Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13

trees, AMI WAS In fact . great wave OF
fame railing bodily onward Conduc-
Ter Bump saw this wave coming, it
rear having been heard for some tine.
it WAS chasing the train. The GIN
daesor signaied his engineer 70 put on
steam and run away from the
fire. But although the engineer
got ap speed OF 81 miles
an hour he could not run away from the
nery wave bat il gained On him 30 rap
idly that In . few minutes the head of
the wave had caught up with the train
and passed Il like . fash Conductor
Bump had the train reversed as
quickly as possible and the train
vas started back ~ It's great
est speed % escape from the
fierce furnace. The flames swept
by not more than - feet from the
track and the heat was terrible The
area of the wave was soon past. bat
its track was . suifocating sitting
waste of embers, red hot ashes and
binding smoke. The run out of the ter
ribie district was made in few min
utes. hat not without much suffering
among the men on the train The
engineer and fireman lay nat In the
cab and the other trainrnen Frustrated
themselves face down on the cars Con-
ductor Bump was severely burned. and
one of his men had his clothing burned
OF In several places and his flesh
frightfully blistered The railroad
men say that the wave must have been
travelling at least - miles an hour. and
the roar could be heard miles away.
IN MICHIGAN.
DETROIT. Mich, May i2.-The hoped
for security from Sunday nights rain
did not maierialize for the panic-strick-
ca inhabitants 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 Sc Northern Michigan rail-
road has been Obliged to abandon all
attempts To run ears north of the Clare
county line. A freight train and crew
had 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
tho 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
Tarwell there was another der ilment,
and all but three of the train of eight
cen cars were left TO their fate.
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 barn in Lilly early Monday
morning and shortly utter 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
Duigrian station is said to be gone, and
Otia, a village of 800 inhabitants, is
known to be wiped out West Troy,
a few miles north of Otia,
has been enviroped by fire since early