New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-03

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! St Cloud Mimi. Sept. 1.-The first report OF the
terrible loss 81 life at Hlnckey received
here early this morning from Pine City. mes
SAGE 10 the Great Northern officials here said
that Uincklev had been burned. the Great North
! ern rondhouse being the only building left. and
, that thirty lives had been lost. At noon second
telegram placed the dead at nearly 200 and word
was also received TO be prepared to render assist
anre The Great Northern Is doing all In It's
power To reach the fre-str'cken town. Ever
since yesterday afternoon work trains have been
engaged In rebuilding burned bridges All the
men that can be used are being rushed TO the
front Three large bridges are down
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. Sept. 1.-The first train
over the St Paul and Duluth road direct from
the scene Of the great fire reached Minneapolis
at l245 this afternoon There were about
dozen persons on board. including Mrs. Law
renee the only one ~ 'he passengers on the
Limited, which start vi on Saturday afternoon
from Duluth who has yet reached Minneapolis
The other passengers were those who went up
on the Limited yesterday afternoon from TINS
end Of the line and finding that they could go
! no further they stopped at Pine City ana re-
turned to Minneapolis on the first train
Mrs. Lawrence says the first evidence OF the
Hinckley when the air became almost suffo-
eating One mile north Of Hinckey number
~ pcrsons-Mrs Lawrence estimates the number
at nfty-rished toward the train screaming fran
tically The engineer. seeing the danger they
were In II they remained stopped the train to LEI
them aboard The heat became intense ana
the whole volcano Of fire seemed to burst out IN
n mighty effort tc wipe the train and Its occu-
| pants Off the face the earth. Mrs. Lawrence
! describing the scene said:
AT tho first rush of the flames toward the
cars the window panes went out with a crash
and the train begar slowly TO return toward
| Skunk Lake. People screamed and men Jumped
through the car windows. The wild panic was
horrible There was no humanity in 1t. Every
fear-crazed person wa for himself and they did
not care how they &C. out of the swirling rush
ing avalanche Of f. me Ny dress caught fire.
but extinguishe,: the flames.
TWO CHINAMEN PERISH
81 saw two Cinnamon. | remember the
scene as II before me. They were paralyzed by
! fright and made no effort To get away, but simply
! hil their heads under the seats and were burned
10 death | stood 1t as long as | could. and then
I rushed out II the car. jumping over one or two
persons that were lying on the ground injured
| Some Il the people jumped into skunk Lake. but
simply ran along the ties. The fire had burned
away. and after running until my strength gave
out | Yell down between the rails I expected
every minute that my dress would be burned
from my body. put cut flames on my dress half
a dozen times and had to hold my hands over
IN. baby's face in order to keep IT from suTocat-
| ing"
THIS morning Mrs. Lawrence WAS picked mp in
the mid he Of the track about two miles north of
| Hincklcy by relief party from Duluth. which
made the trip On "A handcar.
The site 81 fIinckley. says Mrs. Lawrence. Is
| nothing but blackenci waste. with the bodies
Of dead and injured persons lying everywher-
There were fully l25 persons aboard the limited.
| but only two were burned outright. These were
| the Cinnamon mentioned About a dozen persons.
| according 10 her story were injured in the pare
| which resulted when the people tried 10 escaTc
| from the car some rushed T. the platforms and
! iuml-. III while the train was moving. while
others fought their way through the struggling.
| frantic mass Of passengers in an effort 10 get
away fron tho scene. In this way many persons
suffered severe Injuries. such az broken bones and
| limbs
| Mavor Fustis received telegram from clti-
zens committee at Rush city Mimi. this after
| noon stating that $50 lives had beer lost AZ
| Uincklev and the situation was horrifying
| carload ~ provisions procured. but no en-
CINE could b. secured to take It to the sufferer
| II will 70 out In the morning. however. and to-
| morrow meetings ~ the business men ~ Mime
apois and -. Paul will be held t. provide r"h"f
| \ story was circulated this afternoon that J.
NJ Root. the engineer on the Inflated limited, had
died from his wounds. This story was denied by
| The officials Of tn. road who reported that Root
| would recover report also reached this ct;y
late this afternoon that Sullivan. the conductor
II the limited u which Root was the engineer
had reached Duluth. His home Is IN TINS city.
! II was reported that ne had gone crazy from the
effects OF the intense heat and 1t is doubtful
| whether he will ever recover
| Duluth Mimi Sept THE relief train which
wa. sent from here last night on she ~. faui
| and Duluth road io succ1r and save the victims
| Of the forest conilagratonS between ths ci'y ana
! What was the town ~ Hinckey returned at 1880
O'Clock this afternoon. The party counted me
| charrcd and half-burned bodies Of seVen.y-nve
dead people along the railroad tracks the doc,
tors who accompanied the relief party estimated
the total number Of dead TO be 400 10 800 The
refugees from Sandstone, another town which
was wiped out 81 existence caught the relief
| train at Rutl.dge. on their way across the
country they counted the corpses of sixty victims
OF the devastating fires.
EXTENT OF THE FIRE-swEPT REGION.
Other towns which fell prey to the dcvourng
| flames were Mission Creek Cromwell. Shell Lake.
Miller and Baronctte. The flre-swept region which
suffered the worst is embraced In the Minnesota
| counties Of Pine md Kenneoec. and burnett Cour-
| Is, Wis The Inflated limited train which passed
| through such fiery ordeal At Hinckley and dur
Ing the flying retreat To skunk Lake. arrived mere
| nj o o'clock Tonight bearing GOO refugees, many
| OF whom were suffering from the effects OF their
syperiences Another relief train left this city
for the blackened waste at ) o'clock this morn
| ing The two trains returned TO this city bearing
| 500 living victims Of the tr1- T.2y were housed
| I'm empty buildings and fed by the citizens. An
thor r.ti. RI semi I'LL
| Minnesota road and brought In several hundred
| survivors. 80
Cumberland. Wis, Sept. 2.-Baronette with 800
| population, eight miles north of this city and
| Granite Lake a small town four miles north of
here were completely wiped out Of existence last
| night. The people barely escaped with their
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