Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-22
AN OCEAN OF FLAME.

Iilao If Northern Wisconsin Forests Burn
ing Like Dry Under.
>.r,,>p Wis, June 19.-All the
,n,r;nc heat from the surrounding
;,,ost fires gave the winds torrld tenn
aoratrre. Reports from Iron River at
pnnn report losses much larger
han first reported The town is
InTrounded by wall of flames, but
LARGE force of men including help
BAN the Ashland fire department is
t;u Gghting the flames. They have
(,nptv Of hose and water and will like
cave the town. Hessey q Hat
gn,s large warehouse, the new
EhoM house, church and four
kn;Inrces were burned. One man
fa,npd Dietch had his leg broken. John
Fnnoher was also suffocated and died
+hil9 fighting fire at his homestead near
&nulan. The remains were brought
L ~ this morning. lie was a proml-
L. G A. T.. man and a lumberman.
zkTbe bridge on the Wisconsin Central
II Winersville, near High Bridge,
'XneG and all trains are running
vlnd by way of Ironwood, on the
krn branch of the Lake Shore.
Tnborn. q small numbering town on
pray Duluth, South Shore Il Atlantic
tana was entirely wiped out. Two
ramAen of a homesteader near there
can. bed. One bridge nearly 300 feet
1ut iArned. Trains are now running
,tardh Ashland via the Omaha and the
: '" no; Shore. AT Saxon reports this
lie " state that much more damage
mt 10 The woods were also swept
its dete Ri another bridge was burned,
, its prt4 ains have to be transferred.
FIX is con4he Omaha and the Central
tr;torv Ire all down and telegraph
@Nout Burning like finder.
e River over 1000 acres OF
en- seen @ne are ablaze, making regu-
pes Oh, II flames. Fourteen cars OF
an islam Burned on the track at York
1t was The railroads all sent out spe-
Mace ills this morning with men to
annroN flames A special returned
onrn IL River this morning and report
S"oO DE entirely under control there
occdi the loss there will not exceed
pclocFN Fire near Washburn is APP
bestra Sg rapidly and the peo-
the pa I've sent for help. The
zoe II here has been very dry
,,tirnlfest fires were never known
49," Ii as rapidly as now. The
"t,oas Asses of green Norway timber
liu'e' xburn like straw and the total
tchcS MI run we'll into the millions.
ON III of flames was seen all night
of A. south from Ashland and the
de 4apprehension is felt for home
ich bI6ving in the Marengo district.
:. or NJ no communication with there
u impossible to acertaln how
En- roy les have been lost.
Ht0l uS bwns Virginia and Mountain
! We gr&h Minnesota, on the Mesaba
mes and De burned. 1t is said 1000 peo-
met, urS bomeless there.
1inr vRleston, on the Great Northern
'A.water tank was burned. Sew
' I, Aehacks occupied by railroad
VIC 'Vhmbermen were also burned,
- many people homeless.
a. are raging turiously all over
e4ior district
Gu Mimi, June 19.-The first
Aring refugees who escaped from
ning town of Virginia, in all
| 6Q people, mostly women and
n8 arrived in Duluth at 80
N0fning, and the wearied,
Passengers hurried from
- to the baggage rooms,
rate lunches were spread.
&rowd the greater portion
S4as<1ss and dependent absolute
klAA ~ 5charity might offer. Few
wv = 4sAMthing beyond the most
nd for the whole train
WAS but single
bwd could not stop to
&s, coffee, anything to
-rAtaster than it could be
M had little or nothing to
e{Iay The houses burned
and the whole town
In less than an hour.
ed people gathered
|cturcsono IL laba depot where the Off
pot and upon ~ "'.o tro;n Of ora cars
pa, To the depot and the peo-
1t would be All the way down the
he scene thai pugh a lane of fire. An
ng and smi IAd OF about 200 people from
line. All W ous towns on the Mesaoa
atalities are reported but
fthe reports is lacking.
ers went back after their
~~,urniug theatre and have
n. since. A woman who
~ erschild was also miss
,->, AID Will have persisted.
+ N'niured.