Telegram-herald., 1891-07-12
ALLRUDDY WIIHFLANlS
Nearly One-Half Of the Upper
Peninsula Ablaze.
EVERYTHING PaRCHED DRY As Under
Axestinx scenes Witnessed Aisax ths
LIs. sf the ID, 8 - 8 A RAiiresd-
M4ny People Nave Last Eysry-
thinS-Maeh suffering.

sArLT STE. MAkIE. Mich, July IL
There has been no rain ID thIs region
for three months, aud the entire forest
portion OF Chippewa county and Cana
dian territory north OF II are on fire.
Settlers are being burned outs every
body IS fighting ire. Detour, Bay Mills.
Gstesylile. Raber. Weilsburg. seammon
Cove and many other places are IN I'M
mInent danger. At Detonr people have
their household effects packed ready
to take 10 Lake Huron by boat.
The country Is ~ similar CONDITION
% what IL WAS during the terrible hres
ol lo73. whs n hundreds of people per-
issled throughout Northern Michigan.
The sun j. oeseured by smoke, breath
ing IL diiflcull. and 50 dense - II that
~ Mary's river Is liayigated with DIM
Guilty. resulting IN the grounding OF nve
buats yesterday.
Sr. IGsAcE, Mich, July ll.-One OF
the most disastrous forest fires which
has ever swept through the Northern
Peninsula u ragigg between Marquette
aud this city. along the line Of TIE d..
:. ;. x A. Railroad. For hundreds OF
int!es nothing can be seen but one mass
OF flames, and the density of the smoke
Is 50 pronounced that the beaInIug sun
appears ike leaden hall. A CORES
pOndent passed through the country
now being wasted by confiagfatlon, and
the ride through tiie flames would re-
mind u person of all the thrilling Incl
dents found IN i blood -curdllng novel.
The Duluth, South Shore x Atlantic
Railroad officials have large crowds of
men stationed along the track. battling
with the fire, but the flames are quickly
gaming headway.
IL Is feared the track will be de-
stroyed. In many places between New
berry and Seney the small bridges
crossing little creeks are now burning.
AT several of these places today the
train was compelled TO stop IN order 10
extingusn the fires. The telegraph
poles have been burned down and the
wires rendered useless.
The general loss will aggregate well
into the thousands. Some Of the small
villages along the railroad track are IN
danger OF being wiped out. The IN
habltants have been fighting against
the tire for the past few days and are
now almost exhausted. They have
failSu ttE 8lu IlOfu tuo oIliCi1iS VI Tic
railroad. Ii ls feared that several
loggers along the banks of the Tahqu-
amsnon and Fox rivers have lost their
lives.
EscASABA, Mich. July ll.-Eorest
fires are still doing great damage across
tee bay from tins city. In Bay Denoe
township. this county, number OF
settlers have lost all they had. except
their homes. and they are not out of
danger yet. The crops in this township
have been completely destroyed. and
all the cedar, pine and standing hard
wood has been destroyed and 10 total
lo~s.
SIX farmers. 8 Thersen, A. Sand
slrum. Aug. Armau, old man Larsen,
y. j. storm aud Andrew Hanson, have
lost ali that they had and are totally
penniless. The rest of the settlers OF
the township are in danger OF losing
everything they have, as fires are still
spreading and there is no indication OF
ram.
There IS movement on foot in this
city to start = fund for the relief Of
the sufferers.