St. Paul daily globe., 1893-09-15
FLEEING FROM FIBE,
Many People Forced to Run
For Their Lives.
SCORE OF FAMILIES HOMELESS
Terrible Visitation Of Flames
at Powers Station, Wis.
A EABMER'S AWFUL FIGHT.
SCORE OF FAMILIES HOMELESS
A EABMER'S AWFUL FIGHT.
His Oxen Suffoeated, and His
Goods Destroyed.
FALL CREEK RsP0R TED AFLAEE.
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Special 20 The Globe
EAU CLAIRE. Wis, Sept. 1.-the
town of Fall Creek, twelve miles from
Ea0 Claire, is on fire. Stolp's hotel is
already burned.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. ia tele-
gram received at the railroad train dis
patcher's Office at o'clock states that
Marshiieid and junction City are burIh
ing.
MARsHFIELp. Wis. Sept. 14.-For
many days forest fires have ragged inces-
sanity in this vicinity, burning many
cords of wood and much property of set
tiers. bur today. famed by gale from
the west. the flames were at their worst,
and tonight in binding smoke a
score of families are homeless, and
mothers with their little ones are
fleeing from the fiery element to this
city. Word was received here this
afternoon at 2 O'clock that Powers sta
ton, at which place there Is battery of
coal kIlns, was on fire. The station is
two miles north of here on the Wiscon-
sin Central road. y posse of men at
tempted 10 go there to render aid, but
the sitting smoke
DROVE THEM BACK,
while these who reached this city from
the switch reported that joseph Barth,
Frank Schwicke, Balls Barth. Joseph
Robel. Frank Knrth, Tom Caffney. Pat
Powers, John Puppy, John Hayland
and several other families. whose
names could not be learned. had lost
everything, barely escaping with their
lives. 4 brickyard was also burned.
A pitifhl sight was a farmer with his
wife who fought the fire from
early morning to save their dwell
ing. and, giving up in despair. loaded
his bedding and furniture on a wagon
drawn by oxen. When almost within
the city limits the oxen were both stitfb-
Gated, and the goods. burned on the
Wagop., Thp inlether- almost dead from
exhaustion, reeited thrilling expert
ence and cried most piteously. When
asked where her children were she said
they hai started with them, but in the
smoke had become lost, and 1t is be-
iieved both perished. At least twenty
FIVE or thirty families are homeless to
night. At O'clock the fire had gained
this city'S limits. but was met by every
male citizen, who
BATTLED MANFULI.Y, .
and succeeded in keeping it out. Re-
ports are being brought in hourly by
SmOke-De egrlmed persons who live near
here Of settlers who have been burned
out. The whole country seems to be on
FIRE, and many is the prayer that has been
offered up for rain tonight. An est-
mate of the loss cannot be learned at
this time, but it will reach many thou
sands, with but little insurance. Reports
come in hourly OF settlers being burned
out, and the list has grown into the
fOrties. A message was received at z
o'clock this evening from Mcmillan,
FIVE miles west of here, asking for help,
saying that the town was doomed unless
help came. A later report says that
special train has been sent from here to
take the families from Mcmillan. and
that the little hamlet cannot escape.
Mcmillan owns large saw mill at that
place. The telegraph wires between
this place and Spencer, on the Central,
are burned down. The north-bound
passenger on the Central, due here at Z
O'Clock, returned from here on account
of bridges burned north of here. The
city is under military control. 1t is a
night long to be remembered i'll Marshs
field.
AT OTHER POINTS.
At Black River Fails today a stiff
breeze has been blowing. tanning the
smouldering flames in the timber, and
tonight the city is surrounded with
| forest fires. 1t is feared the flames will
spread near enough to this city to de-
stroy property. The damage to timber
| will be extensive.
AT Merrill, Wis, high wind has
| been raging all day, which has famed
the smouldering fires into flames, and
but for the fact that the wind is from
the northwest the city would be in
great danger, Terrible destruction to
farms and property has been done.
| The Pine river settlement is threat
ened with total destruction. Already
several farmers have lost their all there.
The same also applies to the settlement
south of this city. The woods are all
on fire, and no estimate can be made as
to the total damage done. No lives
! have been lost as far as known.
A. Depoc. Wis.,. the place is filled
| with smoke from forest fires west of
| that point. The smoke is said by old
| residents to be as thick as during the
| Peshtigo fire.
OCoNTo. Wis, Sept. l4.-ForeSt fires
are raging all around this vicinity. AT
IL, IL, Z