The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-06
FIRES YET THREATEN.
Fresh Disasters May Come from
Blazing Northwestern Forests.
MANY Small Towns Surrounded and
Calling for Aid.
Latest Estimates Give Minnesota 1915
to 400 Dead.
(By Associated Press.)

DULUTH. Mimi, Sept. 6.-Barnum, a
lumber town, thirty-five miles down the
st. Paul and Duluth road, is surrounded
by forest fires. and the inhabitants are
anxious. Carlton and Kerrick are also
reported still in danger.
The relief party. which left here in
charge of w. r. Bailey and George Ash
to search the eastern line. sent word
that near Sandstone It found eighteen
dead bodies in one dug-out. into which
the victims had rushed hoping to escape
had jumped into yeritabie furnace e'
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Sept. o.
Fisher Meadow, near Estella, a small
s s was was wiped out yesterday.
loggers of this city, lost both Of their
logging outfits and camps and large
quantity, Of logs. Warren Flint, OF
Estella, lost 200 tons of hay.
crops. The Buchanan mill was also de-
stroyed. The Grand Rapids schoo-house
was burned.
The fire is said to be running towards
Murray, where danger is apprehended.
Mayor Hines. Of Cumberland has tele-
graphed that the small towns in that
CHRLToN, MINI, Sept. s,-Every-
thing was burned at Cromwell except
the schoolhouse. The fire came without
warning, and the people saved their
Wright, Charles Morse and many others
lost everything. 1t is feared that many
settlers lost their lives. Relief trains
were sent. from here at once and brought
the people down. relief committee
was organized and the sufferers cared
for. Even the ties of the railroad were
No lives are reported losthn this vicin-
ity. The fires are still smouldering, and
another wind would cause still furthe :
PINE CITY. Mimi. Sept. 6.-The lat
est corrected figures are OF a character
calculated to lower rather than raise
the total number of dead. There has
mates in Hinckley, but the prospect OF
any considerable number remaining still
In the woods Is decreasing There are
23S buried In Hinckley graveyard. and
points in the vicinity. increas sing the
number here may be. safely taken away
from the liberal estimate of those yet
unbound, leaving the total between 375
and 400 where the Pioneer Press put IL
yesterday morning.
Mr. Norton. Of Indanopolis., who went
over 10 Mora. has reported at Hinckley
that the, total dead at that place was
twenty-three. and that all the missing
were accounted for This is an increase
or but two at that point. No changes
were reported elsewhere.
II, Word has been received from II. II.
b nTa thns G9v Nelson hs will visit the
days exercises, Il p possible IS IeeSe"' at sun
About 800 in cash has been received.
nearly all from the small towns.
Besides the subscription Of 800 in cash
to the relief fund, President J. J. Hill. OF
acres Of good agricultural land for the
liinekley Survivors: These lands are
valued at So per acre, or 900 in the
aggresate, and will be given to the
people for homes.
M1LACA. Mimi. Sept. Slater devel-
opments show that over fifty families
In this vicinity are entirely destitute. A
mass meeting was held last night and
Commissioners appropriated $500. The
fires are still burning. and great ex-
element prevails.
River on both sides for the whole length,
excepting ten miles at the South. is one
huge mass of flames. The Minnesota
woods, where there are but few set
the fires were SO fierce that they Jumped
across the river. setting the Canadian
woods on FIRE. The Canadian side is we'll
settled and the settlers are losing
on Saturday. Mrs. Gamshy and FIVE
children, living on Grassy River, were
burned, excepting one boy. who took
refuge in a well A daughter, aged
burned off Her father; who was some
and face badly burned. " ~
on George ,S o. Wall 5 building was burned
C'gity: Al settlers back from Rainey
River. have been burned out, losing
everything. Mrs. William Barley, OF
Fort Francis, Is dead. and Arthur
Wright. a settler of Rainey River. was
found on Sunday, dead in bed.