, 1881-09-10

Cn3tctk IL DCar Ithu lnktn TeIu4o
untler tho l.ouso md burned n'oug with tho
bull.ling. The following Is n l1st of those
Tint l,aro rertshed and been found III tho
Town Of 1'arls up to this datc. with several
still missing:
+. l.acl,s lost his wtfe anil tlyo children.
Simon Wrohbct lost onc clliltl.
Frank M,isur lost one child.
Atat'ias 1YMlenski.
JOHN Sperkowski loses his wife aud five
children.
Mrs. Lawrence Wlzbitxkct.
Mrs. (sllsn.
Mr. Mcltcrson a,Nl wife.
.1onn kobatzki lost ole cf,it(.
Julius Dolletsk1 lust ano child.
Joseph kArshfa 11st ono child.
Two grown-up girls identified III tie Town
ship Ut iilngltn,n.
John Fretghbarger, wifo and seven chill
tlreM uIl burned to death.
! understand there hnye bren solne fifteen
bodies tnken to Snnl Reach for lnterinont
AT roi,r nl7aOS
there are 4 number who lnve lost their lives,
al,d to tic sullth Of Al1ntlen sone thirteen
burned totlay. TIC following places are de-
stroye.1 In tlIls county:
Port Hope, partially destroyed.
Huron City, nil eo,e.
Ft'rcst Bay, all gonc.
Bad Axe, all gone but the courthouse and
ono store =.
Verona Mills. MI but nne hotel aid store.
These aro nil havo heard Of at present, as
0ur telegraph alu lliatl communication were
cut off. Tic t're hns been lnoru destructive
than the fires of ISL. Us Tar ~ can learn.
And INV, gentlemen. tlleso pCnplo need re-
lief, M,d thAt ns sUon It's 1t chi possibly he
'seut, us th0y nre wltl,unt homes, almost
lakca, null nothing to l.op themselves
wlth-as their crops were In their
barns and not yet marketcd-so tl,at
they med everything to commence again
with. We np licro are doing all III our power
to Md t|ioin, but whit we can do does mt 60
fur with go matIy, l sent thru wagol1-loads
Of provisions md clothing III today from our
town, besides what other parties sent,
THE Tuwx OF l'4.i,1s
being thu only town visited, I cut, but give
you tic Number burned out III this town,
which Is 1lo iamlius OF nbout fl,0 pcrHons,
allrl t'ott only knows how l,l,.,,y there nrc III
otlior towns. But tttort ar0 lnrge number.
From whit 1 ctl1l learn thoro must b1
FO'lrY THOUSAND PERSONS HOMELESS.
III this county. Aud now, whatever is DONG,
do II quickly. nnd II thoro Is any pnrt of tllts
letter tllat will help tho reopiu by having 1t
published. yo.l l,ave my consent to 10 50.
Wa hayo lost LOCO cOrtls Of wood, att, Wo
feel happy tonight tl.at It was.no worse.
j.. :. .... THOMAS THOMSON.
JOHN THOMPSON, OF 1Oitr sAN1LAc,.
was ut tho meeting, und nude the following
speech. III which he carefully summarized
tho results Of tho disaster mud gave vivid
picture of tho scene:
Mn. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW CITIZENS:
Tho urgency Of tho casu must bo my excuse
for appearing ocfore you tonight. mn not
accustomed TO speaking before audiences. |
am rather dEflldent, but lnye llttlo feeling
Of pride III rcEard to our county, being one
Of the carly pioneers of that county, aud
wl,eil necessity PRESSES, 1t knows no
law. So appear bufore you tonight to urge
upun you, as strong rs can, ln hu]lalf Of
my friends and neighbors-llen WHO have
been within ten years twice scourged by fire,
who, during the past yenrha 10 nobiy held
and placed upon their fcet-mon who layo
tollcd year III aud year out to rlso above tho
difficulties and dangers TINT laye beset them
III tho past, alld to provo themselves worthy
Of the aid and sympathy you SO generously
bestowed up0n them. To-Day they aro over.
taken by
A CALAMITY THAT FAR ovERsHADows
tile ole which they met with in 1871. We ut
tl,at time thought 1t was atl uttor impossible.
fty for anything to oycrtako us hs people
TINT would affect or touch so close
nEAin, not only III pocket, but in our
5ympathlcs-not only poverty, but In the
lives 0f our pcoplc-lllen. women, aNl chit
drail-tllat have grown up among us whom
We know lind been g0od cftExunB, who hnye
to1leA early and late to 1laintain their indie
poildence anl Muniood, uni to rear their
families ailtt make ploasant homes for theul-
selves.
ME KNOW THESE TlIlSas 70 nE FACTS.
ThUy aro not jlcarsay. They are not far
fetched pictures Of what might be. Wllat
lIns been stated tu you by the pross llas not
been oyerdrawn. lii tho locality where re.
st.le
WE HAVE si1lsACtrLoUHI.Y ESCAPED.
in The Mcighborll0otl surrounding lis, which
Is only small portion Ut tllo territory over
which the 1iru las sproatl. tlloy have suffered
botl, In llfo and property. 70 glvo you, Mr.
Chairman, I'LL ltlen of
THE EATESr OF THIS CuSFLAutAT1oN,
frnwn froin my own knowledge and the best
Information Ut tho best businessmen nl,ll
cltIzulIs wo hnyo tllr0ugIlnut tie two c0.tlt-
ties, vii! say that y, ,olD auscs Ut lalid hays
bcon swopt by tho fire In 1911, wi,cn 50 tlnny
generously contributed to
THE HELLER Or THAT suFFEluSu PEOPLE.
W. wcrt c0npAlatIVuly but SYarsely svttled.
Uy MI examination OF your census reports
aud comparing 1878 will. l6so, YOU will
lind that tho population Inns Increased very
lIcMrly 10o pcr colt. This population
Of your townships, scattered ulong thu
Bllure, llas not il.uruaseal tll tllo sAulo ratio
with thu population III >toso townships TINT
aro exclusively gi,gaHBd IN agricultural pur-
suits.
slSci. THE Fines or 1871
incurred w llatl II large area 0k what VIC
lMye cn!led bnClNl0wlls, occupied, ului jnlellf.
gel!tly occupied. tuu, hy II population sl,at
ralo among ns intlucu1 by tho tatlt!tles held
forth tu setliers nlul tllclr fulnilIps Il, cnuDto
thsln 10 lAAko homes. 1Iey tnye come luta
nnr midst not unlpty-l,antle,l, but provided
with all tlat flus beUh lluetletl. q.
Io SET rilEst oS THEIR FEET i.
III farnIors a1ll bllbillrss inoll III our eulll-
MuMfty. Tiny llayu hutl thelr wI,sea at,a ILL.,
t1o nunS lnl1. ami 1tnW In n nrrnt lu1tuv rnxt,a