The evening world., 1894-07-28
FOREST FIRES RAGE.
Whole Villages Swept Away in
the Great Northwest.
People Of Phillips. Wis.,, Fugitiyes
from the Flames.
Men, Women and Children Hedeed
by Fire at Poweu's Mills.

,By Associs q pr.ssD
MILWAUKEE,. July pa special from
! Phillips Wis. says three thousand peO-
pie nave been male homeless there by
the forest nres. not a building is left
sanding In the town. and property val
ued AT from 81 5000 - t2.rpDp has been
swept away
All day yesterday the flames sur.
rounded the village Hundreds OF men
bdttlei with the f!e but without sue
cess. The pine forests were as dry as
parchment, and the flames leaped from
tree to tree with such rapidity that the
air seemed on fire. The baking soil
sent UP a gas that tgn!ted. and the
atmosphere Itself seemed to blaze
When the fire reached the city u
swept from house 10 house, and IN an
( hour had wrapped the entire village in
flames The people fed to the railway,
where trains we're standing. and they
/ we're hastily conveyed to neighboring
| towns. Nothing but few personal
effects were saved, There are rImor-
| o. losses OF life. but in the confusion
/ they cannot be confirmed.
Families are SEPARATED, some members
| having been taken to one place and
others to another, and II Is impossible
to learn whether or not all have es-
/ capped
The heaviest losses BY the fire are
those those Of ths John X Davis Lgmher
tanner. $40, 60.
a despatch from Chiffon. Wis, says
nine buildings were con7umed by fre
az Hilbert this morning The wind vas
town was threatened with destruction.
4 fire steamer and company from chill
ton Rs TGndsy:d asi Wi. ruv m-rora.,
nres are producing great suffering and
loss throughout this vicinity, and rail-
road compan es have never before eX-
perienced such damage from fires. on
the Wisconsin Central road it is i'm
possible to move trains.
Phillips. the headquarters OF John r.
Davis Lumber Company. a manufacture
| Ing town Of 700 people. If totally de-
stroyed by fire, and only few buildings
! remain standing.
from Phillips were reported in the " God:
| here without shelter.
Communication with, Fifeld Is now
; shu. on: and IT. is feared that that
line the fires are raging with terrible
ierceness.
shores Crossing, a little village eight
miles west OF Ashland. was destroyed
and the homeless families were brought
to Ashland
Mason; a small town south on the
t.rday. The White River Lumber Com
rdny's mill. with 100000 feet Of lumber
in the wards, WIS destroyed. and the
| latest report received here said the en-
tire town was threatened. Railroad off,
Gals say the loss at Mason is fully a
, MILLION iollars.
MEDFpRr WI, J4nIy What is
west OF here. sent word yesterday. ask
Ing for assistance on account OF forest
fires. The hand engine Was despatc ned
at once with teams and one hundred
men went to the rescue. and arrived
| none too soon To save the mill and resi-
dences for the time being.
| Small farmers in the vicinity moved
their families ana what little they could
gather on a wagon to the mill site.
For two hours during the afternoon l5i
| men, women and children were confined
on I'VE acres Of ground surrounded by
one -eethtng mass OF flames
kALSo, Wash: July $-The losses
fires raging throughout the mountains
o. this section aggregate about sl2j, 100
The people Of the slocum. district are
left, destitute and without shelter OF
but 1t is feared there Will be great suf
fering before II pushes its way through
the burning forest
Il-faied towns for several days bu
about noon Yesterday roaring gale
swept down the mountain, lifting higt
in the air tops and limbs OF burnins
trees and carrying them long distance.
as brands to start new fires in a thou
sand different places.
. Almost lNSlbNltNtJlslN Il dozen UFrl
we're raging IN Three Forks. The terror
stricken people had u fee for their lives
leaving everything behind them. A
Beas Lake Mr.. Mahoney. who ran
hotel, with his wife and two small chill
, iren waded out into the water Of tn
. lake and remained there for hours
1T Il almost certain that number o
lives have been lost among the prospec
, tors
The to'al loss at Three Forks l. anOu
. $500, ~ Watson, about 5000, at Bea
lie ke. SIS, 80
II u feared that Callahan. the tele
sT5ph operator a. Watson, and Fran!
Price who Was on the north fork o
Carpenter Creek. have perIshed Tn
/ line Of the mr.. Is TWENTY-FIVE miles long
ana the damage 10 valuable timber |
. eI Crmous
Buildings AT the Tam o'Shanter min
and the Blue Bell mine were burned
Al Kalso alarm is felt for the safety o
, the town. A big tire has been burn!n
y on the lake shore within a quarter 0
i a mile of the town.