Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-05
BLEAK ANDBARREN
MlnnesOta's Forest Fire Dis
trict DeSoIate.
MANY RELIEF TRAINS
Rushing to Succor the Stricken
People.
BURYlNG THE UNKNOWN DEAD.



MINI. special to the leer Press
says: The death roll at Sandstone has
probably reached It's limit and presents
the awful total OF sixty-seven. This Is
not an estimate. nor guess. but an
accurate count of the bodies Inferred.
Not all were from the little villages.
few having been brought In from
the immediate vicinity. There are here
immense quarries. employing in busy
time a considerable number of men
when actively operated, For some time
work has been light. but recently an
attempt has been made to increase the
output and a large number OF men
had been called in for the labor that
was expected in the region. and for
this reason 1t is impossible to get an
accurate estimate OF the population OF
the place. but fair figure Is prob
ably $50. Many took refuge In the quar-
ries and some in Kettle river, just be-
low, in deep gorge. where the East
ern Minnesota crosses bridge 300 feet
long and $50 feet high. Some OF those
who We're burned were caught on their
way to refuge and others were caught
in the village streets. In one well four
persons died death that must have
been a mixture OF drowning and suffo-
cation and burning Today the well
was utilized as grave and nine other
bodies were placed in 1t and all covered
with earth. To-day TWO rescuing par
ties We're organized In Pine City in
charge OF Jim Huner of North Branch
| There were twenty-five men, eleven in
each party. one party went up the
government wagon road, which was the
main road from Hinckley to the North
east. The others went up the Eastern
road. The party centering on the gov
eminent road found no one. The party
alon tfNhe tracks found two bodies OF
men whreeognizedly burned and with
little about them to aid identification
This was the net result Of the searel
in Sandstone. Tomorrow two other par
ties Will go out in other directions
The country west is heavily wooded
with very few clearings and It'll
water No report whatever has beer
heard from the settlers and 1t Is feares
that all have persisted.
The Duluth right-of-way and TIL
country within considerable distance
on both sides up as far as skunk Lake
has been secured pretty thoroughly
A few bodies were taken out last nigh
and all the bodies picked up. Careful
search that was made revealed twenty
eight. They were in an awful condi
ZION and could not be handled onl!
with care. Five children OF the Green
teld family were 50 badly burned tina
nil were put In u box designed for al
adult. The mothey and father were u
: Itinclstey and were saved, but incl
family and home IS wiped out OF eN
> istence. The Robertson family of nv
I ncnsnus. three of them were Adults an
who were reported yesterday wef
: brought in. Mrs. John McNamaru an
her son, who We're refugees iron
Hinckley and who made their wa
: further IN the track than their nelgh
: bors were Identified. Near Mrs. Nc
: Namara was satchel containing 500
in currency and $1,000 in cheqhs, whic
was recovered yesterday. Not Tar ava
7 ,vere the bodies of two unknown Boy
: In a cellar half n mile west OF skun
-, Lake bridge, were found bodies whic
!, were Identified as those OF Mrs. Weslu
and her two babies. a Spanish woman
named Sophie Wyacli. and baby, MT
Weslun's sister. William Nelson, Altre
= Johnson and Mrs. Lind and her ny
children. This number added 70 IN
i ,hirty-one brought I'm from the Dulnl
tracks on Sunday and the body OF OF
: Iovley. general freight agent OF N
r,,luth and Winnipeg railroad whic
= n,ss taken to his home at Merrial
7 park, last night, swells the total OF u
loss Of life along this track to upwar'
OF sixty. s.. 80,
one OF the happlest refugees tonigl
In pine City is Dan Donohue, a tear
ster from Hinckley. HIS family co
sisted OF a wife and hve chlioren. ~
| dav OF the fire he started on Tor satet
| Mira Donohue took with her Two
| he children. and her husband 'ne
nainder. He lost track OF .hrs. Ion
bue lu the smoke and contus
tnok his two girls on one Soc o, MI
snJ the older girl had her hlie p'ol
80 hand. As they MAD tnetI w
toward the gravel pit thf Iit,,e p"y !,
and his sister lost het holn ~. ~
r,onehue turned, but We n'.'' ~
,,non them and he coulu mo- ~ p a..
~. sncceeded In getting ne s nai,,.',
uiF,ce 81 safety ana I.,, he ~,
hours Of suspense. on u'l,,,s, sr,, q,
with the others 70 me ani,y.is Il
ioolsed over the PIE - ~ = 49,,
so,,nd the charred ren 1it % 90 ~,
VINO had perishea ~ s,,,rnp of a fin \