The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-01

city BY flames Friday are returning to-
day TO look over the ruins. Already
lumber is being shipped in for the pur-
pose of rebuilding, and operations have
already begun. The local relief com
mittee, organized with w. =. Davis as
chairman; r. J. Riordan, secretary; z. II.
Winchester. treasurer; w. II. Wilson,
chairman OF the committee on CORE
spOndence and information.
1t is a remarkable coincidence that all
of the terrible fires in northern Wiscon-
sin have occurred July 27 IL was on
July p. 1892. that Iron River, in the ex-
treme northern part Of Wisconsin, was
totally wiped out by the flames and all
the state responded promptly to the call
for aid. Fiheld. another saw-mill town,
was almost totally wiped out by fire July
=, 1893. and now comes the total de-
struction Of Phillips on Friday, July 27
1894.
Two more bodies have been recovered
from the river, where the terrible holo-
caust occurred, those OF Mr.. James
Locke and one - his children. The boat
house on which he desperate men, wom-
en- and children took refuge was showed
from the store. Before it had gone far
the suction Of the flames drew it right
up into a regular furnace of fire. The
boats were either overturned or the peO-
pie Jumped. 1t is now estimated that
fifteen lives were lost ~ this place. 1t
is supposed that. the bodies Of several
the wagon and foOtbridge. which il Is
claimed, gave way while they were try
ing to escape from the flames to the
peninsula, which runs out into the lake
approaching closely the location of the
John +. Davis lumber company's plant
Mrs Cliss, who was picked up after
clinging to an overturned boat for an
hour, is doing nicely, and il is thought
she Will recover.
The list of the larger losses approxi-
mately is:
John r. Davis lumber company. $500. 900:
Fayette-Shaw tannery company, S150.000:
Wisconsin Central railway company, $20,-
600; Jump River lumber company. $40
GOO; city and county property. SO, ,000
tlneld manufacturing company, $4,000:
Duluth. South Shore & Atlantic railroad
company $4,000; r. L. HInt, $50, 600; e.
c. kelleher, $4,000; Jacob Rasmussens,
$l0,000 Giles house, $4,000. This is not
counting the half million loss to the res
tdence owners.
The list Of dead recovered from the
river up 10 4:S0 p. IN. IS as follows:
Mrs DAVID Dryden and two chill
dren.
FRANK CLISS and one child.
There are three still in the water
Mrs. James Locke and two children.
The unknown person found proved to
be a women and was SO designated by
the coroner's jury.
Chairman Davis spoke highly of the
prompt assistance rendered by the cities
upon whom calls had been made
The car of provisions from Ashland
was the first to arrive" said Mr.. Davis
George Singleton and Turner tramped
through the woods from F'ifield and
brought US food Saturday. Prentice also
did nobly in taking care Of our destitute
who fed there"
Other consignments received have been
as follows:
Large consignuants Of prox-isfons from,
West Superior, car provisions from Port
age. car from Wausau, car from Stevens
Point. two cars from Milwaukee. car
from Rhinelander. car from Chicago. car
from Eau Claire, private contributions
OF cash direct To B. W. Davis, as chair
man of the relief committee have been:
City of Merrill $500: T.. r. Ailis < Co,
Milwaukee. 500: Roundy. Peckham &
Co. Milwaukee, 800; Stevens Point. $50.
CHIPPEWA, FALLS, Wis, July 2S.-
The telegram asking for relief for the
Phillips sufferers stated that the city
had been devastated of everything above
ground by the fire and that 5000 people
We're homeless. Immediately a petition
was circulated and $500 raised. This even
ing car filled with provisions was sent
up to the sufferers at Phillips, and on
Monday a. lot of lumber and building
material will be sent up. The Chippewa
lumber and boom company are the chief
stockholders of the White river lumber
company. which was burned out at Ma
son. losing a s1w-mill, planning mill and
80 600 feet Of lumber. The boom COM
p3ny also owned the timber on the rail-
road lands in seventeen townships in the
vicinity OF Mason, all OF which have
been completely stripped.
J. II. Murphy ofthis city lost %. 600. 900
feet Of standing pine on the Amicon river
by the fire. These are only part OF the
losses.
PHILLIPS. Wis. July 29.-Relief trains
have fairly poured into Phillips today
and there are supplies of food here now
sufficient 10 last the fire sufferers a
month. The relief committee asks espe-
ciaLy for clothing and money, and these
will be amply provided by the people OF
the state without outside help. Four
bodies were rescued from the lake today.
Relief supplies came from Milwaukee,
Ashland. Marshheld. Stevens Point, Su-
perior and other places. Men were set to
work building a large mess tent. where
the homeless people will be fed, and put
ting up temporary structures where they
can sleep. The dead. so far as known,
number fourteen, but the exact number
Will probably never be known. The sale
of liquor has been stopped, owing to the
arrival of parties of tramps and rough
character, who threatened trouble.
A box car has been turned into a jail
Special deputies have been sworn in and
all lawlessness will be suppressed. All
insurance men are out of town today and
1t is impossible to obtain the lists of in
carried.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis. July 2S-Relief
for the Phillips sufferers has been started
from Milwaukee. Chippewa Falls, Eau
Claire. West Superior. Oshkosh, Stevens
Point and Marshfleld, in all ten or twelve
cars Six carloads of provisions, sheet
ing for tents and clothing left Milwau-
kee tonight in charge of Governor Peck.
uartermaster-General Auer and Cols
Boyle and Dover accompanied Governor
Peck, and viii assist him in looking over
the ravages caused by the forest fires in
the northern part of the state and ascer-
tain the most pressing wants of the
people of Phillips and the surrounding
country.