St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-04
BLUE COATS ABOUND.
or Great Assistance in Pushing
the Relief Work.

Special to the Globe.
PINE CITY, Minn., Sept. 8. - The
crowds at Pine City. Hinckley and
Sandstone have been largely augmented
today by searching parties looking for
friends. by sight-seers and parties join
ing in the general work of relief. The
incoming OF so many hundreds of people
adds to the facilities for pushing the
work of recovering bodies. A number
OF owners of camps in the woods came
here today aud will assist In ascertain
ing who are missing in the woods and
will organize systematic search for
those unaccOunted for.
The arrival of the United States
troops, with hospital and camp outfits,
today was very timely,as they are being
utilized in rushing to the outpests and
providing shelter and assistance to
searching parties in the yet unex plored
territory. The state militia is render
ing valuable service in preserving order
and giving confidence to the army of
civilian workers. If it were not for the
timely and renewed efforts of the
st. Paul relief committee, there
would already have been suffering
here among the people who are
devoting themselves to the work of
caring for tue wounded. the dead and
the people who lost their all. This
good work is being supplemented by
the people of Minneapolis. White
Bear and elsewhere. The searching
Parties today recovered twenty-seven
bodies along the track between Hinck-
ley and Skunk creek. They evidently
were attempting to follow the track
from Hinckley to escape the flames, but
were overtaken. North of Hinckley a
number of bodies were found. 1t is
presumed the people were running
from the pine stumpage to the woods.
Had they reached the forest death
would have been q certainty, for the
timber lands are even yet raging fur
naces. The heat over the burnt area is
almost intolerable, aud the earth seems
to be Still red-hot from the burning of
timber and the thick covering of grass
at its roots.
The hospital at Pine City has received
no new patients today, the injured at
Sandstone being taken to West Superior
and Duluth. There are four trained
nurses, several ladies and dozen ply
sicians and attendants on duty in the
hospital. The best of care is being
taken of the patients. Some of them
are improving. Mrs. Greenfeld's con-
dition is growing more serious, and her
demise is expected at any time. Mrs.
Hammond, who was SO severely burned
externally, will probably recover, but
will be horribly dlsfgrred.
Sandy and Alex Henderson, the two
boys who were burned to death at Hinck-
ley. were buried today. Thomas Dunn
and family of three others will be bur-
led here tomorrow. Thomas Dunn was
twentY-siX years old. He was the
heroic telegraph operator who lost his
life at Hlnckley because he remained at
his post until the station was on fire.
He it was who sent the order for the
train to return to Hinckley and take on
board those who wanted to escape the
flames. He put his order through. The
train returned, and carried away over
800 people from the fire of hell. He
then jumped from a 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 was unable to 20 farther.
His dead body was found almost on the
edge of safe retreat. He was well
liked by railroad men, and had large
circle of acqualntances in Hinckley and
Pine City.