The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-05


IL. RICKETTSON of Minneapolis.
DAVID KANE Of Rock creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. JOHN BEST.
GEORGE BEST. aged twenty-five.
FRED BEST. aged twenty-three.
WILLIAM BEST aged twenty-one.
BERTHA BEST, aged seventeen.
VICTOR BEST. aged eight.
MINNIE WEIGEI, aged nine
Miss ANNIE TRUTTMAN, aged TWEEN
ty-six, Of Diamond Bluff, Wis.
DIR. kelley n New Brighton.
- JAMESON.
WILLIAM NESBITT.
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN BURKE and two
children.
Mr. and Mrs. L. REYNOLDS and two
children.
JIM BEAN
HANS NIATTISON.
SANDY HENDERSON Of Pine City.
JOHNNY HENDERSON OF Pine City.
THOMAS JONES.
CHARLES HANSON.
DENNIS RILEY.
JOHN ANDERSON. wife and two chill
dren.
PETER ROBERTSON.
LOUIS NELSON.
EMMA DOLAND.
BELLE O'BRIEN.
ANNA WALLACE.
Mrs. COSTIGAND and three children.
WILLIAM PINNOHR.
PATRICK MURPHY.
HENRY HOFFMAN and wife of Sand
stone.
Mrs. JOHN MCNAMARA and one child.
Yardmaster williams Is IA Hero.
Yardmaster Dave williams Of Duluth
IS something OF a hero himself. He Is
the man who grasped the situation, acted
on his knowledge promptly and relieved
the people of Sandstone. He received a
message from Miller last night which
said: There are $50 people at Sandstone
without food or shelter. For Gods sake
get them out OF there"
Within an Incredibly short time an en-
CINE, in charge Of Yardmaster williams.
was on the way TO Sandstone The en-
tire road. after the burned district was
reached. was patrolled and the engine
kept up a continual whistdng SO that
any persons who might be near the rail-
road would come at once TO the track.
When the train arrived at Sandstone
Junction. or Miller. as 1t is generally
called. IL was met by nearly the entire
population OF Sandstone and Miller The
depot platform at Miller had been
burned and there was not a house left
etandlnE anywhere in view. About 10
people were taken aboard. and a mes
senges was sent to Sandstone who In
formed the people OF the arrival OF re-
lief. Very few remained. and they were
those with loved ones lying dead. No
one was burned seriously who was not
fatally injured. There was no attempt
to care for the dead. VINO lay scattered
with irregularity through the streets of
the town. Everything infiammable at
Sandstone was destroyed. and tOday's in
vestigaions brought the number of the
dead at that place up to sixty-two, with
twenty-one people missing.
Mr.. Webster. the father OF Mayor Lee
Webster, In this town. was among the
dead. and this afternoon Mr.. Webster
went to Sandstone 10 bury his father and
mother. The scene at Sandstone, de-
scribed by Mr.. Webster, was heartrend-
ing.
Bodies Scattered ut Random.
The streets of the town We're only lines
of sand between heaps Of ashes. Within
these lines lay forty bodies scattered at
random, and twenty-five more We're
found afterward in the outskirts of the
town and along the hollows and marshes
toward the river bank The bodies were
lying exposed 10 the sun and rain alike,
and We're rapidly becoming decomposed.
They were identified as far as possible
and will be buried tomorrow. The Du-
9uth people are looking after the care
and relief Of the people on the line north
OF Hinckley. They are doing their work
well and VIII see that no one Of the liV-
Ding is allowed % suffer for food or cloth,
ing. One OF the marvellous crcum-
stances OK the occasion Is the escape OF
so many cattle and horses Many were
absolutely unscOrched, though no one can
explain how they escaped the ordeal of
fire. Others were pitifully burned AMI
steps are tardily being taken to put them
out Of their misery. A company of
militia went out and killed one OK this
afternoon. The animals were without
food until late this afternoon. when the
relief train brought up some hay, and
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 the
way by burial or burning. In the after
noon, following the rain, a strong breeze
swept up from the south and soon the
flames, which had been quenched and
smouldering by the morning showers,
were again famed to a blaze and hun
dreds OF columns Of smoke began to
ascend from the woods. The fire will
not be out for many a day unless there
are heavy rains. but there Is no danger,
as the underbrush is burned out clean
and there Is no possibility Of another
spread. The intensity and instability
of the fire cannot be seen from the fact
that corduroy fills. where the logs were
burned under several feet Of earth. are
entirely eaten out, the fire eating it's
way through under the entire width Of
road.
Burial of the Unidentified Dead.
None Of the citizens of Pine City who
volunteered their aid in the work of re-
lief did more than f. G. Weber. He
took entire charge of the work at the
cemetery and kept at the hideous work
until all that could be done had been
accomplished.
Not until nightfall were his labors
over, and during that time he had sue
cession OF relays OF men under him, for
many sickened and had to give 1t up.
The work progressed slower than need
have been the case had Mr.. Weber
working force been adequate.
AS It was siXty-five unidentified dead
were Inferred in the trenches. ffty-six
more were put in boxes and thirteen
were buried by their friends making a
total Of 134 bodies handled at the GEM
etery.
Mr.. Weber says he has reports of fifty
one bodies all ready for burial tomorrow
and this number will grow every hour
The bodies found after tomorrow must
be buried where found. 1t will be i'm
possible to move them, as they are lit
orally falling to pieces.
AFTER THE DELUGE