The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-04


Henry Hanson.
Emily Anderson,
Nels Robertson, wife and two children.
Mary Robinson.
Otto ROwley of Duluth.
Israel Sehurmsk of Chicago.
E. Rcketson of Minneapolis.
David Kane of Rock Creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Best.
George Best, aged 25.
Fred Best, aged %.
Will Best, aged q.
Bertha Best, aged II.
Victor Best. aged 8.
Mrs. Anthony Weigel.
Minnie Weigel, aged 8.
Miss Annie Truttman of Diamond Bluff.
Wis, aged %.
DR.. Kelley of New Brighton.
Nj. K. Lamberson.
William Nesbts.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Burke and two chill
dren.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds and two children.
Jim Bean.
Hans Mattison.
Sandy Henderson of Pine City.
John Henderson of Pine City.
Thomas Jones.
Charles Hanson.
Dennis Riley.
John Anderson, wife and two children.
Peter Robertson.
Louis Nelson.
Emma Dolan.
Belle O'Brien.
Annie Wallace.
Mrs. Costig and three children.
William Pinnor,
Patrick Murphy.
Henry Hoffman and wife of Sandstone.
mrs. John Mcnamara and one child.
William SchammeI
ardmaster Dave Williams of DuIutb
has proved himself hero. He is the man
who grasped the situation, acted on bis
knowledge and promptly relieved the
people of Sandstone. He received a mes.
sage from Miller last night which said.
There are $50 people at Sandstone witbou,
food or shelter. For Gods sake, get them ont
of there.
Within an incredible short time an
engine IN charge of Yardmaster Williams
was on the way to Sandstone. The entire
road after the burned district was reached
was patrolIed and the engine kept up a
continual whistling 80 that any persons
who might be near would come at once to
the track.
When the train arrived at Sandstone
junction. or Miller, as it is generally
called. it was met by nearly the entire
population of Sandstone and Miller. Tho
depot platform at Miller had been burned
and there was not house left standing
anywhere in view. About ITO people were
taken on board. and a message was sent IN
Sandstone, which Informed the people of
the arrival of the relief. Verv few re-.
mained. and they were those with loved
ones lying dead. No one was burned
seriously who was not fatally injured.
There was no attempt to care fol the
dead. who were scattered through the
streets of the town. Everything inflam.
mable at Sandstone was destroyed, and to-
days investigation brought the number of
the dead at that place up to sixty-two.
with twenty-one people missing. Mr.
Webster. the father of Mayor Lee Web
ster of this town, was among the dead
and this afternoon Mr.. Webster went to
Sandstone to bury his father and mother
The scene at Sandstone as descr ibed by
Mr.. Webster was heart-rending. - The
streets of the town were only lines of sand
between heaps of ashes. Within these
lines lay forty bodies scattered at random.
and twenty-five more were found after
ward in the outskirts of the town and
along the hollows and marshes toward the
river bank. The bodies were living ex-
posed to the sun and rain alike and were
rapidly decomposing. They were identi-
fed as far as possible and will be buried
tomorrow. The Duluth people are look
ing after the care and the relief of the
people on the line north of Rinckley.
They are doing their work we'll and will
see that no one Of the living is allowed to
suffer for food or clothing.
One OF the marvellous circumstances of
the disaster is the escape of so many cattle
and horses. Many were absolutely un-
scathed. though no one can tell now they
escaped the ordeal of fire. Others were
pitifully burned and steps are already be-
ing taken to put them out of their misery.
A squad of miliiiamen went out and killed
an OK this afternoon. The animals were
without food until late this afternoon,
when the relief train brought up some
hay. The cows were in great suffering.
not having been milked for two days.
Tomorrow morning the carcasses of the
dead animals. which are becoming very
offensive, will be put out of the way by
burial or burning.
In the afternoon following the rain
strong breeze swept up from the south,
and the flames, which has been quen ched
to smoldering ashes by the showers, were
again famed to blaze and hundreds of
columns of smoke began to ascend from
the woods. The fire will not be out for
many days unless there are heavy rains,
but there is no danger, as the underbrush h
is burned out clean ana there is no posi-
bility or any spread. The intensity and
Instability of the fire can be seen from
the fact that corduroy fills. where the logs
were buried under several feet of earth.
are entirely burned out, the fire eating its