The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-09
,.mHTOUs CONFAAGssA-
UA TONS.
rdreds Perish, and Fhon.
sand Rendered Homeless,
and without Clothes Or
Fe0G.
go,rtbIe Details OF Disasters.


no+roit. S.-The horrors of the
;tDsfion in Sanilac and Huron
SoLoynnfies, on the shores of Lake
I 9Uron. are deepening every hour
d a. IonDeal was issued last night al
B Bot Hursn signed by Senator Con
L and Hon. w. L. Bancroft call.
1a for money, clothing and pro,
IIiSSi0ns to be sent forthwith to Hon
= &. Carlton, mayor of Port Huron
Tbe distress is unparalleled and it is
believed that 800 people persisted
while thousands are stripped Of
everything, food shelter, crops, stock
and all being swept from the face OF
the earth, and they must have every
thing necessary to sustain life and
cl0the themselves. Accounts con-
tinue to come in and some give har-
rowing descriptions. A special to
the Post and Tribune says: George
Mcdonald, of WindOn, Sanllac
County, tells a narrowing tale. Over
200 families are homeless in that
section and suffering from want Of
food and clothing. John Ballentine,
Of Verona Mills, says fifty-three
lives were known to be lost in the
neighborhood of Sand Beach. The
FIRE suddenly reached the Verona
Mills on Monday, and the town was
soon wiped out. The wind was so
strong that Ballantine and his wife
were picked up and blown fifteen or
twenty yards. A woman and her
husband were found lying against
a tree, dead, the woman being partly
delivered of a child. The devaSta-
ton done by the fires of 1871 are
nothing in comparison to the fires
of the last few days.
East Saginaw, Mich, 9.-Reports
show that in Wilmington township,
TuScola County, tWenty-one families
are left homeless and hOuSeless; in
Denmark, Guilford and TuscoIa
township, same county, twenty or
thirty families are burned out, and
acres of timber, crops and miles of
fence burned. In this vicinity the fires
are chiefly confined to Buena Vista,
Blumfeld, Bridgeport and Beechrun
Townships on the east, and Rock
vile, Milwaukee and Saginaw
towns on the west, in all of which
a number Of buildings and large
quantities Of property have been
swept away. An Indian settlement,
several miles below this city, and
surrounded by a dense forest, is re-
ported to have been burned, and
doubtless a number of lives were
lost, as there were thirty families
in there and no possible way
Of escape. Heavy fires are
also reported in Isabella County,
doing a great deal of dam
age. In the vicinity Of RichmOndS-
vile and Western, Forester and
Marian townships, reliable infOr-
nation leads me to say that upwards
Of 200 people have persisted in the
flames. There was no escape for
them. The woods and ground were
50 dry, and no warning of the dan
ger was given. Faster than race
horse came the fire. 1t would en-
brace q house or barn with its con-
tents and away to the next. Per-
sons who have been through the
terrible ordeal say that in ten
minutes from the time the fire
struck, there would be no vestige of
a house left. [ have Just returned
from a trip through the burned dis
trict and a description Of the sight
would make the readers blood turn
cold. In many instances, women, |
men and children were aroused |
lying on their faces in the road
where they had fallen when over |
taken 10y the fire. Children lying |
on logs where they had cIambered |
for safety. There was no finding |
each other when once separated. |
Many took refuge in wells and in
thinking to escape, but |
in almOstRevery instance they were
SuffOcated. The details of suffering
in Huron are as bad as here. l be-
heFe, when the returns are in. 1000
persons will be found to have per-
ished In the flames. Forester town
ship will turn out on Thursday and
bury the dead cattle, horses and |
sheep, the stencil from which is un-
bearable. The Rev. Mr.. Abingdon |
found sixteen dead bodies near
Dickeryille and only FIVE buildings
left between that place and Minden.
Mr.. WagerS' family of seven chill Il
dren and wife, were all burned TO-
gether, at Paris township, with IF
teen others. The Day family |
were burned with MOrrey Clifford's
wife and child. a man and woman |
were found lying dead in the road
between Donner's Mill and Tyre.
Fifteen families are reported at
Minden as having been burned out.
A woman was burned at Smiths
Mill, half mile from Tyre. Wher-
ever a house is left people flock to it
like asleep to fold, in some places |
as many as six families being in one |
log shanty. They must have relief
from below or great suffering will
result [ saw many families to-day | &;
VINO had not had one meal since /
4onday,and who do not know when I
.nIey will get one; their teams are ]
Ill gone, COWS and other stock {
and desOlation stares them c
d The face. They are beside them q
selves about their misfortunes, but |
many say, bad as it is, it might be a /
'IeaC deal worse. They are glad to b
,eL away with tbniT. Twas AT6nrnp [