Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-04
AN ANGEL OF DEATH,
DssolallpG tho Country With His
Sword Of Fiery Flame.
SIX TOWNS sxOKISG RUINS.
Many Of the Inhabitants Burned TO
Death.-Ous Of the Most APPALLING
Disasters Of Modern Times.


tails simply confirm the reports re-
cclyed yesterday as to the magnitude
OF the Hinckley disaster. Tho most
conservative estimate Of deaths In tue
xix towns " Pine county are 802, Snd
from that figures 10 up TO 1000. Al.
though tue exact numbsr OF dnai will
never be known, enough IL known TO
make this one Of the most appalling
disasters In American history. A. to
the property loss, oil thoughts have
been OF death and few could bo made
to talk about tnelr business losses. II
&. probable that the loss at AMI around
Hinoklsy will exceed sg,OOO,0OO, al.
though no careful estimates have yet
bten male, nor can they bv made
wnete all papers and records have
gone up In the same flames that ~
quickly dsvOured all the houses, the
vegetation aud almost the land In q
laf. section Of plue country.
A Pine CITY special 10 the PtOHecr
frsss says:
Words cannot tell the story Of death
aud destruction that IL revealed TO the
traveller ON the ~. Paul a Duluth re.
lief train from Mission Greek 10 two
miles above tho little town Of Miller Of
Sandstone Junction. Theawiulness Of
tna desOlation which stfiKvs upon the
eye OF the observer rs he reaches tue
camp which was once the town Of
Hiuckloy is Gtlll more strongly i'm.
pressed upon the mind NJ he Journeys
uorihwatd. This morning tue hmOKU
had lifted, revealing a Landscape bare
hud black, this few standing trees being
chatfud to hoight Of forty feet, while
the ground was OF thzt peculiar tut
or brown sand mixed with guupowdef,
Tor the grass la been burned even "
tic roots. Here anu there In the bleak
End Jtvafy stretches Il county la
what Il now great lone laud was seen
the body " ueef whUus iset feet hal
not been able TO outTuu the iiAmee, Or
Of u human being who had been auio.
lutely pOwerloss against the grim dee.
tfoyer.
Tue latest verified reports Of the
number VI dead do not materially alter
iotncr estimate. In fact, that esti.
mate h proving remarkably exact con.
sIJeTlug tue confusion Of the nfAt day.
one element that makes close ngufit &
very difficult IL tue fact that bodice
stun In the woods and along tbs track
hrv not inirtquuniIy reported 10
tNO points ami sent out from each NJ
AMONG It's dead. Then, too, the ten.
ueucy VI the occasion, Dad as IL IL, IL
tJWnd eKaggerstion. However, clint.
mating those doubtful oiemout, AZ Tar
~ pussihle from IT. approx the
liyHeCr Press n convinced the to.Al IL
~ nearly txact A. possible. The mum.
nof Ot deal NJ HincKiey II placed At
20. The Pioneer ITtss cofrtspOndent
SOS 40 uaiiy counted 1914 Of these and
tue margin allowed Is ABOUT all that IL
necessary. The figures are MS follow:
Hinckley, 200.
Sandstone, ".
Miner, ~.
Between skunk Laks and Miller, T..
PekOgama, -.
ln lumber camps aui scattering, Ca
tluatud o.. Total, 8ji.
\ particularly strenuous effort was
maue touay " Identity n number Of
cOrIAea OF men who Hte known TO
carry lie Insurance. Some OF the mis-.
hiug men were known 10 carry COnaid.
cradle, anu when one was identified u
number OF AcquRintanurs were called
upon To assure themselves OF nls idon-
uly, 90 tho possibilities Of y contest In
the payment Of tue Insurance might be
avoided.
J. u. Donnelly said today, ia all his
experiences ~ an undsrtAker he had
never seen such sights as were pre-
tonted nj HlnCkley TO-DAY.
There In n strong suspicion that
among those who have been In Hinck.
ley, ostensibly for relief purposes, there
have been n lawlesa lew who have
played the part OF ghOuls and vandals,
Many VI the bodies had money ana
Valuables on them anu In several cases
they were robbed.
lardmssler Dave Williams OF Du,
luih has proved himself a hero. lie II
the man who Rrasped the situation
acted ON his knowledge, anu promptly
relieved the people OF Sandstone, lie
received message from Miller lasl
night which said: "Ihefs ATu To-
rUpie ut Sandstone without food OF
Eneller. For Gods sake get them Ou
" tueTo.n
Wilma an incredibly short time an
engine In charge OF HArdmastet VII
Hams was on the way 20 Sandstone
Tue entire road, AFTER the burned dis
tTict was reached, was patrOlltd, ant
tue engine kept up = continual whist
ling 10 that any person who might III
near the track would come ~ once L
tbs track. When the train arrived n
Sandstone Junction, or Miller, Rs 4
IN generally called, II wHs met by
nearly the entire population OF SAnd
stone and Miller. The depot plat
ioIm VI Miller had been burned ant
there was not house. left slandiDl
anywhere In Wow. About 10 person.
were taken on board anu messeuge
was sent to Sandstone which infOfne,
the people Of tne arrival Of tho relief
Very few remained aud they wor,
those with loved ones lying dend. NJ
one was burned seriously who was no
fatally Injured, There was no Attrmp
10 care for the dead who we're soatterv,
through tbs streets Of the town
Everything IL tiammible at saudston,
wac destroyed anu lOday'H invesigG
uuu brought the number " the dead a
tuut lace up to sixly-onu win
twcnty-One people missing. Mt Wei
tt.r, tue iuihtr Of Mayor Leo w, bsler
ut tnis town, was among tue dead an
inns afternoon MT. Webster went 4
Sandstone 10 bury his father an
mother. Tho scene at Sandstone o
Inscribed by Mir. Webster was heart
reading,
RAIN FALLISu.
HINCKLEY, Mimi, Sept. "a
gentle RAIN IL ialling mere Today an,
queuohing tho burning embrra Of g.
immense forest fires that uid No muol
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