The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-09-29
The Relief Work Reports.

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The meeting of the general fire reliei
committee was held at the city hall yes
terdav afternoon. Reports were sub.
mitted by Secretary Harris and Treas
urer Eckstrand. In substance they
were as follows:
SECRETARY REPORTS.
There are registered on the books Of
this committee: From Sandstone, MINI.
eighteen families, twentv-three single
men and FIVE single women; Hinckley
fifteen families, ten single men and five
single women; Partridge, ten families
twenty-five single men and two single
women; kerrick, seven families: Fin
layson, one family and one single man
Saltwater, seven single men; Mansfield
three single men; Pine City, one family
Center City, two single men; Carlton
county, two families and one single man
Aiken county, one family-making a
total from Minnesota of tifty-five fam
lilies, sixtv-nlne single men and twelve
single women.
One family is registered from Shell
Lake; this is the only family from Wis
consin outside of Douglas county.
twenty-five families and two single
men are registered from near Poplar
three families and one single man from
near Port wing; three families from
Orienta; three families from Iron River
three families and one single man from
near Brule; nine families, four single
meu and two women from Douglas
county outside of these sections.
The total number of Douglas county
people requiring aid from the commit
tee is 2l7, of which fifty one are men,
forty-six women and l20 children.
The total registery in my book is 5OG
people. consisting of 100 men, III
women and 235 children.
Nineteen men have been sent TO the
hospital at the expense of your com
mittee. Board has been furnished at
hotels and private boarding houses for
sixty-tour men, forty-four women and
sixty-one children. Board has been
furnished gratuitously, SO far as report
ed, to eight men, thirteen women and
twenty-nine children. The committee
has furnished clothing, bedding, shoes,
etc, to siXty-six families, forty-four
men and fifteen single women.
The Rev. \. p Monten has made two
trips to Poplar, Rev. j. II. Mason and
l.. Prothero went to Brule and walked
to the mouth of the river. K. Stewart
accompanied Rev. Monten on his
second trip. Mr.. Prothero made a trip
to Iron River and Orienta. Chairman
Norquist has spent his last three days
in the vicinitg of Poplar and has in
creased the list from that lacality to %
families.
The work remaining to be done, is
mainly for the relief of people in our
own county. The damage dobe in this
immediate vicinity has been greatly I'M
der estimated. So far, we know of but
two lives being lost in Douglas county.
but from the statement made by Mrs
Mary Bedark, the executive committee
is inclined to think that number Of
unknown persons have been lost with
in ten miles of this room Mrs Bedard
and another women spent days in
searching for the bodies of their hus-
bands, who were cutting ties near Bowl
ston. The woods were completely
burned SO that they could not even find
the camp. She says there were a num-
Der of homesteaders living there miles
apart, the men cutting ties, and that
their homes are all burned. The com
mittee, at its meeting on Friday even
ing expressed the thought that the gen
eral committee should take some steps
to investigate this part of our county.
The loss in property to the farmers of
Douglas county is largely their crops,
garden, hay, standing pine cut ties and
cut cedar posts, Eleven families have
lost their hOuesS; many have lost their
barns; some have lost their horses,
COWS and oxen; But more have saved
stock and lost the hay which they had
secured to be used this winter Unless
prompt aid is given there will be great
many cows killed in this country for
want of food for them. The committee
has received car load of food, grain
and clothing from North Freedom Wis.
This car is on the track and still I'M
loaded The most pressing need for
our own neighbors are provisions, and
food for cattle.
Respectfully submitted.