The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-30
A DEsoLATE SCENE.
Response 60 Appeals = Many
Carloads Of Food for the homeiess
Residents.


M-rxrAroLrs. July-ao-A special from
Phillips, Wis, ays: The terr'oie $50
- PHILIPPE beggars all description' inc
-hlackensd faces Of those who fought 10
save their homes stare with oioousno.
~vru at the heap OF ruins which marked
their once happy homes. Not since tne
forest fires destroyed Pesntiso
ne ANYTHING occurred which Will con-
mare with the scene OF ruin here. A com.
wittes OF ~citlsens from Ashland arrived
with q special train OF provisions Sa.ur-
asv night at o O'Clock. IL was the mrs.
material relief TO arrive, and IL arri'eu
3ust ia time TO keep the people from ae-
tual suffering for want OF food.
The provisions are givea out In smaii
quantities. SO as to make them iast as long
- possible. Men and women Walk the
streets, ~wringing their q oe-
moaning their sad fate. One cnuron' u
Gown hall and some small buildings are
all that IL left standing. They were I'M
mediately converted into shelter LOT .ne
destitute, but only n few women ano
children could crowd into them.
A vast multitude had to remain WIN.
out shelter and food Saturday nlgh,, ouo
tents brought in from neighporing uoWns
and improvised huts are being utii,heu.
Governor Peck and his STAN arrived rom
Madison yesterday. A dozen cars Oh pro
visions have arrived from various cities'
and the organization Tor reiei mas oeen
completed.
Residents Returning.
Governor Peck met with the
ot the town hal last evening and offered
many suggestions. He brought Large
.-| - ..LtA1 a
quantity Of shceting with him, which IL
being converted n tents.
Great crowds of residents, who wer'
chased out of the city by the flames Fiji
day, are returning to look over the ruins
ALREADY lumber IN being shipped In To-
che purpose of rebuilding. and operation'
have already begun. The local reiie
.committse has also organized /,
II IL Q remarkable coincidence that al
NJ the terrible fires in northern Wisconsin
have occurred July "a. 1t was on July -
Ss92. that Iron River, In the extrem
northern part of Wisconsin, was totaii.
wiped out by the flames. and all the sta1
responded promptly to the call TOT sid.
EiaeId. another sawmill town. was a.
most totally wiped u oy hre july 9
z6e44
Two more bodies have been recovere
n ixrOm the r<Fef "hcfo
.csust occurred. those of James Locke an
one Of his children.
The boathouse In which the desperat
nan. women and children took refug
.was showed from the shore. Before
h.a zone far the suction OF the flame
[-sw Il riuht M into a regular furnace
1ra The boats were either overturned c
enc neopls Jumped. 1t Il now estimate
,<hat. the bodies Of several children al
hurled under the rnins of the wagon an
foot bridge. whish 1t is claimed gave wa
b they were trying to escape from ii
6amez to the peninsula which runs OF
itnto the lake. :.
This hat Of dead recovered from u
river thus far is as follows: Mrs Da'
Il 'Rrvdep and two children, james e. Loci
and two children, Frank Cliss and OF
lcbild-there are three still In the waite
Mr.. James Locke and two children.
Appeals Quiosdy Answered.
Relief trains are fairly pouring In
Philips today, and thfre are supplies
food here now sufficieIs 10 last the n
lsulRersrs q month The reiel comml't
asks especially for cicsnlng ana none
and thess vii be amply PROVIDED oy :,
people olths ststs wfthout OUTSIDE mel
TX. a-1A "a FAR a. known number
INIT re exact numSer will probably new
- known. The sale OF liquor has be-
~fopped. owing to the arrival Of parties
sramus ana rough characters. who TIRES
~red trouble. A bex car has been turn'
ante I iail, special deputies were sworn
"a laulessnsss viii be suppressed.
Chsiruan Davis spoke highly of {
cvompt assistance rendered by the citi
noon whun calls had been made. EFT
csr az provisions from Ashland was :
ART TO arrive" said Mr.. Davis. "Geor
singleton and Turner tramped throul
the woods from Fileld and brought
food Saturday morning. Prentice al
ala pobly in taking care of our destitu
who fed there"
Other consignmcnts have been As I
1ows: Large consignment Of provisio