, 1881-09-09
slt. OnESELf.'s STATEMENT,

Spteta! Dtspateh to The Chicago Trlbuna.
DETROIT, Affctr., Sept. 8.-The Rov. z.
Gre,tell Jr., pastor OF the First Baptist
Churcl, of this city, arrived from Sand
Dench at noon today by tho Narrow Gage
n1ld Grand Trunk, passing through, n,ost Or
the burned region III SAnllac County. lie
give II reporter
A GRAPHIC AND FEARFUL. nEsCn1rr1ON
of tho calamity ns he saw II, aiid heard Of 1t
from eye-witncsses. On Ills why to Port
Huron by tic Narrow-tiaga Railroad it was
noticed that, iit some paccs, the track had
proved MI esfectual bnrrler to the fumes.
which did not find full III tile
gravel OF the road-be.l. ln other places,
however, 1t burned the tics anl twisted and
destroyed the rails, Which Ind to 10 re-
pl,lcctl. In other places 1t Ind leaped clear
over tho road, and take,I II new start OIL the
other side. For tho in0st part, It got across
in sumo way, and tho spots Of nnburllt collil-
try were,
sMA1.I, FEW, AND FAR nETWElsS.
From tho car-wintlows, MI the way, It pre-
sentea to the view tho aspect OF burned
desert Of ss'les aud sniolderlng ombers,
without sign of animal ur vegetable llfB
country
ABANDONED Dy non AND MAN,
and to which IL was Impossible to iniaRfno
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accompanying tho culAmtty WAs tho Rwesomo
darkness which prccetleA 1t allt! relnnined
! until all was oyor. Tliu experiunco Of Salld
annra A. s""r,sa ,finv t,,o "rv air ,v.s '"e "s
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