The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-02
AWFUL FOREST FIRES
A Dense Blanket Of Smoke Over
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
hinekfer. msnn-. said 60 Have Been
wIy~a Oct VITA Missy I.h.sfssass
Farms swept By FIsms.

1sfe ios& thelF Ives n TIE tre- @e 49,
ancs are homelsss and desiIfute. The
little toEn o. Mission Creek u entirely
wiped cut Engineer John Root uAs
probably fatally b1rns1 The situation IL
appalling.
kfcH LAKE,. Wis, sert i-Terribls forest
nres ars raging in the vlcinify. and the
town Of basnawm. fifteen miiss north Of
here. Il entirely wiped cut Bridges are
partially burned and telegraph connee-
ton = neArly cut OF from the world-
Tie noon passenger train leaving here
a. i0.30 reached BashAxm. ard pickea up
What people they could ind. some Of
them we're nearly overcoms By the heat
and smoke. A party was sent Out from
here BY special sraln and found one man
half crared. wandering around IN search
Of bis family. IL Is thought they are
burned 10 death. as no trace can be found
Of them.
CHrFPKwA FAIts, Wis. Sept. Ia re-
portreaehed this city tonight that Marengo
had been completely destroyed by IRE,
rendering 20 families homeless.
The Spencer Lumber Com pauy's yards,
eontsIning 10000 feet Of lumber, at
Spencer. were also burned today. The
hres hsye taken q fresh start. and are
dangerously near this city. Several towns
within a radius OF loo miles are in i'm
ninent danger Of being wiped out. The
only fatality today is the burning OF
Adolph Clotner, while trying 10 save
bis home. The devastating flames
that have been sweeping toward the
town OF Bashawn, on the Chicago.
ST. Paul. Minneapolis 4 Omaha
road. only forty miles from this city, came
up to the town limits this afternoon. and
reports are 20 the effect that this town Is
doomed. despite the efforts of the citizens.
Near Fiheld people have become dis
couraged fighting the flames, and left
after burying their effects in holes in the
ground. The fires are reported to be within
half mile OF the village Of Cartwright and
q, Cadet. ten miles from here, the people
will not go to bed tonight, as a change in
wind would drive the flames through that
town and wipe II out.
HouaHros, Mich, Sept L-Ail the cop
per country towns are surrounded by bush
fires. and the smoke is almost sutfocattng.
ARCADIA, Wis. Sept Ia bridge burned
two miles above this city this evening. A
west-bound freight train ran into the
bridge and eighteen cars were burned,
some loaded with stock.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Sept. l-Heavy
forest fires are burning TO the southwest
of Isphemlng, around Republican and on
towards Iron Mountain. Many home
steadeTs are doubtless burned out There
are reports that sidnaw Ia cleaned out
and that Trout Greek and Ewing are in
great danger. These reports cannot now
be verified, as wires are down.
CUMBERLAND. Wis. Sept. barrett.
with 500 people. eight miles north of here,
and Granite Lake, q small town four miles
north Of here, were completely wiped ont
OF exis tence this afternoon by fire. The
people barely escaped with their lives.
-Four families are still missing and it is
thought they may have persisted in the
flames.
SIS. PAUL. Sept 1--Meager reports have
thus lar been received from the forest fires
in Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin.
bat enough is known TO state that the
fires are raging more furiously than at
any other time this year. The wires
between here and Da tn went down at
y. m. and il is doubtful whether any
wire will be had all night There is one
very roundabou, railroad wire still work
ing, but no news has yet come over 1t.
Superior today the smoke was 50 dense
that people found work difficult, while the
heat was scarcely endurable.
Railroad men reported inability to see
as far as 100 yards, and business is at
a staadstill Wild reports of fires are
current, and ii has been extremely difficult
to obtain any news that is definite.
Along the Great Northern the damage Is
Ii e.
Fighters was sent out OF 81. Cloud this after
noon IN response 10 call for help from
Milaca At Foley, ten miles from ST..
Cloud, the hres were great. the timber in
that section burning furiously. All the
country 10 the south aud east OF Bridge
man station was on fire and high wind
swept the FIRE before 1t. The people are
panie-stricken and fear the destruction Of
everything. The S. Cloud ire fighters
saved the bridge over the Rum river. near
Rrldgeman. The large lumber mill
aud yards Of Foley Bros. & Guth-
re are being soaked down with
water in the hope that they may
be saved. The young child OF Mrs. Eli
con West. Of Bridgeman. was burned TO
death. August Jackson Was surrounded
bv FIRE on the Rioomburg farm. and his
dea.h seems certain. IL is impossible for
trains 20 reach MnAcA and the people
there have been driven from their
home. and are an xicusly awaiting suecor.
Kennel MeLain. farmer near Bridge
man. lost all he possessed. North Of Pine
City the fres are raging fuvlously. sweep
ing everything before them. Set
tier. have abandoned their homes and
taken TO the marshes Tor refuge, and the
he's. and smoke - suffocatiag. The St
Psul a Duluth north-boand limited j.
laid up there waiting to get through 10
Daluth. Several crcws are 81 work repair
ing burned culverts 10 get trains through.
twas learned AZ = late hour tonight
from oficiai. Of she Omaha road THAI the
town Of Msrlnetts, Wis. had been wiped
cut Ness from railroad sources Is very
ne.rer. and nothing more can BE learned.
All wire. from Daluth, West Superior and
the West are down.
MuwAuKEE. SEPT /. ~ Reports from
Chlpnesa Falis are that the town @;
MArunro. in Ashland county. has been
com p!etssy destroyed by FIRE and DO FAM.
lies have been rendered homeless. No de-
tails ret ehtalnaese.
nuIurH. sept The town Of WreashsI
MINI. on tue Northern Pacific, and south
Range. WsH. are threatened Eith dsstrue.
I ton By forest ares
BoscoEKE. Wis, sept The village az
Nutcota. Grant county, j. burning. A