The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-04

rowtnr grave digger a1d his wife snd
child. Who took refuge 10 . dcg-o1f. are
left. They al HSes togetbsr ssont TO
miles southeast % Einskiey. The Only
other corpses recognized we're Charles An
eersor. cs.fsier q shs bank: Mrs. William
8sae~r sna Der ssagbtsr. Wlanifrsd, aged
s. Enauxh rough boxes uers knoeksd
together 20 contain mos: q the bo1ies.
ard they we're rapidly laid away Under
tbs sxnd, bot not before other bodies -
gan - cone In. In the swamp aeross the
Grfndssoas, where these cOTpsss we're
fonnd yesterday. we're Asoat thirty 20 20
others, which acre brought ia this morn
ing. making total Of more than 10 dead
IN space Of f0ar or GTe acres. Down
near the river VAS found the body Of
Thomas Dunn, the operator at Hsnckley.
Duna stuck TO the key until the station
was burning over his head. Up the -
Paul & DalEth right-of-EAy were found
three or four more bodies. Among those
wbo psrishsi north Of town vas T. RIekett-
son. Of Minneapolis. who was here visiting
his son. He Vas out in q wagon with
David Kane, Of Rock Greek. also visitor
here. and both perished, though the horses
escaped. Only one additional body was
found here today. The total number
killed will not exceed 20o.
The busiest point az Hinckiey was the
Associated Press telegraph Office. Is vas
not much Of su Office, but il sgfficed 10
serve the public with the only press re-
ports sent out OF Hinckley today The
wires were brought down 70 q burned
stump of . pole. A dry goods box fur
nished the operator with n desk, cracker
box made him . comfortable seat. and a
burned railroad spike held down the copy
from the brisk breeze. A rough board. one
end resting on the operators table and the
other on milk can, furnished the Assoei-
ated Press correspondent his desk. aud his
seat vas a beer kee. Here, under these
conditions. was prepared and cent the
story OF the day IN this stricken town. An
occasional shower blurred the copy, but IL
vas rapidly fed 20 the eager wire. despite
the diseomforis Of the occasion.
The Associated Press correspondent took
a hye-fnile tramp through the woods to
the north q the town this morning
through = scene OF desoiation such as
rarely tails before the eye Of man. The
country is absolutely swept clean. There
is but one settlers house standing within
an unknown radius OF miles. Ii Is that Of
Miller Bean, on the edge OF the river. three
miles east Of town. IL Was a new house,
and very substantial. Bean and other
nelghbors fought the fire until they had 10
abandon IL. They put the women and
children into the water. covered their
heads with cloth. kept wet by dashing
water over them. and when the IRE passed
they came ont unhurt and were much sur
prised 10 find the building standing. This
morning when the Associated Press corre-
spondent entered the clearing house dog
barked savagoiy and the ROSTERS crowed
as loudly as If they had not come within
an ace OF death.
The handcar party which went north
this morning has just returned. 1t met
the Duluth construction train eight miles
up the track with word that the city OF
Duluth had furnished the necessary relief
~ Sandstone and Miller. They accord
ingly turned back. and on the way in To-
Gated eleven bodies, swelling the total of
those found along the Duluth tracks be-
tween Hinckley and Skunk lake TO about
fifty. One OF them was recognized as Otto
Rowley. OF Duluth. freight agent OF the
Duluth a Winnipeg lie was passenger
on the limited south-bound train on Satur-
day, and had left the main body of refu-
gees and passengers, running backward to
the lake. His body was identified by his
name on his collar. On another body, ev-
identity that OF another passenger, was
found letter addressed TO Israel Schrul-
stein. Chicago, aud a charred business
card bearing the same name. Three Others
Of the bodies were probably those of pas
sengers on the ili-fated train. Another
was q young man. splendid specimen OF
physical manhood. and, from his clothing
and high-laced boots. apparently pros
peetor or cruiser. The other five were the
family OF a settler named John Robinson.
Above Skunk lake the work train reported
twelve bodies on the right-of-way, presum-
ably settlers.
In retrospection, the most sorrosful
feature of the whole terrible fatality ut
Hinekley is the thought that had the situ-
alton been realized in time not n single
life among the residents OF the town need
have been lost. The Great Northern gravel
pit. where only loo sought safety. is about
ten acres in extent, broad enough and
long enough and deep enough to have
sheltered every soul in Hinekley, together
with their domestic animals. There is a
pool OF water OF considerable depth. The
banks are bare OF grass or shrubbery. and
there is no inaammable material on the
side from which the fire came. Those VINO
did seek the pit passed the hours of their
enforced Imprisonment In comparative
comfort.
This morning a detail of twenty regulars
from Fort Smelling. under the command OF
Capt Hall and Lieut. Mccoy, and an army
surgeon came in from ST. Paul. They
brought some tents. but, finding that Ada
Gen. Mahlburg had sent up $50 state tents,
the regulars turned in and pat up fifty oil
them Tor the refugees. The local physician
was played ont, and there was an abund.
ance OF work FOR the army surgeon. A
portion of the tents Will DO pat up a
ulnekley.
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