New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-04

| Island The fire had spent Its force. but the ar
was filled with smoke, through when gieaiheu ''e
| dull blaze of smoudering fire In the more sun
s,antial stocks Of goods. Two huge heaps OIL coa',
which marked the location OF the Dululh Ooa'
! Company's sheds, were blazing. anu " TIC
| o,ful light people wandered about picking out
the nlaces where only six hours before their
| happy homes had stood
RECOVERING THE BODIES.
When Yesterday morning broke. few eher-
getic spirits began to organize the "orh Vi 'e
covery OF the bodies J. w. Sargent passehse'
conductor on the Duluth road. got into hihcK'ey
I'm the night and he organized volunteer '''"'
who manned two handcars, whose capacity was
| Increased by the use Of planks. They went up
the Duluth track % the north ana plckeu up
| thirty-one bodies between the river ana SKuhh
| Lake The bodies were wrapped up IN pia''he''
and such cloth as could be obtained anu '"''
| out By the side OF the track. where the ueP
had stood. Here also were brought 'he WV "''''
sons OF Thomas Henderson-Sandy ana 'o'''"'
and the drowned corpses Of Mrs. Mar''''so" anu
| her four children
| Citizen volunteers harnessed UP the aVaiiapre
| vehicles saved in the gravel pit and went out
| IN the swamp across the Grindstone. ihes
brought in nInety-six bodies. which were carried
ont to the desoate burying-ground a mile east
| Of town. There neither time nor opportunity
IN observe the sacred formalities usually sur
| rounding death The excitement Of the OCCASION
| tho horrible experience through which the hNihs
| had M ssed and the more horrible form IN WHO"
death had come t. the lost had temporary
| hunted the finer sensibties. and the dead were
heaped high on the wagons and laid IN pics az
| the cemetery The ninety-sh bodies prous"' III
| TO this point were examined By many Oh '"'
| surviving residents Of Hinckley, ana Out lo"
| could be Observation-Disclosures Anderson Axel nan
son. Dennis Riley and Mrs. William Ginder, Inc
| others will have to be buried together i"o''
| wbo broupbt in the bodies from the swamp re-
nor,ed that there were at least thIrty-hve other
| bodies out there which could not be brought IN
The telegraph operator at Hinckley ous
| Green remained at his post until all but three
buildings in Hnckley haG been burned "heh
| the depot took fire he ran to the SAFE ana tooA
| therefrom $1,000 in greenbacks and fed 10 ihe
river 4 party OF Hlnckley people consisting W
NJ / Elsmore. OF the Brennan Lumber Com
many: Professor Collins. of the Hlnckey SCHOOLS
and others were fishing at Grindstone Lake.
| They were out In a skin but were warned OF the
approach Of the fire by the noise which was Ike
| that Of a tornado. They ran into the shore al
the southwest end Of the lake and warned lot
| -, so,,Iers who were back I'm the woods. getting
| ,oyether n marty Of about eighteen down by the
| ,ale The fire s,ruck the lake at their end, ran
| along the shore about half mile ana theh
] ,unned the lake In a diagonal direction. at n
| nont where II was not less than mile across
Mr. Esmore sayE the fire went across that diS-
| lance I'm two bursts OF fame with lightning
rapidity.
| LAST OF THE ILL-FATED TOWN
There IL little probability OF Hinckley ever
being rebuilt TO IT. former prosperous proper
| ,Ions The Breni an Lumber Company IL not
| eypected 10 rebuild It's plant Work had been
crowded this seas, In the hope ~ clearing up all
| the timber and another season would have been
the last The company has bu, about l2.oooooo
fec, ~ timber RETAINING. which is ~ located
| that f. can be- sawed 10 better advantage nj
other points than By rebuilding here at proba-
| bile cost ~ from so 600 10 $1,000 The timber
In the vicinity H. We cut and burned on. ana
J there IL no chance II any other company coming
! IN without an enterprise Of this kind there is
/ no future for Hlnckley except as Junction
| point.
The total loss Of life will never be definitely
| known There were scattered through inc WOODS
settlers clearlngs and lumber camps. with their
watchmen. and many people were undoubtedly
burned whose bodcs were completely destroyed
| and will never be found
MINIsTERING TO THE INJURED.
The scenes In and around Pine City are heart
| breaking. Ever conceivable place Is an ifHPro-
v!sed hospital, including the rink. where from
two f. three hundred persons are lying on mat
tresses. blankets and piles OF straw, suffering
exc-uclating pain Everything that can be done
TO alleviate their suffering Is being done by men
and women volunteers In little frame shanty
|
people huddled together They had fought their
| way through smoke and flames from sand
| stone the little village six miles north OF Hihok
| Icy ON the Eastern Minnesota division OF the
| Great Northern. They say the town was com
| pletcly swept of the earth. Not vestige or
| house IL standing to show where the town once
| stood August Xulengen. a missionary at Hinck
| ley placed the dead al Hincklcy between six ana
| seven hundred Charles Anderson. cashier OF the
| bank there with hif mother and two sisters
was burned to death. Everything at M, h%.n
| Creek was burned to the ground except one mousse
| belonging 10 Laird & Boyd force OF carpeh-
! ,ers with lumber and tools lett here today TO
| bury the dead at Hincke!. Two hundred ana
Grty bodies were loaded on wagons ana taken 10
the cemetery and buried. ten or fifteen In grave
as it Is impossible 10 identify them.
| Pine CITY has been but little injured In prop
| erty but some who left he"e TO fight the fire at
| Hinckley and other places lost their lives
| Some pitiful scenes are witnessed In the I'M
| provlscd hospitals here
| Ncls Frlesk Of Hlnck.y has both eyes burned
| out. apparently and both hands burned; lost all
| his family Of four.
| Mrs NJ f.. Greenfield 81 Sandstone Junction.
| eyes and both limbs burned. Her husband was
| present In the hospital He Informed reporter
| that five Of his children were burned to death
| himself wife and one son were Lying The
| fire did not run on me-. he SAID. Il saw IL
| coming and had backfired all around my house
| and thought | was safe. but the sparks came
| on me from above and have lost everything
| NV God" he moaned. ITS terrible. TERRIBLE!
| He stated that when n left his homo with his
wife and ono child there were seven children
| three men and three women lying dead at Sand
| stone.
| Mrs Olson, Of IIinckley. had both eyes burned
| and is probably blinded She lost her husband
| and three children. S.rOn Olson, OF Hinckley,
whose eyes were slightly burned. saved his fam
| ily by getting them In tn river His wifes face
| and eyes were burned. and she Is in the hos
| pital. Emma Hammond. who had been working