Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14

western division II the Erie. The fire
started in a large tract of old bark.
where the dead hemlock, felled
and standing, afforded material
on which it fed and spread with fear
full rapidity. Millions of feet of lumber
and thousands of cords of bark were de-
stroyed ia a short time. The Allegheny
Lumber Company alone lost 20, 600, 600
feet of lumber and between Is, 900 and
90 000 cords of bark. This will be a
money loss of between S150, 600 and
S2o0,0O with no insurance. Smaller
concerns in the burned district
lost in proportion, the total loss being
estimated at over S3o0,0 600 within an
area of few miles
MECHANICsBURG, Pa, May i..-Dis.
astrous forest fires have swept through
the mountain lands of this county since
last Monday, and are still raging Fully
10000 acres of valuable timber lands
have been burned over. Near Dillsburg.
a small hamlet about miles from
this city, The valuable mining property
of Alexander Underwood. consisting Of
an ore crusher. engine house, black
smith shop and five dwelling houses,
were burned, rendering fourteen per-
sons homeless. The losses by these
fires have already exceeded $50, 600
~ MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, Mich, May l3.-The hoped
for security from Sunday nights rain
did not materialize for the panic striclx-
en- inha bitants of the burned district.
Some idea of the enormity of the fire
district can be gained from the fact
that almost any two of the doz-
en- counties now filed with fire
is as large as the whole
state of Rhode Island. The Toledo,
Ann ArbOr & Northern Michigan rail-
road has been obliged to abandon all
attempts to run cars north of the Clare
county line. A freight train and crew
had a narrow escape from cremation
Monday morning. The ties in many
places were so badly burned that the
rails spread when the train went over.
When near More's siding one Of
the cars in the center of the train
was derailed, and the train crew were
Obliged to abandon the rear part of the
train after working until the cars be-
gan to smoke. Before they reached
Farwell there was another derailment.
and all buts three of the train of eight
cen ears ,Fere left to their fats
Three of the train men had
badly blistered faces The wind
shifted late Sunday night and drove
the battle line of fire to the south
west and into Newaygo Mecosta and
Oceana counties. Cooks station and
Barton, both in the line of the fire,
have not been heard from and are sup
posed to be destroyed The sparks
struck a barn in Lilly early Monday
morning and shortly after set fire to
three other buildings The 200 people
did all in their power to stop the
flames but were unable TO save any
thing. Every building is now in ashes.
Everything in Park City another pine
woods town, has gone, the people losing
everything. The railroad fences and
track from Park City to Otia or
DuigriRn station is said to be gone, and
Otia, village OF 500 inhabitants, is
known to be wiped out. West Troy,
few miles north of Otia
has been environed by fire since early
Monday morning and is supposed to be
in ashes. Reports from Cadillac, Wex-
ford county, state that the inhabitants
of all the villages in the county have
been out fgh&ing fire for the past
three days and many of the
smaller places are wiped off
the face of the earth Where
Nivarna and Fremont on the
Mint e. 90 -
there is nothing now but piles of ashes.
The village of Lake has not been heard
from since its last appeal for help Sun
day. Seas of fire are sweeping through
the woods near Red Cloud, Newaygo
county, while more than 100 miles away
across the state the little hamlet of
Taft is in gulf of flame Monitor, in
Wexford county, above Cadillac, is cat
off from communication with the out
side world. The latest news from
Traverse City is to the effect that the
entire population is out fighting fire.
Millions upon millions of logs are
burning all over the center of the
state, and at last reports Osterhout &
Fox's $3.50. 600 plant and lumber yard
was on fire.
LOSS OF LIFE IN MICHIGAN
LUDISGToN. Mich, May I3.-Some
of the people who lived in Walker
vile, before the fire struck that
town, arrived here Monday in
plorablecondition. They had moth
ing to call their own but the
clothes they had on and are ex-
hausted with hard work in trying
to save their village. They say that it
is impossible to tell how many of the
inhabitants escaped alive, but they fear
that many died in tAe WOODS where they
fed for safety. The village had
500 inhabitants, and no one knows
where more than half this number is
at present. The loss at this point will
reach $4,000 Vague rumors Of large
loss Of life in other points come in, but
verifcation is impossible This entire
county will be swept unless rain comes
soon.