Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-05
day. but Great Northern through trains
will not be running for some time.
Dead In Minnesota.

day, out drcat northern tnrohsh treihs
will not be running for some time.
Dead In Minnesota.
PINE CITY, MINI, September 1.-The
General Executive Committee, in charge
of the relief work In this section. has made
report OF the dead bodies recovered,
thus far. 81 follows: Hinckley. 27l; Sand
stone. n. Miller ioften called Sandstone
Junction.. Is: between Skunk Lake ana
Miller. u; Pokegaina. rs; in lumber-camps'
20. Total. $50.
Ghouls are at work In the vicinity OF
Sandstone. To-day n party from Duiuth'
under James Bailey. came down To heip
bury the dead, and while searching around
at noon came upon gang VINO mao
broken open and riied some safes, anu
when Bailey and party met them tneS
had Just found cistern. from winch
they had hauled fifteen dead bodies, ana
had robbed them OF Jewelry' rihss'
trinklets etc. and were throwing vi,
bodies back into the we'll Bailey ana
party were unarmed. and the ghouls tooh
to their heels. and escaped
SEEN FOUR HOURS.
The fire was seen by the Sandstone peo-
ple four hours before IL struck the town
and everything was packed up In readi-
ness 20 move to Kettle river, east OF lhe
village Before any one was aware OF
the real danger. the fire came upon the
town from the north. east. ana west an"
fired the whole inside OF ten minutes
Many were unable to reach the river ana
died In the streets. A blacksmith Durheu
TO n crisp in his shop. where ne was
shoeing n horse. So sudden waH the nIe
not a thing was saved. and In thirty
minutes the whole town was swept oii
the earth.
Dead animals and human beings are
everywhere, and they are burned where
ever found In one old well was FOUND
u snakes and ~ or 30 field mice. all to-
gether, alive. There were many peculiar
features OF the FIRE In one place, whcre
all else was burned and blachened' All
around we found wagon with the nay
intact while the horses were dead. IheIe
is yet 10 be closed up on the Minnesota
a gap Of twelve miles between Hinckley
and Duluth, eight miles Of when are pe>
tween Hinckley and Sandstone.
A LIVE BOY IN \ WE'LL
Judge Nethaway. OF saltwater. found
the family OF Jack Robinson man. wile'
and seven children all dead and hardly
recognizable. and also found !. O. K"W.
ley. passenger agent OF the Duluth ana
Winnipeg. Seven miles northwest OF
Hinckley to-day he came 10 a spot where
"a farm mouse HNu FtOu'4 III AANh' W.
"A well. and over 10 the left could be
seen five human bodies and bodies OF
several animals. Judge Nethaway went
at once TO the well TO see II any one was
there. and found down in the bottom a
little 12-year-old boy I'm elsnt inches
Of water. who had lived there since sat
urday with nothing TO eat
Heavy Lumber Losses.
DETROIT. MICH, September IDS
patches from the upper peninsula snow
that the rainfall in that region yesterday
and last night has cffcctualN pat stop
70 the forcs, fires. and Will be- the means
Of saving millions of feet of pine and lots
OF homesteaders crops and houses. The
damage already done. how yer. IS I'M
mense. and in many localities total loss
can only be avoided by the immediate
cutting Of timber. There Is considerable
evidence that many OF the fires are OF
incendiary origin. having been set by
men who knew that the scorched pine
would have TO be cut at once. thus CIV
ing them work.
The fires will also force into the mar
ket much pine that was held by non
logging capitalists for the purpose Of
speculation. At any rate, hundreds Of
men will be given immediate employ
standing pine in Ontanogon county is
burned This is fully 500,00O,00 feet. The
Nestes estate has lost 100000; Trout
Creek Lumber Company, 2o,0O0ooO. and the
Diamond Match Company, 100000 The
balance of the burned territory there Is
owned by homesteaders at Paynesy1lle
and Bruce's Crossing.
Many cattle and horses were burned
but no human lives were lost, though
there have been many perilous situations
and narrow escapes. The railroads have
large gangs at work. repairing road-beds
and bridges. and are rapidly getting in
shape TO resume traffic
Serious Loss In Iowa.
MASON CITY, IOWA, September A.
The town Of DAVIS. with "A population OF
/. 600. in Wright county, was nearly wiped
out of existence by fire last night. Only
two business buildings remain. and
goodly portion Of the residences were also
Iowa Falls and Clarion fire
responded on calls for help.
but they were powerless Losses will reach
nearly 10000.