The morning call., 1894-09-05
DIED IN FIRE.
Telling the Tale of the.
Lost.
NOT ALL KNOWN YET.
Each Section SWells the
Total.
SEARCHING PARTIES OUT.
Find Blackened Corpses in All
Directions.
DEAD BURIED IN TRENCHES.
And Some There Are Who VIII
Not Have Even This Rude
Sepulture.

ST. PAUL. Sept. At seems the worst
danger now in Minnesota is to the south
east of Brainerd and Little Falls, and
that section is being watched anxiOusly.
The Northern Pacific reports that along
the line from Little Falls to Cutting three
small sections have been burned. The
timber through that section is on fire and
the fire is raging furi0usy 10 the north
and northeast of Brainerd and Little
Falls. The tint ber in that section is much
heavier than where the fire ragged IN the
pine country. The railroad officials say
nothing can save the whole country but a
very heavy rain. Omaha has reports from
Washburn that the fires have been con-
fined thus far to the outskirts OF the city
and only few umber-mllls and yards oD
the edge of the town have been destroyed.
but heavy wind would quickly fan the
flames and carry them through the coun-
try and possibly into town.
The train service On all the lines be-
tween st. Paul and Duluth has been re-
stored. except on the Eastern Minnesota
The first train to arrive here from Duluth
left the head of the lake Sunday evening.
The passengers reported the towns of
Baronette, Bass ard Comstock completely
eight houses have been burned.
Duluth is taking care of about 1000
refugees, AMI sending supplies to the front
as fast as the citizens can collect them.
Pioneer Press special from Pine CITY
says:
Buried at Hinckley and vicinity, 225.
Sandstone, 81.
Pokegama. 25.
Miller, IL.
Estimated dead not 10 und, 80.
Total, 379.
The Hlnckley honor is dawning in It's
awful magnitude. There are now lying
in the desolate cemeteries under a shallow
covering of sand or in the rude rough
boxes which take the places of caskets 216
bodies. F. j. Weber of Pine City, who
has had entire charge of the interment.
has had his work well in hand anu has
kept most accurate accounts Of the bodies.
These figures are his and include those
buried by their friends. Four trenches in
all have been opened, separated by about
four feet. Commencing on the south in
the south trench are fOrty-five unlocked
cOrpses. In trench 2 are twenty boxes,
many containing from two to five bodies.
In the third are twenty-Seven boxes like
the others. The fourth trench is not yet
in use, but there are piled up nineteen
boxes. which will be put in tomorrow
morning.
The foreman of the Duluth construction
train reported to Coroner Cowan this aft
ernoon that on the hill at the north end of
the bridge across the Grindstone were nine
bodies so completely incinersted that the
aouid mt ha histi A fau,
rods from where the Duluth depot stood
was found the body of woman.
To this must be added the few bodies
shippedOut. the two buried by Jim Hunts
party OF cruisers, four inferred by another
explorer. making the total about 225 ac-
counted for in Hinek1ey and vicinity.
Amazing estimates are being made. but
there is no foundation for them. There
we're undoubtedly settlers and men ia the
lumber camps burned who have not yet
been discovered. A search for them will
be prosecuted with vigor. and they will be
buried where they lie. There is an IN
known numb ber of dead in the mill pond,
but it is as yet unapproachable. The bank
was covered with sawdust, and not far
away was the Brennan mill and lum ber-
yard. A number of persons wore seen to
go to the pond. M one came out alive, and
so hot is the FIRE still burning there that
that it may be a day or two before this
pool of death can be examined.
At Pokegama the dead have been nearly
all accounted for, and will not run over
twenty-five. At Miller twelve were buried
and at Sandstone sixty. seven. These fig
ures, with an estimate of those not yet
found. bring the total up to 379. The lat
ter estimate may be too low, but it is a
matter of absolute conjecture, and it is
here that the widely different reports are
found. Some think that at least 200 set
tiers in camps are yet 10 be found.
BRAINERD. Minn., Sept. 4-The coun-
try to the north and the northeast of this
city Is still burning furiously. The fires
have expended their fury in the immedi-
ate vicinity of Brainerd. Thousands of
tons Of hay have been consumed in the
Crow Wing country, and many farm
houses have been destroyed.