The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-15
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We greatly regret not,
ciency OF type at TIN, I,ts
daFl to pint i tuI. H
calamltous c~oulagratirn
SWEET the Eastern rort,.,
particularly IN the broad .
t~eea Saginaw Bay ami
lie region referred Ia 81.
IKE a prarie; though o,..
snail bushes and youu, ~,
hal oeeu no rain for ten W ~
whole face of the earth
punk. On THURSDAY last
Vi Wind came up, aud h,.-
various places. The .a.rl n-
the flames were earn.
rate 0. o. miles an hour n.
Ties were burned over
The skies became $,
smoke that candles We. ..1+
house. scores Of mile,
hres Men quit their w.-s
children ran screaming f-.r... "
aud those who had var.
safety a, best they cou 4
cases the first tllings. am.t. .
the hurricane. was th. s.,..
horrible sheet Of fam. 49,.
woods and IN five m..l.,.
burnt to ashes.
We conicn~c 4 frw lie
towns OF 100 10 300 rnlu'.
tIrelv destroyed. not 4 b,y..
standing.
On liauEhton Greek
ment of about 4 dozen finn.
names destroyed building af...E ...
and the people realized tina. IN.
surrounded by fire aud e,-,
! he situation wa a frlgh,.g. a..
ffames encroachcd upon 10 I'm
resort eighteen person, le,-,.4.
belonging 10 Sam Sapp Tt@
elsht ieet square at the t.r4nG.,
deep To the :urh. The rgrh.....
feet square and six len, ..
forming a ledge on which .h-
large and small, sat for fu....,E
DIR. Sap standing -ou the i.....
well and throwing water .-
overcome the effects OF ,h~ t..
fierce was II even in the wcrI
samuel Robinson lived Dear f.
Springs, and when the 6,c >u..,
upon hlm he put his wife and u.s..
iren in a buggy, and male ,I...
lite. lie crossed a long st,r,.t IA.
.iuroy AT a gallop, the frc h..,.s-
cracking on all sides. >lr.,...s
horses name and the hair and fla.
brows of the fuglliye.. H.. .a
blinded them, and the hest r.I-.5
tense pain. They got thr.u.l H..
when they reached NiIans-.. d..
were In such a blinded al! half .-..s
'ondItlon THAI they could u.t t-
time give an account OF ,hylrIe-....
adventure.
The smoke from the blru.., t.-...
has Lake Huron from on.. .n!....
other, and sailors report that ..t...
non is rendered very i III u.r -a -a-
qucnce, and IN many case, vessels have
taken shelter IN convenient La.h-
lnelr masters fearing to proceed 49,.
patches from East Tawas ami .,#--
points on the Lake Huron coast -....
that the whole country i, eur. .oae4 +.
,isndlng smoke, and that the het,..
almost unbeatable.
John BaIlcntiuc of Verona SAYS fl.
Monday forenoon there wa, no tire ISL.
IN eight miles of that place. anil u.
1c,ock the winl came up from lLt,-.
and filled the air with htme. Tte.r
then leaped from pont to pout =.
made such progress that Nr. Bale TIE
with his family took shelter in All s.,a
ield. They suffered greatly from ,H.
Intense heat and smoke. H. Lost
house and saw mill valued at go.
Tuesday and Wednesday Sc res ut ..-
pie came into Verona destitute aai h.t
naked. There WAS nothing .rtt Mite
place to supply their wants. bl|r#.e
says he knows of fifty persons THAT ae.-
burned to death between Nrrsuaaai
Sand Beach alone.
George Mcdonald of MinIrn arrived
At Port Huron to day. AID say, td.t..
Tuesday he and his wife drive over .sa
of the burnt district, and iearucI t.ar
over 200 persons had persisted AagI.F
afternoon and night. Mr.. NrI)aaa.
came upon the ruins Of Il house thai
.Iad been occupied by a Bohculln fan
;Iy. Near the foundation las the 't.a-
er, mother, and two children. al. born
ed in a horrible manner. A dead aes.
born child lay ~along-Idc the wH.aef
a short distance. A woman nha ta.
every vestige Of clothing burned Ut.
James NJ. Haviland went 7evera u.
n nth OF Minden and found nothing l-,
ruins where before had been hau-e~
barns, schoolhouses. and cLITrae.
West ofTyre on "Wednesday There aaa
!ound seventeen bodies Of men wan.ea
and children, lying in al open field. =
Cato a widow and five chI.a.eu ttaa
refuge in a well and we're rufiocateI.
Dead bodies are being brought .aa
Lexington from the back towusIa sr.a.
numbers. Geo. Mcdonald SAY be- 81"
many ladies' barefootcd, and WITH Fl.
other garment than wrapper or n.1..
dresses flying for their lives. "eH'#
three dead bodies have been tounI a.a-1
the roads in Moore, Argyle, '.'-r.
and WATERFOWL, and 1t Is no" kate#
that there are more than 2uu deal ..|
les lying within a radius Of utte,n IH'-
from Meind0n. At Mariette. IH-..t
county, there is a similar state 9.a
fairs.
The section Of country lying atf."
and a 81 Of that place has been bl-..i
and several HUNDRED famlHc- .t.~
become refugees. Up to to-day '"eHs
persons are known T. nave per-...
that vicinity. Stage Driver anI 4'.
Humphrey, HnIlng hl- per-.
wrote the fact on a card l-tsl"5
to his horse, and started the an.n... 3.
ward Marlette. Humphrey dead h.--r
from which all the clothing had
burned, was afterward found b., afe.e.
party in the road.
The Indian settlement, -e,eo l.'
below this city, which Is SURROUNDED y