Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-05-10
PINE LANDS In FLAMES
Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota
Suffer Severe Losses.
Ram Has Fallen in Some Localities
in Small Quantities.
Bishop Potter Condems the Use of
Money ut Elections.

! ELANn JUNCTION, Wis. May 6-The
| brush fires of parties clearing land south
/ vest of here got beyond control, and
were driven up TO she village by the brisk
WIND, and 1t wss only by the closest
watching that the village was saved. The
mtli yard IN which about 1000, 900 feet of
lumber Is piled, caught fire number of
times, but prompt work of the bucket
brigade prsver ted serioas conassrs-
tiou.
CHIPPEWA FALLS Wis, May 6.-Rste-
msn's dam, on Paint Greek, wss de.
stroyed by fores. fires. The dam WAS
used for flooding, and will be q serious
loss to lnmbermSn who depended upon
Its help 10 secure \ drive on that stresm.
DuLurH, May 6.-Rsin has checked 20
some extent the forest fires. A heavy
continuous rain storm is needed Every
incoming train repors a fresh list OF
damages, and the total will probably
resch over Sl,0Oo,O00. on both sides of
Pike Take station, even during the rain
storm the flames were famed into A
fury, and tall pine trees
fell and shriveled up like matches.
For miles this side of Ashiaud the forests
are one sheet of blazing fire. West of
Northern Pacific junction the fire has
done great deal of damage, completely
cleaning out the timber from, some local.
lties and destroying ,huusaucs of ties
and poles and hundreds Of cords of
wood.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 6. Furious fires
are raging in Northern Nina, sofa and
Northern Wisconsin. On three SIDES OF
Daiuth she tres are raging and the dwell
ings OF settlers are being swept away by
the flames. Loss of life is feared Near
Spirit Lake several houses are burned.
South of Ashland for $50 miles the forests
are ablsze. On the Fond du Lac Indian
reservation over S2O,00G worth OF skiddled
logs went up. Other losses, aEgregating
$4,000, also occurred on the reservation.
Cumberland, Wis, Is almost wholly sur
ROUNDED by fire. The losses aggregate
$4,000. North of Grantsburg, Wis, the
ttre has swept the country, DESTROYING
everything in its path. Along the North,
ern Pacific, IN the neighbOrhood of Crom-
well, the tamaraok forest and whatever
else comes in the way is beng burned.
1t Is hoped heavy rain will come soon
to put stop to the furthsc spreading of
the fire.
DULUTH, MINI, May 6.-There was quite
heavy rain in this vicinity yesterday,
which cleared the atmosphere in Duluth
of the heavy smoke, ard checked some
what the forest fires in that neig hbor-
hood, but the shower WAS local, and the
fires in most directions are still raging.
lumberman who arrived yesterday from
Ashland, Wisconsin, on the Northern
Pacific railroad, said there was but little
rain there, and it did no good Near
Carlton, Wisconsin, the house, barn and
entire plants of the brickyard OF L. A.
Apygar were destroyed.
Supt. Green, of the Northern Pacific,
is in from Brainard. He reports little
rain in that direction, and the country
covered with smoke from the burning
woods. An engineer on the night train
on the st. Paul & Duluth, which arrived
here yesterday, says that on the run from
Mission Greek to Duluth, sixty miles, there
was no need of a headlight, the tracks
being lighted mp 10y tae flames. The
damage to settlers and farmers and to
lumbermen will be great. good deal
of stock is probably destroyed. Several
lumber camps have been burned out.
Everywhere the cry is for rain.