Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-28
Throughout Michigan, Wisconsin ana
Pennsylvania, Forest Fires
Still Rage Unabated.
Several Michigan Villages Complete
" Destroyed Nothing Left
But Ashes.
A Freight Train Crew Had Mar
row Escape From Cremation
Cars Abandoned.
The Michigan Fires.

DETROIT, May 16.-The hoped for Sc
curity from the recent rain did not ma
terialize for the panic-stricken inhablt-
ants of the burned district in this state.
Some idea of the vastness of the fire dis
trict can be gained from the fact that al
most any two of a dozen counties now
filled with fire are as large as the whole
state of Rhode Island. The Toledo,
Ann Arbor & Northern Michigan rail
road has been obliged to abandon all at.
tempts to run cars north of the Glare
county line. A freight train and crew
had narrow escape from cremation yes
terday. The ties in many places we're SO
badly burned that the rails spread when
the the train went over. When near
Modes siding, one of the cars in the cen
ter of the train was derailed, and the
tram crew was obliged to abandon the
rear part of the train, after working until
the cars began to smoke Before ,ehey
~aachnd Farwal] hiere was another derail-
ment, and all but three of the train of
eight cars were left to their fate Three
Of the trainmen were badly blistered.
The wind shifted and drove the fire to
ira and Oceana counties. Coats Station
have not been heard from and are sup
posed to be destroyed. West Troy,
few miles north of Obia, has
ben environed by fire since
early yesterday morning and is supposed
to be in ashes Reports from Cadillac,
Wexford county, state that the inhabi-
tants of all villages in the county have
been out fighting fire for three days and
many of the smaller places are wiped off
the face of the earth. Where Mir.
VIENNA and Fremont once stood. on the
Flint & P. NJ. road, there is nothing now
but piles of ashes. The village of Lake
has not been heard from since its last ap-
peal for help. The fire is sweeping
through the woods near Red Cloud, Ne
waygo county, while more than 100 miles
away, across the state, the little hamlet
: of Taft is in gulf of fame Monitor, in
, Wexford county, above Cadillac, it cut
Oft from communication with the outside
world. The latest news from Traverse
city is to the effect that the entire popu-
latlon is out fighting fire. Millions upon
! millions of logs are burning all over the
county and state.
{ IN CHEBoYGAN COUNTY
: CHEBoYGAN, Mich, May 16-The
, forest fires are doing considerable dam.
age to the interior of the county. Much
property has been destroyed including
! barns, fences and standing timber. IN
less ram soon comes the damage will be
great. The city is wrapped in dense
smoke and Mackinac straits are so
densely overhung with smoke as to seri-
ously impede the progress of all boats.
On both sides of the Michigan Central
, track from Mackinaw City to Frederick
,, Station, small town in the southern
.. part of this, Cheboygan county. the
! fires burn iercely and the smoke is 40
= dense that lamps must be lighted at 4
! o'clock in the afternoon. The towns Of
Indian River and Rondo are much in
danger and last night dozens of men.
, looking like SO many demons. we're to he
! seen fighting the frey monster. REPORTS
+ from all parts of the northern half Of the
lower peninsula show the fires are still
! raging. N-
TWO CHILDREN CREMATED. 'i
GAYLORD, Mich, May 14.-The home
0 OF Robert Duke, farmer of Remington,
, Montgomery county, was burned, and
= two of his children persisted.
WELCOME RAIN AT wH1rEcr,o11D
WH1TEc1ouD, Mich, May 14.-The
recent rains subdued the forest fires in
this vicinity. Hundreds of families ara
destitute within seventy-fye miles Of
: here. Many hundreds have nothing n
, eat save what charitable people rive
'nem. some OF them are badly burned.
: NO RAIN FOR FOUR WEEKS.
J. EscANABA, Mich, May 14.-No rains
:, have fallen in four weeks and the situa-
ton Is very serious. Forest fires ara do.
ing great damage in Delta and Menomi-
nee counties, and are spread over a vast
s area. With high wind this city would
q be IN great danger.
j. DESTITUTE FAMILIES.
It HART, Mich, May 14.-Fully two score
l. families are here destitute having walkod
IS twenty miles to escape fires, leaving
# homes and everything in them.
q TWIN LAKE SAVED.
. Twin LAKE, Mich, May 14.-By hard
"a WORK, men, women and children helping.
TINS town has yet been saved from forest
hres. The loss SO far to the mill and
timber is about $4,000. Fires are still
70 raging IN almost every direction and the
q Danger Is not owe. Three families have
. Deen burned out. Men that were fioht.
. ing nre were nearly hemmed in and came
d near suffocating. - =
is Fire Approaching West Superior.
Il WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, May 10
b Famed by strong wind, the forest fro.
r near this city have been gradually en-.
:, oroaching upon the suburbs. This morn
). ing the fires in the neighborhood q,
y South Superior assumed a form;doh,.
d shape and there was great excitam @Slt
\ line flames reached a oro.t III "a -n.'a.