New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-06
THE FIRES STILL BURNING.
PEOPLE FIGHTING TO SAVE THEIR
HOMES AND LIVES
SEARCHING PARTIES AT WORK IN THE BURNED
p1sTRIcr-pEAD SETTLERS FOUND AND
,,.,, TUE rrvrNC. AND


at o'clock this evening special train LETT there
for Duluth bearing the party Of thirty explorers
who left here two days ago. under the leadership
of w r Bailey 70 scour the country on poth
sides Of the track into which no one else had
nenetrated Bailey reports that men discovered
twenty-three bodies OF settlers scattered over
wide extent Of country. Most OF them were
Identified They were all buried without even a
box. six children and to women, VINO were III
q destitute condition, were found. and are Delhs
brought In. on the train are also Mrs biheuuA
and Mrs Lefebvre each with two chiiureh' al
Of whom were picked up at Sandstone Inc
section loren an has discovered TWO lan'iii''
north of Partridge in great destitution ana they
also will be brought in on the train, when ar
rives at midnight.
Ono hundred and seventy five refugees have
returned home. Eight hundred ana hity are
left here Mayor Lewis has telegraphed 81. rau'
and Minneapolis to take the 100 Minnesota reiu-
COOS off superiors hands, and II they do not feel
oo,,oI ~ ,he task. Duluth will take them her
self.
Nothing but good wind is needed to ian
the forest fires around Carlton, place OF i'ooo
Inhabitants, twenty-five miles west on the North-
or, Pacific into n blaze that will destroy the
place At I}arnum, forty miles south on the Du-
mtb road the people spent the day in wetting the
grass and brush around the sawmill and then
backnring.
Reports still come from towns to the south
ward reporting fresh fires springing up br'ei
messages from surrounding towns here are
follows:
Cloquct 10 a mThe smoke is 50 dense e mat h,d 4
inp. ar. Observation-Disclosures across the street. The
smoke is so dense that the pain resulting is feariui
Kerrick.NFires surround the town, but there is no
wind present. and so long az IL cP nf '''e
Sou South superor~rhe fires near this town last nigh,
were all pat Rumors are current mere that
no, correct In this city the smoke is more dense
and pungont showing to be from nearer nres ,nah
any time vet II utterly impossible TO distinS uish
even faint outlines OF buildings 400 feet away me
is that OF h the k GS navsaon
very serious matter. and collisions are Narrowly
avoided This smoke is believed TO be from hrcs N
brush and dead timber in the immediate vicinity OF
Duluth In all about 600 refugees are now nsted iee
BY relief committees and the lists are not complete
as yet Nearly 200 people have already been sent
to Hnckey and Sandstone who are not included TN IN
temporary relief fund subscribed here grows, and
reaches over $1,000 OF which an out Sfo zoe,
Two Harbors. little village near here. comes rom rom
Duluth people II is estimated that not less than
$4,000 to sOoco will be required TO Keep the poor
reople until some returns from their
own labor on farms next summer, Many are gong
to work here in this vicinity on railroads ana IN the
woods ana mills
Shore and Atlantic at noon to-day came the
statement that at the village Of Marengo.
ninety miles east Of Duluth. the bodies OF six
pcrgons were found who had been burned TO
death during the night.
Offers ~ aid 10 sufferers. both In cash and
goods are coming in from distant States. Ia
coma Wash teegraphed this morning, asK'hs
II aid was needed. but was answered by inc
Mayor that Minnesota would be able 70 care ior
all.
John F. Killorin. manager Of the swan River
Logging Company's operations and OF the Du-
lu,h Mississippi River and Northern Railroad
Company IL In the city making arrangements
10 hire 400 or more men for work In the umper'
Everything possible will be done to save the
standing timber that has been burned over peiore
II is ruined II must be cut this season 10 De Vi
any value whatever While there was no loss OF
| Ne probably. In the country reached ny Wv
| Duluth, Mississippi River and Northern I'M u'
| structlOn Of timber was fearful. MI hii'oi "a
estimates that not less than SoVVVVoVo lee. a.
| burned over. some Of IL 80 bad!y II cdhii', w
cut but most Of IT, II II can be got OUT inns VIII
ter can be saved. The ltasca Lumber Coinpah!
and Shev.!n Carpenter Company are aIso lose :, :.
| Probably 100 900 900 feet Of that burned over Is
| - far from rivers roads that II cannot De c"'.
| In total the loss Of standing pine timber cannon
be less than 70o0OO.OoO or sOoooocoV ieel -" nc
eastern road 100 900 feet belonging 10 e En-
| pire Lumber Company IS all destroyed. while 10
| the east the Diamond Match Company !ost w
| 00O 600 MANY owners have had burned from H.
oo0 600 10 30 900 feet which Will have to be pui
| I'm AT once to save H. Already there Is ueillan
for woodsmen. and higher wages are being OIL
| fered for such than were PAID iast winter, T.,
| AZ the meeting the Relief Committee III
| Uinckley composed OF representatives. ~ sew
eral larger cities and the Siete Board OF Nhatl'icS
II was estimated that 3ss bodies were recovered
| and 42l persons were known 10 be lost IN the
| burned district including Sandstone vi tht
600 people in Hinckley $50 bodies have been re-
covered. or the 80 population OF Sands'one. .,
bodies Of 20 people at Miller. 10 bodies petween
| skunk Lake and Miller. 81 bodies. ana the Nic'h
ty Of various lumber camps. 90 iii 1850,
The llst Of heroes of this great nre VIII ne, ~.
| be- enrolled save In that list where every man
| Ids ar. recorded There was the engineer OF
| the limited who picked out the only green spo
| for miles and bore 200 souls to safety throusi
the terrible ordeal standing erect in the ROASTING
| heat. which only iron nbres could endure Iher'
| was the little hero. a West Dulu'h D9E vi ivu'
| teen who dragged two smaller chiIuten a."', y,
| the weary miles from the wreck OF the Ua, , y
! saIvation wi ere rescuers found them. There
! was the young lover who carried ms SICK De
| trothed for mile through the ilathes Oh ',,'
| back 10 "A place OF safety, while the neat was :,
| Intense that others walking beside him. and WIT
no burden lay down To die. There was .'la ma,
who. after lighting the fire for two hours. .oof
| I'm a crippled bro. her and bore him IN salety u
| ~ -, roiiaf troin There were telegraph operators
| who. by quick decision and quicker action save
| hundreds There was the daughter VINO staye'
| beside the bedsid, OF her mother who' pe,hs II
tha hangs NJ maternity could not be moved. an'
who would not be- dragged away from sharini
her mothers death until forcipy puiieu iro" u"
already burning house. .,.,.,
There were the dozens Of men whose position
IN deoth os Il instantaneously seized them showe'
that they were Fastening at all speed into IN
very face Of flames TO the rescue ~ loved ones
rharo ,yere the men and women OF stout hear
and cool brain on whom weaker comrades leane
NOT In vain through the hours of terror EVER!
one who escaped can tell OF some brave sou NV
recxoned nothing OF hts own life II he might bu
helm others, and forgetting self In the momen
Of keenest agony thought only of them The gal
liant fcats OF battle done under stress OF passion
pale before these deeds done IN the race vi pam
and In despite of mortal agony.
The first care was for the living NOW IN
burial OF the dead Is being done rehei part
marked many OF the bodies FOR identlrca'oh, y
a., ,bare was some trouble to get power