Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-12
HE'LL Oos FIRE.
80, rssa BLR DISASTER TEAr OVERLOOK A
DgYOTED BAND
.. ,ss fierce Forest Flames That are Carrying
...s ana destruction to Pennsylvania Towns.
Train Attempts 70 Run the Gauntlet
ST Men Barnsd to Death.

.,xos of Austin, Costello, Galeton
v,ors's Run are on the verge Of a
TWO especially being threatened
.. ,r..hfation from fires that seem
,,-m sn impenetrable wall on every
ia. For several days past the skies
..-. tsen lighted up with fires appa-
.,r in every direction, but little fears
.. sotertlined by people living in the
-. In spite OF every effort, how
- m. flames crept steadily towards
Moore, Run, on the SinnemahOn-
-.-o.1 d train load OF - men, sent
., f-,w Austin. last night, had been
s-t,,ro back the fire by every con-
.....,. means. but were finally obliged
-..-..t The men hastily boarded
l..~.fr and started 20 make a run 20
.....,.sr nafrt. when il was found they
...-. ssomei I'm by the forest fire on
,.. SIDE. aud huge skidway Of logs on
,sso-ber. l- was finally decided TO
5e.t D4st the burning skid
sev and the engineer and
s-emqr. with face covered with
ampened cloths aud their hands and
arm, wrapped in wool, mounted the lit
.,e engine and pulled out through the
wnof fire. The IS exhausted men
,s,hered on the flats for protection, or
sv on their faces on the floor. As the
Glazing furnace of logs was approached
he heat became unbearable, and the
smoke so binding and sitting that the
neu we're obliged TO cover their mouths
with cloths. Just opposite the million
Feet OF burning logs, where the heat and
smoke and flame were the greatest, a
e-rible thing occurred. The engineer
bad forgotten that such great heat
Eould surely spread the rails and
be- pulled the throttle wider IN
,ae hope OF sooner escaping from a tor
rsnt OF heat and smoke Then there
vas lurch, an OminOuS heaving, and a
.hr.ek OF despair as the train toppled
over into the hell of fire beneath.
scene enSued never 20 be forgotten
-y those who escaped, though every
man will bear 20 his grave mark OF
.st awfal moment. The cars caught
fire ike so many paper playthingS, and
,ns men within, half blinded and
scarcely realizing anything except that
they were being slowly roasted 10 death,
Struggled fearfully 20 regain the track
Uiere safety las for q time az least.
Those uniaiured from the fall, and
oay suarung from the pain of intense
iea. urayely turned their burned,
bacsened hand, to aid their more un-
fortunate fellows.
AJ tlis hour 10 is impossible 10 secure
details. though enough is known OF the
scene that followed the hurling Of the
struggling mass OF men into the fur
uace " flame 20 say its like had never
occurred before.
Superintendent Badger, SUperlntend-
eu- OF tle SiuuemahOning Valley road,
Was .a charge of the relief train, and
t.. worked the hardest Of all 10 save
l.e properties of others. When the
'-.r d.tched and rolled over 50 sud
lr. be muSt have been injured so as
% unable to help himself and, owing
H ,ae smoke aud panic, he was not
found until too late-janmed in the
wacs He had evidently slowly burned
PHI d.atb
attais time-9:30-it is known that
,to'aerS, also, miserably periShed at
a.e or died soon after, and 30 others Of
r. party wore badly burned. many
f..aa.y fatally. owing 90 fears that
a.y ualrd the flames, that seemed
sprug into their faces. Seven Others
,ae party are missing, and their fate
,ualoNu, though they are likely IN
le caarrei wood or the logs OF the
-l.. Relief parties started for the
...e l, soon rs the fearful news spread,
o-uy ml.e relatives of the men injured
insisting on accompanying the train,
.o--a They will hardly b' able 90 reach
tece oi the wreck unless the
rD> aave burned themselves out
'".t- -o lhe great devastation
pone everything in the way of the FIRE,
oumun.oa,ion is badly interrupted
% DO D., impossible to learn the names
,nr uru burned, or those still miss
As ,0 tine damage, &c is known
million feet OF hemloc6 logs and
...raul 5000 cords of valuable bark
'e already been destroyed, aud the
are raging without any appreciable
Iutnu. This evening the people
Eatug for rain, as &c seems moth
u.- d cowupour will Queueh the
e> tlat have grown So fierce; they
either be eXtinguiShed by the
'>ot heaven or burn out for lack of
HaI
A million beacon lights seem TO be
ns from every mountain aud hid
and the air is So oppressive many
'aers faint from exhaustion, and are
'-,rd away from flame that has
nothing aS yet bat steadily ad-
'aa,e
~a,e dispatches from Austin confirm
meg reports. The body of Superin-
'-ehi Badger has been found burned
crisp. The entire party would
ave peri>hed in the burning train or
,>' lre had they not immersed them
YES ln creek. The fires have been
,.'~ lorty-eight hours Twelve solid
OF lumber in one district have
'a1y been burned, and the end is
Three Villages Wiped out.
"AlGo, MIcu., May 11.-ForeSt
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