Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-09-22

forests are not abating but the great
danger To threatened cities is post for
the present at least
Inc peop-e at MarShtield begin to
leel more secure rs the high winds
prevailing the past twelve or fifteen
hours have gone down. Rain was nov
CT prayel for with more earnestness
thln 1t has been in the past three
weeks.
Merrill, Wis. Sept 16.-The fire If
Fine River is somewhat subdued 4
large force is lighting to save property.
TWO children We're burned today. Two
more were reported found alive in Il
cellar Several persons were severely
burned
Nearly forty families are homeless
ana destitute. A volunteer relief com
mlttee IS working nobly. The victims
are brought to this city as fast as DOS
slble, and temporarily cared for. A
relef mass meeting was held last night.
one woman with 24hour-old baby
took refuge i'll The river. Her condi-
ton is critical. All is being done that
can be done to relieve distress.
The following is Il partial list of
those who only have their bare lands.
without even Il fence around them.
Z, left:
Willim Buck, Charles Brandenburg,
George Deering, Herman Fliehcrg,
! William Gr"tZmacher, Fred Wege, who
lost TWO children in the fire; William
and Fred Latzig, Herman Raschke,
Charles Zimmerman, David Paddock,
Aug. Schumacher, Fred Belize, Fred
laescr, Fred Homcrick, Charles
lMcdke, John RiIgham julius Folk,
Fred Gamblers, Charles and Fred Buck
holZ, Miles Swope lost his residence,
! barns and saw mill and lumber yard
His loss is estimated ut $4,000, with
$11 900 insurance. Ed RoSworth lost
his barn and Joe GctZche Il barn and
Il team of horses.
fires are raging i'll this locality owing
considerable damage to the iheayy
growth of pine and hardwood timber
and to the vast amount of hay i'll the
stacks. The smoke is 50 dense in and
around this city that for several days
the sun has not been visible. The
wind is blowing L gale from the west,
which largely increases the speed Of the
the fire and endang.rs the city. AT
| Lynn, i few miles east of here, ID. &.
Gary lost Il house and barn, and two
or three other places have been destroy
ed. About fifty men went from Grant
on to assist in ghting the fires. Stein
on to assist in fighting the fires. Stein
large stave and heading mills at Stem
nine miles from here, are il
great danger as the place is
fairly surrounded by fire The wires
on the railroad between this city and
Mcmillan are down and the trainmen
report that the fire is SO fierce that
they have to bandage their faces
Maj. Upham returned from tour
of inspection around the outskirts OF
the town ut noon and says the danger
to the city is over. 1t is yet very
smoky.
Shawano, Wis, Sept. 16.-A violent
gale yesterday afternoon and all night
caused WhirlWind of fire. The large
farm residence of William Kruger, in
Hartland, and all barns, out buildings
and fences were swept away. Farms
opposite of Fred Richter and others
were swept clean, nothing being saved
Hundreds of acres of timber land were
burned clean. Reports are coming in
of fire in every direction. 1t is rain
or total destruction.
Marshfield, Wis, Sept. 16.-The for
est fires are still burning. The village
of Mcmillan was saved by hard work
Just how many families have been
left homeless by the fires cannot be
learned, but list of fifty farmers, wh1
have been burned out in the last few
days, could easily be made up.
An estimate Of the loss suffered by
farmers from the fire places it at
nearly 100000.
Wausau, Wis, Sept. 1G.-Forest fires
ere burning IL the surrounding country.
Spencer, Wis, Sept. 16.-Forest fires
are burning in every direction. The
severest losses have been near Man
vile, where nearly every farmer was
burned out yesterday afternoon. Com
Gunication with the farming districts
is cut off because the roads are full of
trees blown down by yesterdays wind.
Colby, Wis, Sept. 1G,-This city has
had a serious time with fire but by
hard work was saved and is now prac-
! tically out of danger. There are many
reports of loses to farmers in this vi
cinity, and full reports will show bad
results.
Tomah, Wis, Sept. 16-Nearly all of
the cranberry marshes between here
and Oakdale are destroyed by file.
Stevens Point, Wis, Sept. 16.-For-
est fires are still burning A great
amount of hay and some farm build
ings have been destroyed
Menominee, Wis, Sept. 16.-The
woods surrounding Menominee and
Marinette are all on fire, and it is next
to impossible to stand the dense smoke
which envelopes the two towns. The
stretch of burned-over country in 1871
at the time Peshtigo was swept away
is again on fire, and the farmers arc
in imminent danger of losing their