The evening world., 1894-09-03
LAST EDITION.
At LEAST 500
D|EO BY FIRE.
And the Death List In the
Northwest May Mount
Much Higher Yet.
MILLIONS LOST IN PROPERTY.
Story Of a Woman Who Game
Through the Flames at
Hinoklsy, MINI.
FEARS FOR ST. PAUL HUNTERS.
Number Of Sportsmen Known to
Have Been in the Burned
Forests.
FEARS FOR ST. PAUL HUNTERS.
lBy Associated Preas.l

CHlCAGO, Sept. 3.-The Herald sum-
marizes as follows: six towns wiped
out and more than five hundred dead is
the record made by the forest fire In
Minnesota in the last twenty-four hours.
In Hinckley Sandstone, Pok egama Sand
stone Junction, Skunk Lake and Mission
Creek there are 355 known dead. In addi-
ton several hundred are missing, while
from LEO to 200 people are scattered on
farms throughout the district burned
over.
THE destruction was complete In
most of the towns named, but some Of
the forest land escaped. The loss, how
ever, will be In the millions, and the
loss of life will not be definitely known
for several days. IL ever. The relief
trains carried supplies sent out from
st. Paul. Minneapolis. Duluth and other
Minnesota towns, and the sufferers are
being handsomely cared for at Pine
City and other points"
The Record summarizes as follows:
western Minnesota has suffered in the
last twenty-four hours from a horror
never equalled in this country except at
Johnstown, Pa, May 81. 1889. Nearly
~ persons are known to be dead, over
and hundreds of families are homeless
. in Pine City and adjoining counties"
The Times estimates at least half a
Hinckley, 25oi Sandstone, 40; Sandstone
%; Pinetown, ~; Mission Creek, Q; Part
ridge, 8; Kettle River Junction, s; Carl
ton, g.; Rutledge, 2: miscellaneous. 50.
The Inter-Ocean says 500 are dead and
the total may reach 1000.
A Woman Came Through the Fire.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 3.-The first
train over the St Paul and Duluth
road reaching Minneapolis direct from from
the scene Of the great forest fire had
only about a dozen persons on board, In
Guiding Mrs. Lawrence. the only one OF
the passengers on the limited which
who has yet reached Minneapolis. The
passengers from this end Of the line, find-
Ing that they eEpd 90 90 no rotur further r.
Minneapolis on the first train coming
Mrs. Lawrence says, the first evidence
miles the other side of Hlnckley. when
the air became almost suffocating. One
mile the other side Of Hlnckley about
screaming frantically. The engineer. see
ing the danger they were In II they, re-
mained. stopped the train to let them
the whole volcano Of fire seemed to burst
and its occupents OF the face Of the
earth.
Panic on a Train.
AT the first rush of the flames towards
the cars, the window panes went out
ly to return towards skunk Lake
People screamed and men jumped
through the car-wndows; The Wild
was for himself and did not care how
he got out of the swirling, rushing mass
of flames. Mrs. Lawrence's dress caught
II saw two Cinnamon" she said, "who
were paralyzed by fright, and made no
effort to get away. but simply hid their
BEADS under the seats ana nny were oE cod
and then I rushed out of the car jump
Ing over one or two persons that were
lying s ON the ground in1ared some but q
simply ran along the ties. and after
keeping It up until my strength gave
e.pee fed e eSerH m ns daess
would be burned from my body"
Found Where She Fell.
Sunday morning Mrs. Lawrence was
picked up in the middle of the track,
about TWO miles the other side of Hinck-
ley. by a relief party out of Duluth that
dozen persons. according to her story,
were injured in the melee which re-
suited when the people tried to leave
WindS%s osS @s rashe eio to the Platform
and Jumped on while the train was NOV,
ing while others fought their way
through the mass of passengers In an
effort to get away from the crowd
The result was that many persons suf-
fered severe injuries. such as broken
bones and limbs.
Mayor Eustis has received a telegram
from the Citizens Committee at Rush
City, Mimi, stating that $50 lives had
been lost at Hinckley and the situa tion
was terrible. A carload OF provisions
was procured 1t went out this morn
ing, and to-day meetings of the big men
of Minneapolis will be held to provide
relief.
Eighty Dead within SIX Miles.
WHITE BEAR, Mimi. Sept. s.--About
thirty people have just arrived here
from Hinckiey and other tire-deyastated
towns. They report the loss OF life as
appalling. The six members OF one ram
lily took refuge in q cellar at Hinekley
and the bodies are there in heap
burned to a crisp. On the wagon road
leading northeast from Hinckley eighty
bodies are lying dead within six miles
Among the injured here are Christophei
ID. O'Brien, ex-Mayor of 81. Paul. who
10 quite painfully burned about the eyei