The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-15
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iiI;GI. PokTIONs0F NORTHERN
WISCONSIN SWEPI EN FRI.
Reports of the Damage Coming In.
InIhe Chippewa Falls and Green
hay Regions. Fewer Casualti les
than Was Expected.

InIhe thippewa Falls and Green
BAY Regions. Fewer Casualties
than Was Expected.
Flpm tlp Times mon,
CHICAGO. August ia Fort Howard,
WIS, special says; The reports from
tsen at all exaggerated, and II requires
but a glance Ia show that but little 81
the real misery and destitutlon they have
caused has been brought to light. Fort
Howard and Green Bay are enveloped in
the outskirts of the town can be seen the
flames as they burst from the distant
woods. Since the train l.ft Milwaukee
the effect. of the late drought has been
more and nore apparent. The railroad
seems as though i, had been built 10y an
tln,cruIulCts b ard If county commits
siuners ami raEtracts IL, to a, many cul-
yert builders ii, possible. The road north
of ilplt ton seems To consist Of culverts
built without any cause, for there Is not
sign Of ON, OF the creeks which they
are designed to cross.
Everything il A. dry as finder and
= the fences and grass along the tracks are
either burned or are now burning. and
the bushes are all on fire and burning
iiercely. Here. too, the smoke became
mole dense and hung in the atmosphere
sullenly rs though waiting an opportu-
nifty /, settle down and envelope the
country in Egyptian darkness. over
around Green Bay it descended like
dense fog in all but its color. The smoke
il light brown ami the wind alternately
clears il a. ay and allows it to gather
aga'l. The sun shines through it like a
huge orange and casts sickly shadow.
Scarcity of water makes every one ap.
prehensiye Of iirc and the proximity Of
the forests is IA constant source Of dread.
onc Of the most peculiar Effects Of the
fire is the acting Of animals who seem
appnhensiye Of some great danger.
The cattle and horses mlddle together
forgetting to feed and stamp the ground
rcstively. Even the birds seem fright.
rned and fly around in an aimlrss sort Of
way.
around Green Ba, the damage has
b,cn heavy. but the greatest loss has
cen suffered in the q onto region. he
pere. village half dozen mile, south
If here, has suffered heavily. Last
Monday night Il ronilagration broke cut
AMI consumed fifty one buildings. inclu
ding the church and several stores. The
fire, according to- the latest reports. are
rapidly dying cut. and unless u gale Of
wind should spring up, will probably
cause little more damage. The loss Of
lr Is les than was anticipated, although
donItlcss erratcrlhan has been reported.
communication with timber districts Is
slow and investigation viii doubtless
/ bang t. light n great deal of suffering
Is llIE CHIPPEWA DISTRICTS.
I EAU tlAtRE, Wis. August H. The
latest reports from the thippewa fire dis.
trict. were received from several woods.
men who arrived from deer Tail, an i'm.
poriant feeder of the chippewa, last
ever 'ng. They have travelled consider.
ahly over the burned and unhurned dis.
trIrt> north Of here, and say no territory
can escape the devastation Of the flames
in their present dry condition. The Su.
leror regions are well burned over, but
he fires have broken out afresh in a
number of localities ON the Upper Chip.
p.va since Tuesday and are raging fear.
iully. oi the escaped territory. So far,
are the tracts along Deer Tail towards
Saut Ste. Maj e ON which there are
Ilenty of choppings and windfalls,
which Will otler most cont ustlbe food
for the flames which are expected to
reach that locality in "A day or two. Set.
Elements are 81 arse IN that direction and
the loss will l" confined to the standing
pine and hrmlock. on yellow River.
forty miles northeast Of here. the fires
have done itreparable damage. The
fires are having their own way but men
ate no" etatlonrI at III" lugEing camps
and hay marshes to save that property if
possible. The Chippewa districts have
50 far escaped with less damage than
other districts eastward