The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-13
OscOda and Au Sable Are
in Imminent Danger.
All Lake Superior Is Black with
the Smoke.
Immense Damage Done to Rail-
road Property.
One Town Believed to Have Been
Wiped Out Already.

DETROIT, Mich, May 9.-Reports from Mar.
duette. Mich, say that forest fires are burning
al over the upper country. At the Osceola
stsmp-mills several cords of wood and a rail.
road trestle were burned. At Chassell several
farm houses aud barns went up in smoke and
a bridge was consumed. The Sturgeon river
Thomas hester and Tale and Diamond match
company lose heavily. Lake Superior, from
Marquette to Keweenaw Point, is fairly black
with smoke. and all the fog whistles are kept
blowing constantly. The loss will be very
heavy.
At Tswas. on the east Shore for two days
past the air has been thick with smoke from
the immense forest fires which are raging in
the woods back of the town, and which are
said 60 extend clear TO the county line. The
village of Taft in Reno township is said to be
surrounded 10y fire, but no word can be oh.
tanned from there.
Ishpeming is surrounded by FIRE, but there 10
no danger to the town. There is mile after
mile OF FIRE along the roadbed of the Chicago b
Northwestern railroad south of Ishpeming and
nearly to Escanaba. Telegraph poles and rail.
road ties are being destroyed and commune
cation Is likely 10 be cut off &C any time. Moth,
inc but drenching rain OF two days duration
can prevent tremendous damage
Reports from all along the line of the Duluth,
South Shore X Atlantic railroad show great
fires and large property damages. One of the
railroad bridges burned and traffic will be
pended until il can be repaired. The fires are
being driven directly towards Oscoda by half a
gale from the West Much uneasiuess is felt
and unless the wind changes one can tell
what the result will be as the twin cities Of
Oscoda aud Au Sable are directly in the path Of
the wind which sweeps over the Tremendous
IRE and blows its hot breath over the cities.
The air is stiilingly hot and thick with smoke,
The big lumber yards OF II. NJ. Loud x Co.. "a
OscOdB. caught IRE last night and burned so
fiercely that help was summoned from Alpena.
The fire not checked until about $4,000
worth of lumber burned aud over one hundred
rods OF trans destroyed.
Fire is raging IN the upper central counties
of the lower peninsular today, the like
of which has been known.
The line of flames reaches almost with.
ont break from Mason county
on Lake Michigan TO Tosco county on Lake
Huron, with the forests OF Lake, Oscelola Clare.
Gladwln, Ogemsw aud AlcOns, where Gen. Alger
owns lsrse interests, are all ablaze. Another
ire OF scarcely less magnitude exists in the
upper peninsula. The incline OF the Duluth,
South Shore Il Atlantic railroad through Mar
quette, Houghton, Baraga and OntagOn coun-
ties is in the path OF the flames.
Fears are entertained that the fire will reach
the town OF Meredith in Clay county. TAFT
township, in lOsco county, is also In danger.
Millions of acres OF pine are burning Add.
tonal reports cow coming in show that wide
spread district is devastated.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. May 9.-Reports from
the north woods indicate the forest bres
now raging will equal. II not exceed.
the great visitation of flame which
desolated Michigan in 1871. Wires are gener-
ally down but incoming passengers from the
North say that the whole country is blue with
smoke. The Chicago & West Michigan station
at Shields, near White Cloud, burned this after
noon and delayed trains for hour.
Eighteen &. W. Il NJ. freight cars wers
burned ct Lilly Junction. Six of these were
loaded with logs belonging 10 Haney Mo-
Cracker Of MuskegOn.
At Bightly, on the c., w. & NJ. this afternoon
two million feet OF logs owned by DuDahorn,
Boinder & Co.. of Muskegon, were destroyed.
Deer Lake, near Reed City, 100 miles north
of here, has tele phoned to this city for aid aud
a steamer has gone. The forests ablsze,
and Osterbout & Fox's immense lumber yard,
with $4,000 worth of lumber, is surrounded
by flames.