Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-04
TELE GRAPHIC.
AN ANGEL OF DEATH.
DssOlati1g Tho Country With His
Sword OF Fiery Plane.
six TOWNS SMOKING RUINS.
Many Of the Inhabitants Burned to
Deatb.-Ous Of the Most APPALLING
Disasters Of Modern Times.


tails simply confirm the reports ie.
ceived yesterday as to the magnitude
OF the Hinckley disaster. Tho most
conservative estimate VI deaths In tue
ak towns Of Pine county are 1902, and
from that figures 70 up to 1000. Al.
though tue exact numbsr OF dnai will
never be- known, enough is known to
make this one u the most appalling
disasters In American history. A. 10
the property loss, oil thoughts have
been OF death and few could be- made
to talk about tnolr business losses. IL
is probable that the loss at anI around
Hinckley will exceed sg,OOO,OOU, al.
though no careful estimates have yet
bten male, nor can they bv made
where all papets and records have
gone az In the same flames that ~
quickly dsyOuted all tue houses, the
vegetation aud almost the land In =
LAT, q section Of piue county,
A Pins City special 10 the Pioneer
frSIs says:
Words cannot tell the story Of death
aud destruction that IL revealed 10 the
traveller ON the st. Paul a Duluih ~.
lief train from Mission Creek to two
miles above tho little town u Miller OF
Sandstone Junction. Theawiulness Of
tha desOlation which strikes upon the
eye OF the observer rs he foauhts tue
camp which was once the town OF
Hiuckloy IL Gtill more strongly i'm.
pressed upon the mind NJ he Journeys
uorlhwafd. This morning tue SMOKE
had liilod, revealing n Landscape bare
Hud black, this few standing trees being
charru1 to a hoight Of forty feet, while
the ground was OF that peculiar tint
u brown saud mixed with guupOwder,
Tor the grass la been burned even ~
a.. roots. Here anu there Ia the bleak
aud Jteafy stretches Il county iu
what II now great lone laud wns seen
the body VI ueef whUss fisrt feet hal
not been able TO 0utTun tue tismef, or
Ui "a human being who had been AuiO-
lutcly pO"orless against tue grim drs'
ttOyer.
fno latest verified reports Of the
number VI dead do not materially alter
former estimate. Ia fact, that esu.
mate Ia proving remarkably exact cou.
niIrrlng tue confusion Of the ilrst day.
one element that makes close figufii q
very difiicult IL the fact that bUIios
srvn IN tue woods aud along tue track
hfe not infuquuniiy reported to
Two points ami sent out from each NJ
Hn0ng IT, dead. Then, TOO, the ten.
uuucy VI the occasion, Dad ~ IL IN, Il
tJNad exaggerstiou. However, clint.
mating those doubtful element, ~ far
d, possible from its approximation, the
IiOHeer Press n convinced the to.Al IL
~ nearly exact A. possible. The mum.
brr VI uehi ut Hinckl-y In placel at
80. The Pioneer Prtss cofTtSpOnuent
..-s &C uaiiy counted 1914 Of these Hld
thu margin nllpwei N sUOut all that 10
uroessaTy. The figures are us follow:
Hinchley, 200.
Sandstone, ",
Miilef, ~.
Between skunk Lake and Miller, IL.
Pek0gama, IS.
Ia lumber camps aui scattering, o..
tImated o.. Total, 1854.
\ particularly strenuous effort was
maus touay " Identity n number Of
oOTIseu OF men who arc known 10
carry lilo insurance. Some OF the mis-.
slug men were known ~ carry Consid.
cradle, Aud when one was identified n
number OF AcquRlntanutH were called
upon 10 assure themselves OF mis- iden-
NY, 40 tho possibilities Of a contest In
the payment Of tho Insurance might be
avoided.
J. u. Donnelly said today, In all his
experience ~ an undertAkef he had
never seen such Sights as were pre-
tcnted At HinCkey today.
There In n strong suspicion that
among those who have been In Hinck.
ley, Ostensibly for relief purposes, there
have been lAwlesu low who have
played the part VI ghOuls and vRndalr.
Many VI the bodies had money aud
Valuables on them and In several caHer
they were robbed.
YarImsster Dave Williams OF Du.
luth has proved himself hero. lie Il
the man who graaped tho situation,
acted on his knowledge, anu promptly
relieved the people OF Sandstone. lie
received message from Miller last
uignt which said: "Ihefb are l51
UUp,e at Sandstone without food or
sheltor. For Gods sake get them out
" there"
WITHIN an incredibly short time an
engine IN charge OF YRfdmaster VIII
Hams was on the way 10 sandstone.
Tue entire road, after the burned dis
tflCt was reached, was patf0lltd, Auu
ling 40 that any person who might be
near the track would come NJ once IA
the track. When the train arrived nj
Sandstone Junction, or Miller, as II
is generally called, II was met by
nearly tho entire population OF SAND
stone and Miller. The depot plat
ioIm ut Miller had been burned aud
there was not house left standing
anywhere In view. About 40 person.
were taken on board and messenger
was sent 70 Sandstone which Informed
tbs people VI the arrival Of the relief
Very few remained aud they were
those with loved ones lying dead. Ma
one was burned seriously who was not
fatally blurred. There WAS no Attrmp
IN care for the dead who were scattered
through tue streets Of the town
Everything II tiammIble AT Sandstone
wac destroyed anu tOday's invesligG
ton brought the number VI the dead al
tuht lace up TO sixly-9ne with
tyonty.one people missing. MI. Web
- &, the ialhtr VI Mayor Leo w, bsler
uI tnia town, was among tue dead AM
inns afternoon Sit. Webster went (,
Sandstone 10 bury his father an
mother. The scene at Sandstone "
described by MIR. Webster was heSrt
reading.
RAIN FALLING.
HINCRLEY, MIMI, Sept. IA
gentle rain N ialling mere today gnt
gusuching the burning embrra VI e.,
immense forest fires that uid no muul
damage Ia this city, The blaGkenet
min. ~ t,pn ~ ihr.a LuuiidInt,a - al