iuire assistance and many of them must '"i'
pend on charity for months to come We hot
, doing all In our power to succor them, | the
their necessities are so great that contri- u
tons from charitable people throughout
country will be required to keep them Gul
'ough the winter. We therefore appeal to vest
4 TO send money, clothing, bedding, pro- Wa
IONS, or any other supplies that will help tho,
intain the sufferers and enable them to
vide shelter for themselves and begin snci
rk again on their farms. Contributions How
'uld be sent TO Mayor K. G. Carlton. chair the
n OF the relief committee of Port Huron.
have sent agents through the burned Jun l
trict to ascertain the wants of the sufferers p
distribute supplies.
GENEROUS RESPONSE. .ho,
lew YORK, September 12.-The thousand Kerr
lars have been collected for Michigan. Gre,
ere Is general movement to collect ne fed
,ities for the sufferers. to K
lew YORK, Sept. 1.-The Michigan fund and
cunts to $22, 100. chas
Woman Racers a- of y
hAHA, Sept. 3.-The ten-mile running show
at Council Bluffs this afternoon between $40
Burke, Of Omaha, and Miss Lizzie Pin quir.
Of Colorado, for a purse of s., 500, was ago
by Mrs. Burke in twenty-one minutes him
fortv-nine seconds-the fastest time on with
I'D. Each rode five horses, changing the {
y mile. Miss Pinneos time was s-aa
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