The Irish standard., 1894-08-04

A F1R Z T IjRNACE.

A FER Z + URN ACE
Re sisaess Sweep OF Fore st Fire
In Northern Wisconsin.
4 Bostload Of Residents Of Phillip
!, Drowned While Trying to Esoeps
/ from the Burning Town-Fif-
teen Lives Lost.
I STORY OF THE DISASTER.
| ASHLAND, Wis, July s0.- Loss q
property approximating $s,ooo,o 900 and
!. heavy loss of life, the extent not yet
known. though at least fifteen persons
met death at Phillips Friday, is the
record of the forest fires which have
swept northern Wisconsin. It is al
most certainty that some Of the lone
homesteaders scattered throughout
the burning timber have persisted IN
the flames unless they have in some
marvellous way escaped the suffocat;na
flames and smoke.
The Dead.
! Those known to be dead are: Mrs.
David Dryden, two children of Mrs.
Dryden, Frank Cliss, three Cliss chill
dren. James Locke, Mrs James Locke,
hve Locke children, unknown woman,
body found in the ruins of F. w. Sack
ett's residence.
, Estimate of Property Losses.
The losses now seem to be:
The city of Phillips entirely wiped out.
The city of Mason practically destroyed. with
White River. Lumber company and 80, 900 600
feet OF lumber.
Headquarters of the Ashland Lumber COM
pany near Shores Crossing entirely wiped out
Special train of the Chicago. ST. Paul. Min
neapolis & Omaha, consisting of sixteen cars
and locomotive, all burned; broke through
burning bridge near Ashland Junction
Camps OF Thompson Lumber company
burned at White River.
Two bridges on Wisconsin Central railroad,
one near Chelsea. another near Phillips, both
on main line south Of Ashland
These are the estimated losses, spe-
cifcally, SO far as known:
LUMBER plants ....$l 0000O
Phillips residents. $50 600
Mason ........... Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Thompson Lumber company, of Wash
Ashland Lumber company .......... 5000
Shores Crossing residents. ............. 1900
Two bridges c., ST. p; M & 0. rail- 1900
Two bridges wisconsin Central 1900. 1900
Homesteaders. Observation-Disclosures. 25O,0O0
The Disaster at Phillips.
PHILLIPS, Wis, July 31.-Not since
the terrible forest fires destroyed
Peshtigo has any hing occurred which
will compare with the scene ST ruin
here. Out OF town Of 700 buildings
7oft ST
It is not yet known how many of the
5000 inhabitants of the town perished.
Aid Arrives.
A committee of citizens from Ash
land arrived with special train of
provisions Saturday night at o'clock.
1t was the first material relief to ar
rive and it arrived just in time to keep
the people from actual suffering for
want of food. The provisions were
given out in small quantities, so as to
make them last as long as possible and
keep something available until other
provisions arrive
More Loss OF Life Feared
The entire northern part of the state
is sea of flame. The country is
dotted with the homes Of farmers and
homesteaders and with lumber camps.
There is no doubt that hundreds Of
these buildings have been burned,
while the fate of the people is in doubt.
1t is probable thatmany of them have
lost their lives.
Marshes Ablaze.
A special from Stevens Point. Wis,
says the continuous dry weather has
resulted in a number of forest fires
north and west of there. Fires are now
in the marshes within or miles west
of the city, but by good work done on
the part of the settlers very lit
tie damage has been done. The
hay crop is nearly all cut and
stacked upon the marshes, and
thousands of tons will be destroyed.
Desert Their Farms.
PRENTICE, Wis, July 31.-There is no
sign of abatement in the forest fires
which are raging around this city.
The farmers from the country to the
west bring in reports of fires in their
part of the country snd to the south.
The wind was not strong, but the fires
fast and at II O'clock they
were dangerously near the city, but
they were kept off by gangs of fight
ers who worked persistently. Some Of
the farmers west of here have moved
their families into this city.
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To Meet Pension Claims.
WASHINGTON, July 3o.-Acting Sec
retary of the Interior Sims has issued
= requisition on the secretary Of the
treasury for $12,526, 600, to be used in
the quarterly payment of pensions to
agencies, as follows: New York city,
81 ,775, 700; Philadelphia, $1,95o, 900; In
lianapolis, $4,000, 900; Topeka, Kan,
&, SOC, 200; Knoxville, $l,7O0, 900; and
louisville, 81, 600, 900. |
Sunk the Schooner.
DETROIT, Mich, July S1.-The whale
pack steamer, Pathfinder, ran down
;he schooner, Glad Tidings, on Detroit
liver between Nanny Judy and
Grassy Island lights and Capt. Michael