The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-03

Lev. on the 81. Cso1d brznca. Vas wipsd
oat a. csssn ss the othsr towns IL 10
said abons swsnty liTss we're losf o. tnas
point
"a. nan. Of Enxsnser jim Root. THE
hero Of the Dusuth limited, 10 blessed On
ell sides. and Hlnexisy people say that ns
shau wsar diamonds as long ss they i've.
Peg Sullivan. the conc actor Of the
train. has temporariiy Lest his res
son aud vas taken back 70
Dusush. He rendered noble ssrvioe
in disen barking The passenger. throwing
one little girl throaEh tbs car window.
He rouses st Intervals TO say. j threE tue
little girl through tie window. Did 90
righff Does any one blame met and
then relapses into m eonsc8o1sness-
There 10 little probability OF HIDexisy
ever being rebulls 20 fts former prosperous
rropsr.ions. The Brennan Lamoer Iofn-
rang 10 NOS expected 70 rebuild tie paaas
aud without this enterprise there Is no
future for HlnekIey except as laaetion
polnt -
The total loss Of life vii never be csn-
nftalv known. There we're scattered
through the woods settlers e4sarings ssa
lumber camps, with their watehnen, ana
many people we're undoubtedly ourHea
whose bodies were compssteAy destroyed
and viii never bs found.
HnzoIsM or A rRary CREW.
From the stories Of passengers on the
limited train which vas burned near
HinckIey, the entire train crew deserve 20
be placed on the roll o. honor for PERSONA
herolsa. Engineer James Root, Of " hiss
Bear, heads ths list. lie was paay
burned and almost blinded. and tell from
his seat unconscious immeoiateiT
on getting cat OF Inc nfs-
When about two miles north OF hinck-
leg Root frst discovered that the nFes
which had been raging on both SIDES Of
she track we're racing him for his lie aao
the lives Of his passengers. Cindefs weFe
flying In every direction, and the smoke
was so dense that IL was well-nigh impos-
stDls 10 see beyond the cab window, even
with the aid Of the powerful headlight
He thought TO ontrun the naness whaen
we're coming alter and bearing down upon
him at q sixty-mils gait. When about
mile this side Of Hinckley he discovered
the Ere was too fast for him and overlook
the train and overseaped Is 50 il was liter
ally surrounded with flames. The air was
sliding, and the clothes Of both the engi-
neer and fireman caught fire. Fireman
Mc0owen ieaped into the water tank and
then. selxIng bucket. dashed the water
several times over the burning engineer.
Root steadily kept st his post. although
scarcely able 20 sit upright.
In the meantime the passengers could
see nothing. but heard the ioaring Of the
oneoming tornado Of fire. and soon the
glare outside was too much for the reason
OF \ number Of them. The rear car caught
fire, and as the flames overlook II the
passengers rushed headIong into the for
ward cars. The shrieks Of the women
and children. as well as the terri
ted shouts Of the the men, increased
the terrible feelings aroused by the
uproar Of the flames on every hand. Sew
eral Of the male passengers. too terrified
for further self-controi. ieaped headiong
through broken windows and were swat
lowed up in the flames outside. Others,
seeing this act. quickly followed, and
altogether In the next ten minutes dozen
men ieaped to death In the flames in hike
manner. The women. whose terror had been
pItitul . few minutes before. now
came hsroieally TO the help OF the men in
endeavorang TO sooths thu frightened chill
dren. Engineer Root saw there was no
outlet apparently for his train ahead, and
concluded 70 turn back through the dis
lance already burned over rather than en-
counter possibly greater periis before
them. He backed at q fast speed
70 Skunk lake. Eve miles from
Hincklsy. The passengers deserted
ths train and took refuge In
wamp. whore they spent the
night This morning o relief train from
the north brought them TO this city. The
relief train carried . supply of hand ears.
which wsrs used In picking up the bodies
al ths dead along the track. Engineer
Root 10 &C bis home. too badly injured TO
be interviewed. He was badly cut by the
broken glass. but his worst injuries we're
from inhsling hot air and smoke.
PARTIAL LIsr or THE pEAR
Among the dead are; Sandy Hendcr-
son, 10 years: John Henderson. Il years:
---- Hanson. Mrs. Hanson. i've Hanson
children, Thomas Jones, 49, Chambers.
Alex Henson and wife, Emily Hanson, is
years: Charlie Hanson. 10 years; Charles
Anderson, 20 years. two Anderson chill
dren, Hans Madison, - years: Mrs.
William Gindsr. Jim Bean. foreman
of the Brennan Lumber Company;
John Best, wife and four children,
John Anderson and wife, William
NesbItt Henry Hanson. r. Turgon, -
Lamb and son. Mira. Martinson and four
children. drowned; Mrs. blanchard aud
two children. pr. Z. III. Kelsey. OF New
Brighton; T. blanchard. Louis Nelson.
an employs OF the Eastern Minnesota
railway; Peter. Nels and Mary Robertson,
- Robertson aud child. Hoffman
and wife; Emma Dosan. Belle O Brisn
aud Annie Wallace, women OF the town.
TtFrr KILLED AT SANDSTONE.
The situation at Sandstone is even more
appalling than at Hinckley. except in
posns OF namhers OF the 10 residents
one-foarth are dead. otto stafferfelds,
OF Sandstone. talking OF the disaster.
said that last night At about $50
flames nearsd the town and the peo-
pie prepared TO leave. The wind blew
like hurricane. and as the people
we're getting really to leave the Gre closed
In on three sides. Not q single person
saved q thing except bis clothes. About
10 went 20 the river and fifty or sixty
we're burned to death. Aso'elook this
morning he saw forty-flye bodies. eharred
and burned. lying on every side. The
people are destitute Of everything.
xwxSrx coRrsxs ar KKrrlK sIvKR JUNCTION..
In addition 20 forsy-fve bodies at Sand
stone there are twenty st Kettle River
Junction. All the settlers "a the Vicinity
are probably burned 10 death. Thsre are
about eleven homeless families stiI as
Mission Greek. bat they have provisions
for abeut twenty-four hours Brock PARK
twc miles west Of Hinekiey, i burned. snd
there are'aAont is people thefs. many o.