The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-08-20
FOREST FIRES.
Later Concerning the wisconsin Fires.


A Milwaukee dispatch OF the 18th gives
the following general summary Of the stu.
alton: Though the forests in the northern
tier OF counties OF this state are still ablaze
and are likely to remain so until rains
quench the flames, the danger to the vii.
lagos and towns dotting them is over, IN
less heavy gales should again sweep down
upon them. While not over a dozen cases oil
human cremation are reported, it is believ.
ed that many backwoodsmen n families
remote from settlements cannot possibly
have escaped. The fatality to cattle has
been terrible. Hundreds of charred bodies
lie on the blakened track of the
devastating fire. 1t is estimated that
in Calumet, Clark, Marathon and
a few adjacent counties 500 fami-
lies are rendered homeless and desti-
tuts, and will suffer unless immediate relief
Is sent them. Many of these people had
narrow escapes from death, having hidden
n wells or submerged themselves up to
Gheir necks in streams, with with wet blan.
kets covering their heads, until the
fires passed. In some places the
fire swooped down so suddenly
up on the people that they barely had
time to seek this method of safety. In
other places the roar OF the flames was
distinctly heard, and the terror-stricken
pNOpiU hiddly DClOLO GnU udIlcS 10 bU6
neighboring villages and towns. The loss
cannot even be estimated. Hundreds OF
homes, dozens OF saw mills, lumber camps
n millions OF feet OF timber are in ashes.
Acres OF ripening grain were laid waste and
hundreds upon hundreds OF cattle were
burned to death. To-night's adyices are
that the fires are abating considerably
by running into clearings and be.
cause the wind has died out. How
ever, fears are entertained OF a
repetition should high winds pre-
vail again before rain appears. Along the
valley division OF the Chicago, Milwaukee.
and st. Paul, heavy rains to-day extin.
guished all the flames, saving the largest
cranberry marshes in that section. To
day the suffocating clouds OF smoke from
the burning forests were borne by north
winds down as far as Milwaukee,. On the
lakes, for miles from the shore, near Green
Bay, Sturgeon Bay and even further south.
the smoke clouds are SO dense that the sun
is obscured, and vessels can navigate only
by continuous blowing OF horns, it being
impossible to see 400 feet ahead at mid.
day.
The losses at Spencer aggregate $780,.
600. Business is suspended. Reports from
the to wns OF Eaton, Bellevue and Denere
reveal much loss and distress. Nineteen
families in the vicinity Of Woodruff's old
mill were burned out. The Classen amily
OF five saved their lives by getting into the
well. The damage at Pensaukee is esti.
mated at $50, 1000. Reports from Lanev
and Angelica, in Shawano county. saw that
the fire is very bad. Five families were
burned out and their crops DESTROYED. The
mill neal Angelica burned. Fred Regain,
near ST. Nathans, 0conto county, lost Ave
buildings and his crops.
The National grand grove. United An
Gent Order OF Dfuids, appointed the fol
lowing officers ct Chicago: Mn. q. Al. Mich
olas Berg Of st. Louis; R. W.D. q. Al. Adan
Weber OF Dayton, O.; grand secretary. n
Freudenthal OF Albany, N. Y; grand treas
urer, Philip Reichwein ofIpdianapolis0rand
herald, Samuel G.. Harris OF ALBANY, 4. v
grand sentinel, G. w. Tyler OF Richmond
Va; grand guardian, Charles Weber ofSt
Louis; trustees, Henry Liegenhein. 81. Lon.
e; John G. Meyer Of Chicago, and John q
Dick OF Milwaukee. Next biennial sesa;or
OF the grand grove win be held in st. PAN
in 1883. NJ
IN the case OF Commissioner SQUIRE and
contractor Flynn, indicted Tor conspiracv
AZ New York, defendants pleaded MOI
J guilty and the trial was set for Sept. s.