The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-13
THE DANGER LINE PASSED
FOREST FIRES IN MICHIGAN AND WIS
CONStN ABATlNG.

Terrible story of Suffering and be
struction from the tire.S Swept States
Homes Destroyed aud Acres o' Grain
Krincd los Of Human irlc-Ths sun
oI.,.urrd.
MI, wArKEF, Wis, Aug. t&-Great SUI
tering IS reported in the path of tue Wis
coasIn and northern Michigan forest fires
I he woods are TIL burning M many places
bat the ~l-r.a,I Of tine flames Is partially
| chs,ked lie i;ncer to towns and villages
Is over, unieS, heavy gales should sweep
doNn upon them In the Green Bay coun-
| t,y hundreds OF families arc sheltcrless and
IN want TIE streams are driving up and
~. Il, are dying OF .uirocation. The loss of
| crops, timb-r, bridges NILS. homes AMI
| Cattle Is iuestiInabe
The village Of Hansen, which was re-
ported to b. in great danger from forest
fires has been saved by timely rain and a
change of wind Fires are still burning i'll
| mary localities, but 1t is thought that all
danger to villages has passed.
A Green Eay dispatch says that the half
has not been told of the losses and suffering
in that region In one locality, where the
Join, nineteen families have been stripped
OF everything. OF one family OF five per
sous three only escaped with their lives by
| taking refuge in well. In the town of
Humboldt a number of houses were burned
In New Denmark several families were
burned out Supplies are being gathered
at Green Bay by committees and some re
lief is being extended to the destituu-. 1t
g.. l., h.. Ill
% far as reports show, not over a dozen
| persons have persisted in the flames, but it
| is believed that many back woodsmen and
families remote from settlements cannot
| possibly have escaped The fatality to live
stock has been terrible. Hundreds of
| charred bodies of cattle lie in the blackened
! track OF the fire 1t is estimated that IL
! Calumet, Clark, Marathon, and Il few al,
accent counties, so families ara homeless
aud destitute and will suffer unless immedi-
ate relief Is sent them. Many of these pee
| pIe narrowly escaped death by hiding in
wells or seeking refuge in streams, ami GOV
| eng their heads with wet blankets until
the lire passed. In some places The lire
I sNooped down 30 suddenly upon the pcoIl
that they barely had time TO seek tins
| uieth6i Of safety. In other places the roar
OF tie flames was heard for miles glyin.;
Tho terror stricken people warning to lee 70
ueiShhor!ng towns ANA villages.
The money loss can not even be esti
| mated Hundreds of homes, dozens OF saw
mills and lumber CAMPS, and millions oil
feet of timber are in ashes. Acres upon acres
of grain were laid in ashes Wednesday
nights advices are that the fires are aoatlne
considerably Along the alley division Of
the Chicago Milwaukee 8, st, Paul railroad
heavy rains Thursday extinguished all tht
flames, saving the largest cranberry
marshes in that section. Clouds of smok,
were borne by north winds as far south a:
Milwaukee Thursday. On the lakes, nesl
Green Bay. Sturgeon Bay, and even further
south, tile smoke clouds are so dense tina
the sun is obscured and vessels experience,
extreme difficulty in navigating, it beinl
impossible to see 400 feet ahead at midday