St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-06
AMONG HINCKLEY GRAVES,
Nearly All the Dead OF That
Town Are Buried,

Special to the Globe.
HINcKLEY. Mimi. Sept. 5-HorrIble
visions do not meet the eyes of the hun
dreds of sightseers who came here TO-
day. The dead have been buried with
the exception of few struggling bodies
being brought in from the surrounding
country. These are taken to the ceme-
terry back of the once beautiful town,
placed in boxes and placed underground.
Ii Is no longer possible to keep
them in sight for Identification, as
the rapid decay makes 1t necessary ia
bury them at once. They were burned
so badly that, even without the long
exposure to the cankerous worms that
are fast eating away their flesh. they
would not be recognized except by stray
pieces OF clothing. The cruisers and
searching parties are still discover
ing more awful victims OF the
greatest horror of the country, but
these scenes are so far from the
railroad that the people who stop of
from passing trains for an hour or two
do not see them. One visitor who was
here for the first time today said it ap.
pie are going over the ground to
build small town in a new settlement.
Another remarked that it looked like
the ground had been burned over pre-
paratory to establish town site and
start ''boom town."
There are number of tents, a couple
of new shanties on the ground ana hun
dreds of people. In one place a num-
Der of horses are eating hay from
wagon. Along the.railroads that cross
here crews of men are working at
putting tracks in shape, and other
crews are working on the bridges
on the Eastern Minnesota road. The
wreck trains are busy on both roads
and the attention of the majority
of people has been diverted from
the scenes of horror to the busy scenes
attending the bringing of order out Of
confusion. The scene here is different
from that at Pine City, where the relief
committees are taking care of the dis
tressed. There are many here yet,
however, who still hear the ringing of
cries of horror in their ears. and have
visions of the past four days of horror
before their eyes. Can or will they ever
forget these scenes? There are many
stout men who have not even lost a
friend or property that came to do the
work of relief and removing the objects
of destruc ton and desolation. and who
have grown emaciated with the mental
and bodily strain of the few days just
passed.. They are worn out with work
in the superheated atmosphere, theiI
clothes filled with dust and their faces
pinched by the severe mental strain and
shocks to the nervous system. They
look as distressed as do many of those
who went through the hell of Saturday
losing relatives and property. 1t is no
wonder that many VINO lost wife, hus-
band, children and other relatives ars
becoming Insane in several instances.
1t would not be surprising to hear OF
many more cases OF insanity, not only
among the sufferers. but even among
the stout hearts who came here to adj
minister to the suffering. Those whd
have seen hundreds dead on tho
field of battle will admit tha
the scenes at Hinckley ara
more terrible. A more horrible sight
can not be imagined than hundreds Of
bodies distorted and roasted in fire,
particularly when the bodies have beer
exposed to the hot sun for days until the
flesh drops from the bones, the mouth,
eyes and nose are vibrating with the
exuberance of gases from the bodies,
and the exposed vitals and entrails are
creeping with masses of devourins
Larvae.
The work at the burylng ground Is
much diminished. The four trenches
have been filed up with the baked clay.
and the few additional bodies brought
n will be placed in fifth grave of the
same character. There are still carcasses
of horses and cattle about the place that
are noisesone to the sight and offensive
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