Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-09-06
T FOREST FIRES.
Ravages Michigan and Wisconsin.

KaVageS Michigan and Wisconsin.
IRoNwooD, MICH, September
3.-Trelnendous forest fires are
prevailing throughout the upper
peninsular of Michigan and
Northern Wisconsin. The els
trict between Watersmeet and
Bessemer, over fifty miles, is a
mass of seething flames and
homesteaders r making des-
perate efforts to escape. Goge-
bic has been destroyed and it is
expected that Wakefield will ex-
|perience a similar fate. Iron
wood, Bessemer, Hurley and
Saxon are surrounded by fires.
There is very little water and
thousands Of men are out with
picks and shovels and succeed in
keeping the flames back only by
throwing dirt upon the burning
stumps and brush.
HINCKLEY, MINI. September
"a general rain is falling to-
day and quenching the burning
embers of the immense forest
fires that did SO much damage in
this city Saturday afternoon and
night. The blackened ruins of
two or three brick buildings is
all that remains standing of the
once-proSperous town of Hinck-
ley with 1, 700 people and its busy
railroad and numbering interests.
This is to-day a place of mourn
ing and the burial of the charred
and unrecognizable bodies of the
hundreds of victims has saddened
the survivors even more than the
disaster itself. The fire was so
Overwhelming in it's immensity
that none could in the first terror
lOf the moment realize how great
was their loss, Each was so in
tent on saving his own life that
little thought was given to the
disaster in general by most, al
though many cases of heroism
have been reported. The bodies
thus far recovered have been
placed in rough pine boxes for
burial, and the majority of them
have been buried without there
being any knowledge of their
identify.
lsHPENING, MICH, September
gravity of the situation
from the forest fires continues to
increase every hour. The long
continued drought displays no
lsigns Of abatement. while every
mOrass adjacent to the city is
aglow with flame. A dense cloud
Iof smoke envelops the country
for many miles. obstructing bust
ness and offering constant men
lace to travel. Dust and ashes
are falling in showers. The vol
unteer fire brigade is divided into
convenient squads, which are
dOing effective work. The dis
trict lying between the Bradford
farm and the Dead river to the
north is a vast fen filled with un-
derbrush and is now a lake of
tire. The same is true of the
course of the Cairo river. Con
sternation prevails at the Sails
bury location to the South. The
force on special duty there is Of
fering a stubborn resistance and
Fmay yet save part of the suburb
from total destruction. Sagota
land Fleetwood, on the Milwaukee
is Northern Railroad, are being
hourly threatened, as are also
Even and neighboring towns on
the Duluth extension of the
duluth. South Shore & Atlantic
Railway.
Much credit is due to the rail
road for it's service to the suffer
ing. Box cars are furnished and
into them the household goods
lof the homeless are being taken.
No one is yet reported missing
from Ishpening but the rapid APP.
proach of the destructive element
and the infammable condition OF
vegetation covering the imme
Idiate surrounding, together with
la vitiated atmosphere and a tenn.
perature registering at blood
heat auses the most profound
solicitude.