The evening world., 1894-09-03
LAST EDITION,
AT LEAST 500
D|EO BY FIRE.
And the Death List in the
Northwest May Mount
Much Higher Yet.
MILLIONS LOST IN PROPERTY,
Story of a Woman Who Came
Through the Flames at
Hinckley, Mimi
FEARS FOR ST. PAUL HUNTERS.
Number Of Sportsmen Known to
Have Been IN the Burned
Forests.
FEARS FOR ST. PAUL HUNTERS.

CHICAGO, Sept. 3.-The Herald sum-
marizes as follows: six towns wiped
out and more than five hundred dead is
the record made by the forest fire In
Minnesota in the last twenty four hours.
In Hinckley, Sandstone, Pok sgama Sand
stone Junction, Skunk Lake and Mission
Creek there are 800 known dead In addi-
ton several hundred are missing, while
from 100 to 200 people are scattered on
farms throughout the district burned
over.
THE destruction was complete in
most of the towns named, but some of
the forest land escaped. The loss, how
ever will be in the millions, and the
loss OF life will not be definitely known
for several days, IL ever. The relief
trains carried supplies sent out from
st. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and other
Minnesota towns, and the sufferers are
being handsomely cared for at Pine
City and other points"
The Record summarizes as follows:
western Minnesota has suffered in the
last twenty-four hours from a horror
never equalled in this country except at
Johnstown, Pa, May 81, 1889. Nearly
40 persons are known to be dead, over
SOJOVO worth of property is destroyed
In Pine City and adj 10 ming counties"
The Times estimates at least half
thousand persons dead as follows:
Hlnckley, 80; Sandstone 40, SANDSTONE
function, 25; Pokegama, y; Skunk Lake,
%: Plnetown, -; Nilsson Creek, =; Part
ridge, 8; Kettle River Junction, s; Carl
ton, 3; Rutledge. =; miscellaneous, 80.
The Inter Ocean says 500 are dead and
the total may reach 1000.
\ Woman Came Through the Fire.
4 Il - ha irct
train over the st. Paul and Duluth
road reaching Minneapolis direct from
the scene OF the great forest tlre had
Guiding Mrs. Lawrence, the only one. Of
the passengers on the limited which
started Saturday afternoon from Duluth
who has yet reached Minneapolis. The
passengers from this end of the line, find
Ing that they could go no further
stopped at Pine city and returned to
Minneapolis on the first train coming
this way.
Mrs. Lawrence says the first evidence
OF the fire was noticeable about ten
miles the other side of Hinckley, when
the air became almost suffocating. One
Ihile the other side Of Hinckley about
fifty persons rushed towards the train
screan1ing franticalH. The engineer, see
mained, stopped the train TO let them
aboard. ThI heat became intense. and
the whole volcano of fire seemed to burst
out In mighty effort to wipe the train
earth.
Panic on a Train.
At the first rush of the flames towards
the cars, the window panes went out
with crash. and the train began slow
y to return towards Skunk Lake
throushs sthe car-wndows. The wild
scramble was horrible. Every person
was for himself and did not care how
(I hu tIln Il a NJ. "a
OH fire, but she eXtinguished the flames
II saw two Chinamen; she said, who
were psrslyzed by fright and ma made .,a no
heads under the seats and were burned
to death, I stood 1t as long as could
and then rushed out OF the car. jump
lying on the ground injured. Some OF
the people ran into Skunk Lake but |
simply ran along the ties. and after
keeping II up until my strength gave
out | fell down between the rails.
] expected every moment my. dress
would be burned from my body
Found Where She Fell.
Sunday morning Mrs. Lawrence was
picked up In the middle of the track.
about two miles the other side OF Hinck-
had made the trip on a hand-car. About
dozen persons, according to her story,
were injured in the melee which re-
s Se The som the 81
windows. Others rushed to the platform
and jumped off while the train was NOV
ing, while others fought their way
through the mass of passengers In an
effort to get away from the crowd.
The result was that many persons suf-
fered severe INJURIES, such as broken
bones and limbs.
Mayor Eustis has received a telegram
from the Citizens Committee at Rush
City Mimi, stating that $50 lives had
been lost at Hinckley and the situation
was terrible. A carload of provisions
was procured. 1t went out this morn
ing. and to-day meetings of the big men
of Minneapolis will be held to provide
relief.
Eighty Dead within SIX Miles.
WHITE BEAR. MINI. Sept. 3.-.About
thirty people have Just arrived here
from Hinckley and other ire-deyastated
towns. They report the loss OF life as
appalling. The six members of one fam
lily took refuge in a cellar al Hinckley
and the bodies are there in heap
burned to n crisp. on the wagon road
leading northeast from Hinckley eighty
bodies are lying dead within six miles
Am NJ the injured here a Oh istopt e.
u. o.Brleu, eX-Mayor OF ST. Paul, VIII
Is quite painfully burned about the eyes