The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-05-25
SURROUNDING COUNTRY.

Charles Brandes of Kewaunee, died
quite suddenly OF heart disease on Tues
day of last week. He was the father-in-
law of Principal McMahon.
Game Warden Ferdnandez is making
it lively for those engaged in illicit fish
ing. Lately he seized 800 nets which ne
found in Lake Winnebago and its tribu-
taries, all OF which he caused to be burn
ed. The law now requires all nets used
in illicit fishing to be destroyed when
discovered. The deputy game wardens
throughout the state are becoming active
and there exists good reason for it.
Saturday last was a fearful one in the
| interior of this state. Fires we're raging
throughout the forests and the high
| winds increased their destructiveness.
| The oity of Amigo was half burned up.
| The fire spread SO rapidly that the peo-
| pie had to fec for their lives; about 200
people are homeless. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
The village of Bryant, which is on the
line of the Milwaukee & Lake Shore was
wholly destroyed. The business car of
| the railway officials and the locomotive
ran of the track at Buokbee The car
was entirely consumed as was also the
woodwork on the engine. Fires at Buck
bes destroyed large quantity of lumber,
Jones and %. losing about $4,000 worth.
! Th sir mill escaped.
| All along the line of railroad fires were
raging. Trains could not run and pas
sengers had to be transferred. Fires
| we're reported along the line OF Mllwau-
| kee Il Nor, bern and in the neighborhood
of Green Bay; at Lancaster the rolling
mills in the yards of the @. & n. W. Ry.
Go. were destroyed. Menominee, Mich.
was seriously threatened for time and
| the people we're in panic.
At Lake City, Mich, lumber camp
was destroyed. A crew OF 60 men occu-
pied it. They were surrounded by the
fire. Ten OF the men sought refuge in a
we'll and all persisted there, being Gre
mated. The others ran the gauntlet Of
fire, but two OF them were burned to
| crisp.
| Near Cadillac, Mich, fires also destroy
| ed large amount of property. The fire
| ran two and one half miles in eight MIN
utes. A woman and her two children
| were burned up in a house which was
in the path of the fire. Saginaw, Mich,
suffered terribly. Several people were
burned to death. The loss is estimated
at 100000. The widest excitement pre-
vailed and every vehicle in the city was
pressed into service removing goods to
| places of safety. After the removal, the
| fire would spread and consume the goods
removed. All the hacks in the city were
| pressed into service to remove feeble peo-
pie ard invalids.
At Shavano about 100000 feet OF logs
! we're destroyed. The heat was so great
| that the logs in the water were burned
| to the waters edge. On branch Of the
Oconto 100000 shingles were burned.
A steam saw mill was destroyed at Arm
| strong Greek. The woods in Northern
Michigan are on fire, and though there
| 10 snow there yet, the exposed timber is
burning.
When the wind went down the fires
abated. The rains of Monday made
things safe, though the experiences OF the
two days preceding we're terrible.
A railway accident occurred at little
station near Waukesha on Tuesday night.
A freight train had been wrecked and a
wreokIng train went out to clear the
track. AS the lahorers were at work
three tank cars on the wrecked freight
containing Oil, exploded and many people
we're badly burned.
A daring robbery was committed near
Waupaca on Tuesday. A potato dealer
was in that city intending TO buy pota-
toes, but changing his mind started for
Scandinavia. When few miles out in
the country he was pounced upon by
three men who tied and gagged him and
took 81 200 from his person. A gang OF
tramps are suspected.
Three children we're playing in barn
at Fond du Lac with. matches on Tues
day last and accidentally fired the place.
One OF the children, boy 3 years old,
was fatally burned.
A man named Gleble was killed at New
London on Tuesday last, in rather a Pc
culiar manner. His foot slipped while
entering a buggy; the horse became
frightened and leaping to one side cramp-
ed the buggy and the wheel pres sed the
man against the spring until it entered
his body.