Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-09-21
FORESTS IN FLAMES.

i dsrshfieId and Junction City, wis. Barn
ing, as the Result of Forest Fires
| Deadwood, s. d. In Imminent Danger
| Homeless Mothers with Their Babes
Fleeing from the Fiery Element-High
Winds Driving the Raging Flames Be-
| fore Them.
/ MARsHF.ELD, Wis, Sept 14-Fof
| many days forest fires have ragged in
cessantly in this vicinity, burning
many cords of wood and much lumber
and property of settlers, but to-day,
famed by gale from the west, the
flames were at their worst. and tonight,
in binding smoke, score of families
are homeless and mothers with their
little ones are fleeing from the fiery ele-
ment to this city.
Word was received here at o'clock
this afternoon that Powers station, at
which place there is battery of coal
kilns, was on fire. The station is two
miles north of here on the Wisconsin
Central road.
A posse of men attempted to go
there to render assistance, but the
binding smoke drove them back,
while those who reached this city from
the switch reported that the homes of
Joseph Barth, Frank Swickok, Balls
Barth, JOS. Robot, Frank Kurth. Tom
Gaffney. Pat Powers, John Puppy,
John Hyland and several other fam
lilies, whose names could not be learned
had lost everything, barely escaping
with their lives A brick-yard was
also burned.
| At o'clock the fire had gained this
| city's limits but was met by every male
citizen, who battled manfully and sue
ceeded in keeping it out.
Reports are being brought in hourly
by smoke-begrimed people who live
| near here of settlers who have been
burned out. The whole country seems
to be on fire.
An estimate of the loss cannot be
made at this time, but it will reach
| many thousands, with but little insur-
/ ance.
A message was received at o'clock
from Mcmillan, five miles west of here,
asking for help, saying that the town
was doomed unless help came. A spe-
cial train has been sent from here to
take the families from Mcmillan.
The telegraph wires between this
| place and Spencer, on the Wisconsin
Central, are down. A passenger train
| due here at 7:2O p. m. reported the
| bridges burned north Of here. The city
| is under military control. 1t is night
long to be remembered in Marshfield.
A long dispatch from Black River
Falls states that a stiff breeze has been
blowing to-day, tanning the flames in
the burning tim Der near that city, and
tonight the city is surrounded by four
fires. It is feared the fires will spread
near enough to this city to destroy
property. The damage to timber will
be extensive.
At Merrill, Wis, high wind has
been raging all day, which has famed
the smouldering forest fires into flames,
and but for the fact that the wind is
going nearly west 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
settlements 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 SO far
as known.
At Depere, Wis, the place is filed
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.
At Oconto, Wis, the atmosphere is
black with smoke from the forest fire.
No rain has fallen for two months, and
the surrounding country is as dry as
bone dust.
Deadwood Threatened With Destruc
tion.
DEADwooD, S. D.. Sept. 1.-THE for
est fire which has been threatening
this city for the past three days has
tonight assn med the form of imminent
danger. 1t is now burning tract of
very heavy timber mile distant and
coming straight toward the town.
Every body has turned out and is en-
gagged in cutting down trees and en-
deavoring to check the flames, so far
unsuccessfully. The fire is gaining
steadily. At 8 o'clock tonight all the
iremen were ordered back to town,
and only citizens were left to fight the
fire. Entire destruction of the city is
threatened.
Marshfield and Junction City Burning.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. Is, 1870 a. ma
telegram just received at the Wiscon-
sin Central railway train dispatcher's
Office says Marshfield and junction
City are burning. Marshfeld is on the
main line of the Wisconsin Central
railway in Wood county. and has pop
ulation of 5000. It is lum bering
town and considerable furniture is
manufactured there. Six years ago
the town was almost wiped out by
fire.
Destructive and Ill-Timed Prairie Fires.
GUTHRIE, Okla, Sept. IA man
coming in from Payne county states
that a prairie fire has been raging in |
the Pawnee reservation for twenty |
four hours, burning everything before
it. Scores of horses and cattle belong |
ing to the Indians have persisted and |
the grass and tree foliage is all de- |
stroyed, which will cause additional |
hardship to the settlers who go in
there Saturday. A fire also started |
northeast of here last night. burning
off a large tract. No lives were lost.
but a number of boomers had their
tents and outfits destroyed.
An Empty Treasury Secures Immunity for
Desperadoes. |
ELLENsBuRd, Wash, Sept. 15.-The
prosecution of the notorious bandits,
Jim Mccarthy and Ross Lewis, for the
of the Rosslyn bank, h as been
dropped, the states attorney being I'm