The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-09-05
cloths to prevent suffocation. and all
were saved.

Mother and Four Babes Drowned.
Others sought refuge in the Grind
s:one river, under the abutmeDts Of
two railway bridges and at tile foot of
bridge. The exact number is not
known, but many escaped, and scme
were drowned. Mrs. Martin Martin.
son and her four little babes
were taken from the water, drowned,
this morning. In the meantime
Hinckley was burning with the ut
most rapidity, and In few hours moth.
ing was left but ruins.
The total loss to the city will exceed
81, 000, 600, With comparatively light in.
surance.
Tho Dead Are Every whore.
The situation at Sandstone was even
more appalling than at Hinckley, ex.
cent in point of numbers OF 200 resi-
dents. one-f fourth are dead. Otto Stat
feIfeldt of Sandstone, talking of the
disc ster, ssid that last night, about
$50, the flames neared the town and
the people proceeded to leave. The
wind blew hurricane, and as the peo-
pie were getting ready to leave the fire
closed In OH three sides. Not q single
person saved thing except Ills clothes.
About 100 went to the river and 50 Or
60 we're burned to death. At 4 o'clock
this morning he saw over As bod
les, charred aid burned, lying
on every eide. The people
are destitute Of everything. In
addition 10 the As badies at Sandstone,
there are 20 at Kettle River Junction.
All the settlers in the vicinity are
probably burned to death. There are
about IL homeless families still at
Mission Cree k, but they have provi-
.i.ns fer "a hcure. At Brokaw Park,
two miles east # Hinckley, all the
houses are burned aid there are about
125 people there, many Of whom are IN
Immediate need OF relief.
Searching for Missing Relatives.
AS night closed in the people began
to come out from their hiding places
and made their way over the hot en-
bers to their burned city. They were
absolutely dazed by the catastrophe,
and night was spent in an end eavor TO
fluid relatives. The fire had spent
itself and the air was filled with
smoke. Two huge heaps of coa;,
which marked the location of the Du-
luth coal sheds, were. blrz:ng and
by their titful light the people wall
dered about picking out places where,
six hours before, cir happy homes
stood. The fact that so many had es-
cAped by train added to the anxiety Of
those whose friends and relatives were
not to be found, while it furnished at
The same time basis for the hope that
they were in safety.
Recovering Bodies.
When morning broke y few energetic
pirits began 10 organize to work for
the recovery of bodies. J. w. Sargent,
passenger conductor OH the Duluth
load, organized volunteer crew. who
man cd two handcars VIII ,se capacity
was increased by the use of plank.
They went up the Duluth track north
and picked up 81 bndies between the
river and Skunk lake.
The c tizsns volunteered and har-
messed up toe available vehicles saved
in the gravel pits and went out to the
swamp across the Gr'ndstone river.
They brought in So bodies. They had
neither time nor opportunity to OBJ
serve the sacred formalities usually
surrounding death. The excitement
of the occasion, the horrible experience
through which the living had passed,
and more, the horrible form in which
death had come To- the lost, temporarily
hunted finer sensibilities, and the dead
.ere heaped high in wagons and laid
in piles at the cemetery, among the
smoking embers and stuinps that sur.
Gods Acre. Coroner Cowan
the digging Of two huge pits,
"a BY IL feet. into which the interment
will be made tomorrow.
Identification impossible.
One of the saddest features of the
is the imposeibility of identi-
fication In large proportion of cases.
bodies were brought here
and examined by many surviving
residents Of Hinckley, aud but four
could be identified. The remainder
wi have 10 BE- buried together. Those
WHO brought III the bodies from the
swamp reported that there were al
least IS other bodies out there which
can not be brought in until morning.
FIRES AT OTHER POINTS.
Only . Miracle Can fave Gagetown,
Men,, From Destruction.
BAY CITY. Mich, Sept. 2-Forest
fires are raging through Tuscola coun.
ty, doing great damage. Gsgetown
people have plowed around their
to keep them from burning.
Unless the rain falls soon. nothing but |
. miracle can save the town. The |
present foress fires are the worst ever |
DC en- In that part Of the state.
CARDoTrE, Wis.,, Sept. 2.-The vii.
lsge IL surrounded by firei. The con-
dillon IL serious. Hundreds of peol ie
were fighting the fire all day.
EAU CLAIRE, Via, Sep. 2.-Rail- |
road men say the whols region from
10 Bashaw and Haughen
has been on fire since yes.
Lerday afternoon. Bridges are be-
Ing burned and no one knows when |
Trains will run. The Omaha train,
which arrived here at 5 p. m. yester. |
lay. came through Bashaw and took |
II women and children from the
burned village TO Rice Lake.
SENATOR weLO0TT H0N0R1D.
+ rendered . Reception By Denver Citl.
gems ON His Return Home.
DENVER Sept. 1.-senator Wolcott was
endsred rousing reception in the rotunda