Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-05
SALOONS ARE CLOSED At Pine CITY
Giving Out Food, Shelter anc
Raiment.
COUNTING THE DEATH ROLL

shaping themselves very satisfactorily. The
number of refugees who have come In is
smaller than was expected. and there is an
abundance Of food. shelter and raiment for
all. The executive committee has ordered
the saloons closed as q measure Of pre-
caution.
Three lumbermen from one Of O'Neirs
camps. east of Sand Creek got into Kettle
river yesterday. They left camp Saturday
afternoon. with a team. with five in the
psrty. They were forced to abandon the
team and. in the rush for safety. two fell
behind and were lost.
Jim Kelly. foreman Of O'Brien's lumber
camp. met his death In an endeavor to
reach Hinckley.
The Pine City relief committee held
meeting last evening. 1t is estimated that
the death roll will go above 425. and that
perhaps GOO families will go back to rebuild
their homes Much lumber will be required
Just how much will not be known for a
few days. 1t is a matter which will be
carefully canvassed, SO that the coEtribu-
items which have been rendered from all
sides may be apportioned as reasonably as
possible between points from which the Of
fers come. 1t was decided to hold memorial
service here next Sunday evening.
More Heroes Of the Fires.
The heroes Of the forest fires were many
The stories Of Engineer Root and crew of
the st. Paul and Duluth train and that Of
the Eastern Minnesota crew. so nobly head
ed by Engineer Best, have been told but
Engineer Ed. Berry and Conductor Harry
Powers Of the Eastern Minnesota freight
come to the front rank among the heroes
Who have stood the trial by fire. Four
hundred and seventy-eight people who they
picked up and carried back to safety in the
box cars were carried through the midst
OF the furnace, over burning ties, in the
face Of the knowledge that another train
in the opposite direction had the right Of
way and was liable to be met anywhere in
the dense smoke and fierce flame, and a
terrible ride ever the l30-foot bridge across
the Kettle river. which was blazing and
trembling uider the wheels. apparently
ready to fall.
Fifteen minutes after the train passed the
bridge went down into the river. It was
at this time that crowd Of alleged men
Berry to uncouple the train and carry them
to safety, leaving the people in the cars
TO perish. They were summarily fired out
by the engineer, Who could find no words
severe enough for them.
One Of the most pathetic and heart-rend-
ing tales Is that Of James Kelly and Ernest
Hogan. AS result. Kelly was buried to-
Day at Pine City. and Hogan, with his feet
ribly exhausted, lies at Sandstone. with a
small chance OF recovery. Kelly was camp
foreman for O'Brien Brothers, whose camp
is eight miles from Hinckley. When the
fire drew perilously close to the camp, and
they could night It OF no longer, they
started to walk to Sandstone, seven miles
away. They trudged through the blistering
atmosphere. encouraging at every step. and
picking each other up when either fell.
Finally. about a quarter Of a mile beyond
Kettle river, Kelly became exhausted, and
said he could go no further, and Hogan
could not urge him on.
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burned. his feet SO blistered that he was
compelled to take to his hands and knees.
In this shape he managed to crawl into a
ravine near by. Locking around he saw
Kelly rise again and drag himself up over
ridge. Hogan thought that Kelly had
wandered In q frenzy into the flames, but
soon he reappeared. and. stopping for
moment on the ridge where he had gone.
he fell in heap. and rolled over and over
until he struck the bottom Of the ravine-
dead.
Hogan lay all Saturday night in the
ravine, expecting that every moment was
his last. Sunday morning he did what few
men would do-started for Sandstone on his
hands and knees. No one knows what he
suffered as he toiled wearily along suffering
agonies at every movement. Fully six
miles, incredible as 1t may seem, he crawled,
reaching Sandstone after having spent the
entire time since Saturday night on the
way. His hands and feet suffered. and he
will bear marks to his grave.
When Hogan had told his story, Jim
Welsh and Frank Lord went in search of
Kelly, and bis body was found in the rayine
It was taken to Hinckley. and there convey
ed by the work train to Pine City. The
dead man was q Knight Of Pythias, and his
remains were buried today by the Poke
gama Lodge.
Refugees mt Duluth.
DULUTH. MIMI, September 6-There
are over 1000 destitute refugees from the
Hinckley and Sandstone fires now in Du-
luth. and 1t is expected that there will be
but few more to come. Over 5000 has
been raised for the relief and for food,
clothing and lumber. which has been liber-
ally donated. CloQuette. Two Harbors and
other surrounding towns are sending SUD-
plies
Some are returning to their burned homes.
leaving wives and families in charge of the
relief society or sending them to friends
and relatives. The relief society sent 100
yesterday to friends or relatives In other
cities. The railways are furnishing trans
portation subject to the order of the COM
mittee on transportation.
The mayor and city officials of Hincklev
are all safe. and arrived in the city la ct
night. One Of the features in the suffering
on the scene Of the castrophe is the large
numbers of cows, horses, sheen and hogs
as well as fowls that miraculously escaped
the fires and are now suffering and slowly
dying from hunger. The humane societies
at Duluth will at once take this part of the
relief work in charge.
There was a wedding yesterday in the
Bethel in the midst of several fire sufferers
by the Rev. c. c. Salter. The bride was
Sophie Samuelson and the groom John
Deroscr, both refugees from Sandstone
Junction. 1t was one Of the few cheerful
incidents Of the fire. Chief of Police Arm
strong was best man, and Mrs. Crowley,
head Of the woman's relief committee, was
bridesmaid.
The father of the bride stood up and he-
brothers and sisters and the family dog
looked on from the corner of the room. The
families of the bride and groom are fire-des-
titute. Deroscr, in a few days, will return
to his farm, and with a boxcar for a tenn
porary house put up modest cabin, his
bride, meanwhile. staying with friends. He
is a plucky fellow. and his bride also has
plenty Of grit.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, September 5.-Seven
people were burned to death in the fires at
Marengo, a few miles north of Ashland
Wis. The news has just been received at
Ashland The bodies have reached that
city, but are so badly burned that recogni-
tion is impossible. The dead are Frank Ber-