The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-19
Two villages in the Lesaba Iron
Region Totally Destroyed.
a WISCONSIN TOWN WIPED OUT.
People Homeless and without Food,
and Property Loss 81 900, 900.
CAinsse 1sgiserstiea Rssurps Shsv
That Only One restA Complied with
Law - Prssidsss ClevslaaA asd
Family Geisg - Bs.sAra's nay.

DrlrTH. June lS-Thc towns Of Virginia
and Mountain Iron on the Duluth, Mcsaha
q northern road have been DESTROYED by
forest nres. Nesaba. Bisab,kon and Iron
Range were also visited by serious fires
ana Tower had like experience. There
are :."D people homeless in Virginia with
OUT food or shelter, every provision depot
ana It's contents in the place being de-
ssroyed. Women and children are housed
In box cars. but have nothing to
eat and no engine - there to move them.
The situation at Nountiin Iron is little
better. A soon a. the news of these facts
reached Duluth, arrangements were begun
10 send relief 70 the distressed. The nu-
iuth, Nesaha & Northern is getting . spe-
ciai train together to be started - soon as
possible. All restaurants and hotels are
preparing food to be sent TO tho sufferers
ana tents are being collected. 1t Is feared
that the fatalities will be numerous.
There were many mining camps employ
ing large number Of men In the neigh
borhood OF Virginia and they are un-
douatedIy burned. Among these we're
the Mountain Iron. New England, Rough
leau, Lone Jack and Poca mines. All
these camps had large store houses II is
feared that some men may have perished
in the fiames. II 10 diflicu.t to estimate
the total loss, bus If reports bs true as to
the extent Of the destruction ct the vari-
Gus towns mentioned IL will amount to
over q, ,0o0. .0O0
thriving lumber town Of over :, ZOO popu-
lat'on. twenty miles from Ashland. is in
flames and likely 10 b entirely wiped out.
fSRA -
village from . forest fire. destroying . new
schoothouse, the Congregational and
Catholic churches and Hessey 4 Hatton's
big warehouse. Al 8 o'clock the entire
residence portion Of the city Was in fiames.
Help Vas sent from here. but the special
jumped the track. causing several hours
delay.
Only year ago Iron River was en-
hrely destroyed by ere. Several people
were brought to Ashland tonight Who
were badly injured. narrowly escaping
with their lives The latest advices from
Iron River state that the town Is gone.
The wires on the Northern Pacific &
Omaha are all down, the poles being
burned away by fre.
A bad tire 10 raging in North York. A
special was sent out this evening to help
fight the flames and save the trsstls and
bridges along the railroads.
Forest hres are raging all through
Northern Wisconsin today. Washburn
had close call and the fire made heavy
sweep. In and about White river il is
likely to burn millions Of feet Of standing
pine.
CHICAGO, June ia six-story build
ing on Wabash avenue and Congress street
Was entirely destroyed by fire today. The
structure MAS occupied by = number of
firms whose combined losses aggregate
$4,000. The heaviest losers are: o. w.
Richardson Company. carpets and cur
tains; CHM Publishing Company; Vose
Piano Company; Chase & Co, pi-
ano Manufacturers. and X. S. Peal
& Co, publishers. The building
vas valued at $i5o.000 II Is owned
by John Quincy Adams. OF Wheaton, ILL.,
The nre Was started by the crossing of
electric wires. and spread with such rapid
ity that the firemen were unable 10 check
it. and confined their efforts to saving the
adjoining buildings, notably the store Of
S.egei, Cooper & Co. By desperate efforts
the flames were confined TO the Adams
building.