The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-09-07


considerable stretch of ,1a e ,;..,
srt2m That many escanra and sa,I,
,, Mr,r GROW ned is we'll known. Mrs
!' 'i.' Matll'scn and her four f,aycn.
Ia ire" h''le babes were taken from
'he waters edge This morning rs nitifu,
Aislt as mans eye eyer Witnessed
nev were Dot touched hy fame h,,t
scllefed The more nerciful da,tb INV
wfter "e''n W
i' 'ne aieai time Hinckley was burn
ns' ne IL Ices leaped from building
~ bt1dlns With al,ncst The raniaitv
VI .h electric 81 ark. Everything was
Under dry. There was not even ono
Drlck wall to stay for momont tho
WIN oi ce' 'rncti"n, and all went IN
nv. NV shiohe about two hundred and
hi,y dwellings, With all their housc.
~ ~ treasures. twenty stores. and al,
ehelf stocks OF goods including The i'm
n2iiso general establishment Of tho
nFehnai' Lumber corr pany, two boteIs
the Central and the Morrison tho
iahioao depots and eating houses, the
neW Dflck school, the town hall the
n'nath loun''houSe, the three bridges
sho al last the plant of the Brennan
Aun''' '~t panE, saw mill. nianjnr
mill, stables, lumber yard and all
were burned. This institution was
the pride Of Hincklcy and the
backbone of its prosperity.
Ii employed about three hundred men.
Aho, With tLeir families made up Il
iIg' II rtiCn # the 600 or 100 pop
tllatiC" claimed fur the town. Its pay
roll was erorrous and without it
liinckey could not survive. Indeed,
If 1t is Lot rebuilt it is hard to see
Whai reason. there should be for re-
building HlucElev to anything like its
former proportions. The whole plant
was wiped out almost quicker than it
t3keS to describe it and with the rest
went abou ninety splendid horses. The
burning Of this plant involves q finan-
eial loss Of from SiJO,0Uo to 100000
with about half that amount OF in
suraEc" ME total loss 10 the city
will exceed a million dollars, with a
! comparatively light insurance. The
rate in the lumber regions is neces-
sarllt high and very little insurance
vas carried in consequence.
more appal'ihg than at Hinckley. ex-
ctpt il point Of numbers. OF the 200
people living i'll the town, one fourth
! are dead Otto Stafferfeidt of Sand
stone walked into Htnclley and rode
! down 30 | lie City tonight ana tells
Il glaEhic story Of the disaster. He
says that List night about $50 flames
itcareG the town and the people pre-
pared to leave early The wind blew
ike Il ,Iurricane @nd as the people were
getting ready TO leave. the fire closed
i'll on three sides, not a single person
saved a thing except his clothes,
Stefferfeldt carried two children to a
place CT safety, and went back Tor
more About LOO went to the river
and fifty or sixty were burned to
death At 4 O'Clock this morning Mr..
SteTerfeldt saw over forty bodies.
chalred and burned. lying on every
side The people who We're saved
have been Ill day without food or
shelter and no relief coaid be got to
them to-day. The people are nving on
potatoes and carrots left in the ground
Sandstone is about three miles from
Sandstone Junction on the Duluth
road and the tire was Oh both sides OF
the river sA thNt the town of Partridge
was burned.
Mr. Gilboy, conductor Oh the Eastern
| Minnesota came down 10 eighteen
miles North Of Hinekley and found Ill
bridges burned including big bridges
over Kettle river aud the Grindstone,
/ walked down TO Sandstone and eolad
oply a handful of people. One gentle
man. Mr. Sanborn. found forty seven
dead bodies lying uncovered in the sun.
| The people arc destitute OF everything.
They need food, shelter, clothing ani
medical attendance. The only build
ing left IS the brick school house, which
| is all burned ont inside.
| The people ere living on the river
| bottoms, without shelter. General
Manager Falr.nrton at Duluth, WAS
within two miles of Partridge. ard
asked to send IL train to within seven
miles Of the place With provisions and
medclhc.
In addition to forty-seyen bodies at
Sandstone, there are twenty at Kettle
| River Junction. One family is living
in q root house ald the father is miss.
| Ing MI the settlers in the vicinity
| are probably burned to death O'Neill
Bros had twelve camps in the woods
near Sandstone, and all these are
| burned. Most of tine inmates however.
| are believed to have escaped with
| their lives.
There are about eleven homeless
fn.nil,as ct,n nt Mission Craok h,t
they have provisions for about twenty
four Eours. Brook Park. two miles
west of HiEckley, is burned and there
about 125 people there. many Of whom
are III need Of immediate relief.
Pine City. MINI. Sept. :. = This
city has been converted into a