The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-16
TIE cLANsEN TRAGEDY.

tirebrRndB came around eXtingulshed
them. In less than an hour the dre had
swept on and left him out OF danger,
THE cLANsRN TRAGEDY.
He went to the Clanssn place to render
what aid he could. House, barn and
wheat farm had been swept away, and all
around were strewn the dead bodies Of
pigs, sheep and cattle. Mr.. Woodruff be.
gan the mournful task Of looking for the
bodies oil the family, but without success,
when he heard sepulchral cries, and
traced them TO an old well, which con.
tanned about four feet OF water, and Mr..
Clansen, with his wife and three children,
were found. The Clansens did not save
dollars worth oil property, and had no
insurance.
All through Eaton Township q similar
tale 10 told. SOME farm sites are marked
by Q dwelling which has been saved by
almost superhuman efforts, but not barn
in the burned district has been left, ali
through the woods, miles away from the
farms, are the dead bodies Of cattle and
other domestic animals, some burned to q
crisp and others with no signs Of the man.
ner Of their ueAtn.
Anton Borgordon, John s. HafIner, Pc.
ter Ronkers and Chas. Brockman barely
saved their lives and those Of their FAINT.
lies. They lost everything they possess.
ed. John and Henry Soper and John
Norcross lost all but their houses. Most
Of the families in this belt Of fire have
taken refuge with friends, but one old
German has constructed kind Of ahanty
out Of halt.burned logs, and Is living on
the remains Of a sheep which had been
killed by the flames, and some provisions
given him by charitable neighbors.
The children, the smaller Of whom were
almost entirely naked, peered out Of the
opening in the hut. The old man re.
turned my "Good morning" In halt.
hearted way, and continued to smoke his
pipe. The poor woman looked at mo, and
then, hiding her facs in her apron, burst
into o it Of weeping, and Bhe rocked her.
self To and fro on the log on which she
was Bitting. There was no need to ask
any questions. The melancholy story was
too plain. Years Of hard work To lay up q
| little money against the coming Of old age
bad gone for naught, and the hard.earned
savings Of years Of trugality and labor had
vanished In smoke.
drove back by another route through
the center Of Dspere and Bellevue Town.
Bhips. Here the loss was even greater
than In Eaton. The inhabitants are (or
rather were, for II seems as though they
had now deserted their townships, mostly
Poles, who have carried no insurance, and
Swedes who have something coming from
that source.
In Bellevue Township the devastation Is
complete and the suffering terrible. Many
Of the bufntout people have been injured
in fighting the flames. Y
NO FURTHER DANGER.
MAIwAuEEE, Wis, August 14.-No i'm.
mediate danger now exists TO the towns
In Northern Wisconsin included In the
track Of the forest fires. Heavy rains fell
In sections Of Middle and Northern Wis.
consin, and while mot extinguishing the
fiAmee, subdued them considerably. In
other places the forests are Btill ablaSe.
The people ol Stiles, Spencer and Colby
spent q night Of terror. Early during the
evening of Friday 6re suddenly advanc.
ed towards that part Of the village OF Spen.
Ger not destroyed week ago. The sheet
Of flame ID described 40 having been over
one hundred feet high, and creating q roar
that could be heard for miles. The vii.
layers moved out In O body, some fleeing
10 Romeo, others enCamping on the terri.
tory burned over Sunday. Wagon loads
Of goods formed O caravan 10 neighborinp
towns. AT Stiles similar scenes were on,
acted. People buried their eneClS 10 save
them form destruction. 40 the people
were about despairlng OF saving the town.
showers Of rain fell early this morning AMI
avetted the apprehension OF catastrophe
Tonight reports from oil sections are more
reabsurlng. However, heavy and Contin
ued rains alone will stay the destruction
A dispatch 10 the Evening Witcontin
from Happening, Mich, Btates that thI
forest tfea In that region have broken ou
aiEeSh Of Humbold, Ohocalay, Baropa ant
along The line Of the Chicago 4 North
weetern Railway. A large area Of pint
timber ig being burned over, and much
damage done. ....
ftrENT oT THR pAMAoR.
MILWAUKEE, August l6,-so wide 10 tht
territory traVetSed BY The forest iltsV Ii
Northern and Middle Wisconsin, aud o.
meAger the information As 10 the extent o
. the damage that the loBSeB can only b.
roughly AppToxlmAled, The Creates
. damage was 10 the standing timber, whicl
10 the Boufce Of wealth Ia this district
Portage, MAfelhon, Wood, CLARK, Door anI
Calumet counties suffered most severely
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