New-York tribune., 1886-08-10
MANY TOWNSIN Peril.
DEsTRUCTIN FoRRsi FlHis IN The sI-HvN
lKtDS OF PruPlR DFsJITC1E.

pESTRCt TN + FpKkSi flEiS IN THE " SI-iiN -
IRtDs OF PEOPLE DrsJITC1r.
MILWAUKEE,. Aug. GA late dispatch from
Marqnettr M.~h.. The lrc,ing Wisconsin that
city danger OF destruction hy forest fires when
make the air Gensely smoky Pendes slaughter house.
IN the cry limits las been destroyed and the nrogyc-
works Of the Lake Superior Powder Company are
surrounded by fire. a change OF wnl saved the new
CITY park Pre-que Isle yest"rda dspa'ch from
Appleton that fire at midnight destroyed the paper
mil o, Richmond Brothers. causing loss OF 100000 4;
Insurance $4,000. A dispatch from Neillsv.le says
that fires been burnins in the woods in that vcn.
iiy several days. At Hcwttv!lle ten miles from
Nei.vue, the saw mill, boarding house andeverv built
connected Herewith were burned I"ss Slo,ooo
Farm iouses in the nciGhborhOoa we're burned and
families were compelled 10 move into the he'dS
The the forest fires in Northern wisconsin
evidently exaggerated There are no ircs oi con---
Queuce along the Miwaukee. Lake Shore and Nrslern
Railroat none AT all along the Valley Division ot
the Chicago, Milwaukee, AMI 1t. Pau Railway dis'
patch from Chippewa Falls saws large amount OF grS
SHOCKS and standing burned north am west Oh
that point
For an almost uninterrupted distance Of nearly
one hundred niles north OF Stevens Point along
the line OF the Wisconsin Central. forest fires are
raging and hun ireis OF men fighting the names.
seeking the towns and villages henned III by
them Telegraphc communication is greatly inierfered
with and detail. are mea re At Colby few miles dis
iant, fire raging two sies dispatch 10 ne sem
he Tonight says that required The desperate EFFORTS OF
tDe entire population TO -ave the vsse. @ pae Wa, a.
thirty feet OF the buildings and were In chech
- tIn no ~i a ns y.re PT doomed To-
night villag" of Prentice. In Marathon ohhiy is
surrounded Ivy flames and 1t Is feared that II WI" be-
swept out of unless the whd dies down Near
Chippewa Ills the tires confined 10 the prAlres
ami bindings were destroyed: several farms Weic
crops In the M-nOninee River region
copious rains have eItnguished the fires that nave
there Es,maes of the pine burned III t's
pace the amount at upwards OF one hundred mLl"h
kce and ~. Paul Railroad are located me most
cranberry marshes In the West There las been 10 ram
he inc OF the Milwaukee and Northern Railroad iors,t
terrtorT over once beiorc and tho prescott
comnasrauon IS roafuei to tue undorern'h chm ,.,r,
ceived a, the the Wisconsin Central Offices are. are
n., nnHs %0"' Sren buried ''f' Thousand. OF cords
wood piled adjacent TO the raw"y INV
dwellings ana much other property s burned l"lr'
graph poles are burned Of mles OF wire are on
the ground and communication httween Milwaukee and
ponls along the Northern division oi the Wisconsin
Central road is cut on except by the raj road conpiny
private wires which ara operated hc means oi
ground connections ltis feared tha' other e H
swept away unless heavy rains faI at once anu eA'
Though fatalities as yet. II is thougLh. L
,ha, .peope must have Ier''hmei Inown' IN sne
6aTSw1Ia' ppin in' ihe nTes are eI,neni.hed
ana search instituted. People VINO passed throush
est. Irhi no toe heavens every direction. The air -
laden with smoke that hangs over the country ike
black pail.
CHICAGO Aug. 9-late afvices from the section OF
Wisconsin devastated 10y forest tires yesterday place the
loss by the burning OF the village OF spencer al nearly
S4oo 900 n,ead Of 5000 1000 nrs reported There
was large Marsnied 10000 feet oi char stock
at Webster's factory being destroyed The town was
saved by hard work.
The Dafy Ae,os dispatch from Oshkosh. Wis says:
Large trr. the woods ust west OF Depere IMAM
sons stwmil farm houses anu barus burned f"th o.
fire extends nor;h for miles scOrching hot Everything
Is dry ani The wind blowing Ortskly In noiiheilt
direction should wind shit to wet the town "i
Depere will he In danger unless the wind ch augrs.
Green BAY DANCER rho trails on the ChcaEo ana
Northwestern RAlrOa! have been stopper near en-
saukee Advcss DO not know wnen they VII GET
through OF the fire Oli resid~nis say nirs
are starting IN woods u,t they nd durDs the great
nre some wears ago. The woods vicinity OF
Peusankec are In danger o. being wlpet ou."