The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-04

IJunctl0n, or Miller, as 1t is generally
lcalled, IL was met by nearly the entire
population of Sandstone and Miller.
The depot platform at Miller had been
burned and there was not house left
Istandlng anywhere in view. About l70
people were taken aboard, and a mes
Isenger was sent to Sandstone, which
Uniformed the people Of the arrival of
the relief. Very few remained, and
they were those with loved ones lying
Idead. No one was burned seriously
who was not fatally injured. There
was no attempt to care for the dead,
who were scattered through the streets
of the town. Everything inffammable
at Sandstone was destroyed and today's
investigation brought the number of
dead at that place up to sixty-two with
twenty-one people missing. Mr.. Webs
ter, the father of Mayor Lee Webster,
LOT, this town, was among the dead, and
this afternoon Mr.. Webster went to
Sandstone to bury his father and moth
Ter The scene at Sandstone as de-
lscribed by Mr.. Webster, was sleart-
lrending.
Deso1atiOn Most Dire.
The streets of the town were only
Zines of sand between heaps of ashes.
Within these lines lay forty bodies,
scattered at random, and twenty-five
more were found afterwards in the
ID VI lOWn anu dlOllS Lie HOllOWS
and marshes towards the river bank.
The bodies were lying exposed to the
sun and rain alike, and were rapidly
ldecomposing. They were identified as
far as possible, and will be buried to-
morrow. The Duluth people are look
ling after the care and the relief of the
people. on the line north of Hinckley.
They are doing their work WELL and
will see that not one of the living is
allowed to suffer for food or clothing.
One of the marvellous circumstances
lof the occasion Is the escape of so
many cattle and horses. Many were
absolutely unscathed, though no one
can tell how they escaped the ordeal
Iof fn'e. Others were pitifully burned
land steps are already being taken to
put them out of their misery. squad
Iof militiamen went out and killed an
OK this afternoon. The animals were
without food until late this afternoon,
when the relief train brought up some
HAY. The cows were in great suffer-
ing, not having been MIXED for two
days. Tomorrow morning the carcasses
of the dead animals, which are becom-
ing very offensive, will be put out of
the way by burial or burning.
In the afternooR following the rain,
la strong breeze swept up from the
south. and soon the flames, which had
been quenched to smouldering ashes by
blaze. and hundreds of columns of
smoke began to ascend from the
woods The fire will not be out for
, many days, unless there are heavy
rains, but there is TO danger, as the
underbrush is burned out clean and
there is no possibility of any spread.
The intensity and instability of the
fire can be seen from the fact that
, corduroy fills, where the logs were
buried under several feet of earth, are
entirely eaten out, the fire eating It's
. way through under the entire width of
road.
Must Be Buried Where Found.
No one of the citizens of Pine City
volunteering their aid in the work OF
Irelief did more than Mr.. f. q. weber,
He took entire charge Of the work al
THE cemetery and kept at the hideous
work until all that could be done had
: been accomplished. Not until nightfall
t twas his labors over, and during that
: time had a succession of relays of men
under him, for many sickened and
Ihad to give up. The work progressed
: slower than need have been the case
, had Mr.. Weber's working force been
adequate AS it was, siXty-five uniden-
, titled dead were inferred in the trench
| es, fifty-six were put in boxes and thir-
r teen were buried by their friends, max
> ing total of 1874 bodies handled az the
/ cemetery. rI
Mr. Weber saws he has reports of fif-
ty-one bodies, all ready for burial to-
) morrow, and this number will grow
: every hour. The bodies found after to-
morrow, must be buried where found
as they will be too badly decomposed
for removal.
The first act of theeofficials of the st
Paul & Duluth railroad company was
; to care for the unfortunate people along
\ bod 1nct flli nc he
owned; their second was to restore the
operation of through service between
: St Paul and Duluth. The first task 4:
we'll under way, and it's completion
E placed in the hands of competent
: committee. The company at once set t.
7 work upon the herculean task of open
ing it's line between Mission Greek ant
j Miller. A. L. Brown, master of trans
portation, had been busy since the fire
$ in handling the relief train:
e from st. Paul and between
S Pine City and Hinckley. He
!: now began a systematic attempt t.
. straighten out the crooked rails, builC
!; bridges and repair culverts and re
q place the burned ties, of which there
were literally thousands. With th'
n work train and an efficient crew Mr.
q Brown rebuilt the burned bridge ovel
!: the Grindstone river at Hinckley.
l. In the meantime, Yardmaster VIII
l. Jams. of the Duluth yards, had worl
train pushing it's way down toward
e the center of the difficulty, which wa
at the spot where Engineer Root step
ped the Duluth limited on Saturda.
night. By noon the crew of Yardmas
ter Williams, the man who relieved tn
sufferers at Sandstone, had pushed
down to this point, and had the tract
in working order to the bridge, Which
r was burned The force was iarg
nd in Of h0urS m
bridge was built and the big engine o
the limited, which had been left OF
the track, was pushed down to Hinck
LEY. The tender of the limited tngin
d was tipped off the track, as 1t wa
wrecked beyond repair. At go the tw
work trains met and at O'Clock to
night the line was OPEN from st. Pau
l. to Duluth. the regular Duluth trail
o passing Hinckley about o'clock, some
what behind time, but running throug
without mishap.
During the afternoon, at Pine City
4. the arrangements for systematic al
was taken in hand by II. ii. Hart, O
the board of charities.
On the afternoon train arrived tn
icommittee appointed by the citizens G
Minneapolis.
A resolution was submitted to tn
gentlemen for their approval. The re
port contains an estimate OF the popr
lation of the burned towns, as TO
lows: Hinckley, 1000; Sandstone, S0(
Mission Creek 100; Pokegama, 113; Pa
ridge. 100.
Aid Is Needed.
4 From this number about 400 are
be deducted as dead, and with ful
Their deduction of those able to hel
themselves, leaves about 500 to be re
lieved in various ways. Contribution
10 of transportation, money, clothing an
household utensils and lumber al