Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-03
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to points on the northern division Of the
Omaha road haS been down since last
night. and information Of the situation up
north Is lacking,, The last train from the
Forth on the Omaha railroad reached here
at O'Clock Saturday afternoon. and no
trains have gone out or in since, except q
wreching train. sent from Eau Clair early
this morning. Railroad men say the whole
region to Cartwright. to Bashaw and Hau-
gen has been on fire since Saturday after
noon. Bridges are burned and wires down,
and no one knows when trains will run.
Many people here ere alarmed Tor the
safety of their friends and relatives who
are blockaded at northern points.
The Omaha train arriving here at
o'clock yesterday afternoon. which came
through Bashaw took twelve men, women
and children from the burned village to
Rice Lake. the conductor backing the train
to get the refugees, after he had run
through without stopping.
The Northwestern Lumber Company has
reports Of fresh breaking out Of fires along
the Eau Claire river. One Of the companies
said that they already had 5O.OO0.OO0 feet Of
pine burned on the Eau Claire, and did not
believe that there would be a green tree left
when rain comes. One Of the Eau Claire
ON ners Of the Barronette Lumber Compa-
ny's plant says the loss there is $25O.O0O.
A special from Cadotte says the village IL
surrounded by IRE.
-. Fire Under Control at Milaca.
MLACA. MIMI. Sept 3.-Threatened
danger to this town Of complete destruction
by savage forest fires which ragged on Sat
urday md Sunday Is over and the fire COM
pletsly under control. While no lives are
known to be lost here. the loss of property
Is very heavy. Many farmers are left with
out even enough to cook q meal. losing
buildings. live stock and everything sltck
and clean, with no insurance whatever.
The Milaca Lumber Company lost 100000
feet OF hard-w God logs and its upper dam
on the Rum river. A special train, which
reached here from st. Cloud shortly before
] O'Clock last evening. headed for Hinckley.
It IL reported here that q fierce fire Is rag
ing for miles east and the train may get no
fs rther than that.
Only One Building Left.
SPOONER. Wis. Sept. 3.-The destruction
OF Barronette was complete. One lone
building is left of city Of 100 inhabitants.
One man was burned. The total loss Ia a
quarter Of a million. Shell Lake has 50
dwellings burned. with a total loss Of $75.-
600. Three hundred and sixty people arc
homeless aid many are without a dollar Of
insurance. Deeds of heroism are plentiful
One widow dragged her typhoid sick son
there protected him from the flames. while
the rest Of the Inhabitants fed In terror.
The fires are now under control in this vi
clnity.
AFTER THE DISASTER.
Dull, LOthargic Grief Successds the
Excftement.
PINE CITY. MIMI, September 3-After
the deluge. what a reaction has come at
Hinckley! The excitement which has
buoyed up 80 many of the survivors. even
In the face Of thsl faSt that so many rela-
tives and friends had persisted in the fiery
Hood, has passed 4wHy. and dull, lethargic
grief has taken FITS place. The uninjured
refugees at Pine 'Cify -and there are sew
eral hundred Of them-are standing about
the street corners, ins little knots and dis
cussing the incidents tof the catastrophe in
aw e-struck tones, Tie probable death of
this one or this fayniIy. and the news of the
escape OF another, Nho was at first sup
posed to have persisted. are all discussed
with the same bennmbed air. expressing
neither sorrow nor despair In the one case
or elation and joy, in the other.
Relief for the Destitute.
The arrangements Tor the relief Of the
destitute further mp the line, where hun
dreds Of men. women and children were
not only homeless. but, absolutely without
scrap of food OF bsadng or extra cloth
Ing. were taken up where they were drop
ped at midnight The appointed commit
tees met and got their work well In hand.
Before o'clock In the morning the con-
struction train, loaded with bridge material
for the repair of the bridge across the
9rindstons river at Hinckley. cana up
from Rush City. A couple hundred loaves
OF bread and other light provisions were
placed on board. in charge Of Judge ]. c.
Nethaway of saltwater. and presented to
the relief committee party Of labor
c-s to dig graves and inter the bodies was
collected Cd inc
burned country.
AT Hinckley the provisions were loaded on
to a handear manned by Judge Nethaway
and a volunteer crew, and a start was made
across the shaky bridge to Miller, nine
miles further north. where there are re-
ported dozen or more dead. and three
tines as many hungry and homeless.
From Miller they expect to work east to
Sandstone, about i've miles across the coun-
try. on the Eastern Minnesota railroad
where there are between forty-five and fifty
dead and couple Of hundred living who
were saved in Kettle river and in the great
sandstone quarries. About IL o'clock the
bridge was sufficiently repaired to admit the
passage Of a train and an engine freight
food and a meager store Of collins in charge
of Undertaken O'Halleran of st. Paul, was
sent north.
Little Change at Hinckley.
In Hinckley the visible situation had not
materially changed or improved over night
no tnlTty OF IOTty cASketS ana boxes with
their gruesome contents still lay ALONGSIDE
the track. here they were placed last
night. No attempt had been made to dress
or embalm. and they were already growing
very offensive.
At the Cemetery.
Out In the little cemetery, a mile east of
town, was a scene " hich words are power
less to describe. At best the little spot
would be as dreary as could we'll be mag
ined. 1t Is on top of O rough sandy knoll.
where nature Is seen at her worst, and alb
solutely no attempt toward artificial embel-
lishment has ever been made. There were
only q few little sandy unsodded mounds
before. Now, with the blackened, fire.
SCARED stumps and fallen trunks of trees
all about. 1t presented an appearance of
desolation hard to describe. But in the
center Of the opening was the crowning
horror In an indiscriminate heap lay morS
than ninety corpses, men, women and little
children. some burned to a crisp; others
only Drowned by the heat, and none with a
fragment Of clothing larger than a mans
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