The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-04

i ~ - So AftatGNzaA .Nff N Dr.
Aelcy st New Rrieasan. NJ. n. IAsaber-
soa. Nii4aam NcShitt Mr. and Mrs- john
n4FSv ant tsa children. Mr. and Ms
AeYnoliS aad twe children. jim Rean.
hs@s AaitfSon. Sandy Henderson. OF Pms
1ttF @oha henderson, OF Fine City:
iaefaas @oues. Charles Hansen. Dennis
Z Riley, JOAN Anderson. Wifs and
Z tSo ehittfVa: Peter Robinson. I.outs
Neissss. EGma I}0lan. BELLE OsRr4.n
Annse Wallace. Mr. Costiran ana three
eaa,afssn, Mas1an PRuor. Patrick Mur-
& ray, Henry Hoffman and wlfr. of Saoa.
stone: Mrs John Mcnamara ana one
/ ehisa, ani Wiliasm SeAananeA
A@r4nsasIeF Dave Williams. of na!nta.
hrs FFoyed himSei. hero, he j. the man
who grasped the situation. acted On his
Ano~ ledge. and promptly relieved the peo-
re Of Sandstone. lie received message
from Miller last night. which said. There
are 10 people at Sandstone without food
o. sheiter. For Gods sake get them ous
o. there. Within an incredibly short
time al engine In charge Of NardmAsger
Nalisams VAS on the way 10 Sandstone.
he entire road. after the burned district
was reached. was patrollcd, and tho engine
Aept Ha continual whlssllne, SO that any
persons eho might lie near the track would
come az once - the train. When the train
arrived at Sandstone Junction or Miller,
rs II - generally called. ID was met by
nearly the entire population ot Sandstone
and Miller. The depot platform az Miller
had been burned. and there waS not a
house left standing anywhere in view.
About TO people were taken aboard and q
messenger was sent to Sandstone. who in
formed the people Of the arrival Of relief.
Very few remained. and they we're
with loved ones lying dead. No
one was burned seriously who was
not fatally injured. There vas no
attempt 20 care for the dead who were
scattered through the town. Everything
inaammable At Sandstone was destroyed.
aud today's investigation brought the
number OF the dead az that place up 60
sixty-two, with twenty-one people MISS
Ing. Mr.. Webster. the father of Mayor
Lee Webster. of this town. was among the
dead, and this afternoon MIR. Webster went
10 Sandstone to bury his father aud
mother
The scene at Sandstone, rs described by
1 Mr.. Webster, was heartrendtng. Tue
/ streets Of the town were oaiy lines Of sand
between heaps of ashes. Within these
/ lines lay forty bodies scattered az random,
/ aud twenty-five more were found after
/ ward in che outskirts of the town aud
along the holloNs and marshes toward
1 the river bank. The bodies we're lying
exposed TO the sun and rain alike. and
were rapidly decomPosing. They were
I identified rs far as possible. and will be
I buried tomorrow. The Duluth people are
I looking after the care and relief of the
/ people on the line north of Hinekiev.
1 They are doing their work we'll, and will
4 see that no one Of the living is allowed to
suffer for food or clothing
/ One Of the marvellous circumstances Of
| the occasion Is the escape of so many cat
| tie and horses. Many were absolutely un-
/ scathed, though no one can tell how they
/ escaped the ordeal of ire. Others were
/ pitifuiiy burned and sseps ara already
4 being taken TO put them out OF their
/ misery. A squad Of t0illtiamen went
/ out and KILLED an OK this afternoon,
/ The animals were without food un-
I iii late this afternoon, when ths
I relief train brought up some hay. The
/ cows we're in great suffering. not having
been MIXED FOR two days Tomorrow
/ morning the cArcasses of the dead animals.
which are becoming very offensive. will be
/ put out of tho way by burial or burning.
In the afternoon, following the rain,
strong breeze swept up from the south.
ana soon the flames. which had been
1 qgenched to smouldering ashes by the
/ hI0Nflcs were akuAH fahHtu " n DAAA1s
| and hundreds of columns Of smoke began
to ascend from the woods. The fire will
not be out for many days unless there ara
heavy rains. but there Is no danger.
as the undeEbrush is burned out
clean, and there is no possibility
of the nre spreading. The intensity aud
instability OF the tire can DO seen from
/ the fact that corduroy fills. where the logs
were buried under several feet Of earth. are
1 entirely eaten out. the IRE making its way
/ through under the entire width Of road
No one of the citizens OF Pine City who
offered their aid In the work OF relief did
/ more than Mr.. Weber. lie took entire
| charge of the work at the cemetery, and
I kept at the gruesome work until all that
could be done had been accomplished.
/ Not until nIghtfall was hts labors over.
/ and during that time he had a succession
/ of relays of men under him, for
many sickened and had to give up. The
work progressed more slowly than
need have been the case lad Mr..
Webers working force been adequate.
IS it was. sixty-fye unidentified dead
were inferred in the trenches. bfty-six we're
pus IN boxes and thirteen were buried by
their friends. making a total OF is4 bodies
handed at the cemetery. Mr.. Weber says
he has reports OF fifty-one bodies ali ready
for burial tomorrow and this number
grows every hour The bodies found after
tomorrow must be buried where found. as
they will be too badly secomposed Tor re-
moyai.
The first act OF the officials Of the ST.
Paul 4 Duluth railroad was 10 care for the
unfortunate people along IT'S line who had
lost everything they owned: their second
was 10 restore the operation OF through
service between St. Paul and Duluth
The first task well under way aud
its completion placed la the hands
/ Of competent committee, tho COM
pauy ct once set 10 work upon the
herculean task OF opening the line
! between Mission Greek and Miller.
A. 4. Brown, master Of transportation.
had been busy since the Ere la handling
the relief trains from 81. Paul and between
Pine City and Hinekley. lie now began
Systematic attempt 10 straighten the
crooked rails, build bridges, repair culverts
and replace the burned ties, Of which there
were literally thousands With tho work
train and an efficient crew. Mr. Brown re-
built the burned bridges over the Grind
stone river a. Hlnckiey. In the
meantime Yardmastsr Williams. of
the DuIutn yards. bad work
train pushing iis wsy doEn toward tbs
center Of the difficulty. which Sas at the
spot where Engineer Roos stopped the
Duluth limited on Saturday. by noon
the crew Of Yardmastef Williams. the man
who ref.eveA the sufferers at sandstone,