The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-05


two hours before was as still as grave.
/ walked toward the river shivering
with fear. On the way | counted bodies,
bodies, more than hfty OF them. l
climed down the river bank and there
crouched In the water found the peo-
pie, During the passage Of the fire
women had hold their screaming child
rem In the water and had stood mouth
deep In IL themselves. Several. 1t .is re-
ported, have been found In wells In the
neighborhood Of Sandstone. dead. AS
was tho case at the Pestigo forest fire In
Michigan twenty-five years ago. tho
wells were sufoCating spota and werc q
dismal refuge"
RELIEF NEAsuREs.
So thoroughly have all the arrange
ments been madc for herolief Of the
sufferers around Hinckly that every
thing moves along without any hitch,
and the day here was comparatively
quiet, although all arc busy and the
wants OF every one have been! well
cared for.
Every hall aud public building Of any
sort was used as o hospital, aud the
people Joined In nursing, knowing no
such thing as weariness In their eager
desire to relieve the suffering and sur
yiying. One OF the greatest troubles
has been with tho eyes, the smoke hav-
Ing almost blinded many Of the people,
and burns were much less frequently
met with. The heatwas 40 intense that
the eye balls. never shrivelied, and
nearly every person that passed through
the fire ia wearing smoked glasses or
else Is unable to sec at all.
MARTYR TO DUTY.
Thomas Dunn and a family Of three
others were buried to-day. Thomas
Dunn was 20 years old. He was tho
heroic telegraph operator who lost his
life because he remained at his post un-
til the station was on fire. 1t was his
order upon which tho train returned to
take aboard those who wanted to escape
tho hames. lie put his order through.
The train returned and carried away
over three hundred people from the fire:
He then jumped from window and
started for the gravel pit, where so
many saved their lives. Dunn was
within five rods Of the gravel pit, when
he fell and he was unable 70 got further.
His dead body was found almost on tho
edge OF the safo rotreas lie was well
liked By the railroad mon, and had a
large circle OF acquaintances in Hinck'
ley and other points.
-, II ta.,a n - ~ MI h inh hAh nfafkhN
almost every move ut Hinckley yestef'
day gavo way to bustltng activity to.
day. The early trims brought up men
who came to work and die, not to aban-
don themselves to tho qualification ot a
morbid curiosity. as did so many who
were brought up yesterday which was
perhaps not unnatural but under tho
circumstances entirely inexcusable. At
nm early hour force OF men was started
out 10 tho cemetery to complete the in'
terment. There had been lett above
ground last night 81 bodies In boxes,
and at daylight parties were detailed
ont after others that had been located.
TIE DEAD.
This abou. completes tho number
from the right Of way to q point six
miles out and rolls up q total OF be-
twcon fifsy aud sixty.
There is n prospect now that the
number of dead which have been OF
will bo brought into Hinckley, aud
which has hitherto beon conserVativeIy
estimatcd at about 200. will pass that
G1rra Tho number of bodies now nc.
counted for reaches about that total.
and. II necessary. others will be brought
in or buried in tho vicinity. II ia prob
ablc that tho number may reach 2oO.
J. D. Markham. Of Rush City, who
owned the town sto, knows that there
were ll3 scttlers at or near that point
Yesterdays reports show ~ oi the
number to bo doad. To-day rumor mas
Il Increased to between 90 and Bn
Tho death roll at sandstone has
probably reached its limit, and presents
nm awful total OF OF. This.i not IN cs'
timato nor q guess, but an accurate
count OF the bodies intorrcd. .
Many OF those who wero burned
were caught on their way to refuge and
others woro caught in the village
''S In one wolI four poraoua died dOnth
that must haVo boon mixture o'
drowning, suiFocation and burning
To-day tho well was utilized 40 grave
and nino othor bodies worc placed IN II
and Nil covered with earsh. i,
Tho country west Is heavily wooded,
with worry few clonrings aud little water.
No report whatovor has boon heard
from The settlers, aud It Is feared that
all have perished.
Following isn summary OF the dead
90 far as found: ,,-,. m,
Buried at IIincklcy and vicinity. 22b
at Sandstone, CT; at Pokogama. 2oi q
Miller, i2; estimate Of dead not found
4 mass Of estimates aro boinR made
bnt there is no foundation for them
There woro undoubtedly Setslcrs alIo
mon In tho lumber camps who have moi
vet been discovered. 4 search for tlloH
viii bo prosecuted with vigor and they
viii be buried where they lie. Thero II