Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-09-06
THE BURNED TOWNS
An Awful Desolation Strikes the
Observer.
THE REPORTS NOT EXAGGERATED,

THE REPORTS NOT EXAGGERATED,
A Relief Committee Resolves Itself Into
One Of Search for Bodies OF Victims
MANY Bodies Impossible
to Identify.
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. A Pine
City special to the Pioneer Press says
Words cannot tell the story Of death
and destruction that Is revealed to the
travellers on the ST. Paul & Duluth
from Mission Creek 10 miles above
the little town OF Miller or Sandstone
/ Junction. The awfulness Of the DESC
lation which strikes upon the eye Of
the observer as he reaches the camp
which was once the town Of Hinckley
is still more strongly impressed in his
vision as he journeys northward.
n,tu. - . ..aI:of an - q, "a ,,ta1 nm
"en,''lo " ".s,. .,i Ky s.a " r.
n"no va' 'oaa," caIas,ona ,,hs
fe''e'e ''o p'op'' y. a,'.assa n',us
miles above IIincklcy they found, lying
" VIC ,'un" - /" ..' Iav w.. I ,hat -, a
,lu'' wn'o" s was e,"sn'.y ..aooodod
'u'soern'sn. ~, 49,, ie''.. pa.s' .h r. nmlm.t
10 lar 10 ''Au"" ,"",' "" m.n. .hs,
,''i'',u s'a ram, wa y,', asT l., ahar,,a y,
io"nu H"s 'nee' "n',a H. H., ~
, sans u n,un .he,' !, ,oa mad tha,
yl"se' ,,..t. =. uands.ona hod
.. wy r .a,i"n 10 nmi,,h hv snocial train,
~ u,,ndou ni,,ht and their nrcssino
s WI ' .a,;evod 90 the holm from
pino citv ,vos not needed The mart,
.haa s ,,y ' ,.aso,yad ;tss,f into one n
.a,'.',l ~. hod,as "a v;o,;ms ~ the die
s So '' ~
Tho horso NJ 1obn Robinson WA,
ro,r sLunk ,aLe In tbe edgc Of The
'.na1. asa ,ha fo,n;,,, sor,h, rotuof
II ,hn eallor Thcre wos M escan,
tron, tha are and the nartv found III,
bodies ~ Iohn Robinson his wife
Marv ,bo,r eldest daughter and two
small children All their clothing wa,
burned from tbe bodies but the victim.
had evidently been sufrocated befor,
tle flames reached them The hand,
of thc oldest DAUGHTER wer, upraiset
with Mains tooetber In AN attitude O
nraver
Within coo wards of the spot wher,
Enginccr Root stopped his train WINS
lono trench rnning from the it'll,
boIv NJ water which nroved place q
sofctv for tho messengers on the limit
cd TO n swamp on the lake, Followin.
uluur this trench the party came upor
the partially clothed BODY of man
who IN ncrsonnl annearance. CORE
snondcd IN the descrintion of GENERA
pas.envcr md FREIGHT Aren't Rowlev
Of the Duluth 4 Winnipeg railroad. An
examination NJ the dead mans shir
collar showed the name. O. Rowley
ma II IL sunnosed he wo = n nassenper n,
tbe limited and in taking to the ditcl
cxnectcd IN rcoch the luke
Other hodies found nv the marty war,
those Of n man and woman. who hat
ov,d.nt,v f,ad from farm bouse naa,
bv and The bodies of two men, who ar,
supposed 10 have been passengers OF
the burned train,
>rbo latsst verified renort NJ the nun
ber NJ dead do not materially alte
former estimates The number Of dea,
nj IJincl,lev IL nlaced a, ooo md I'll,
p,onnor p,.ess corresnondent has actin
ally counted ,ol n these md the mar
cin allo,yod 10 about ali that is necos
sary Tbo foures ure as follows.
JII;rc,,lev sno. sandstone 40. Mille,
10, hetwesn sl,unl, Ink ma M,,l.y o
pnksgomo a.. in lumher camns mn
soat,ar;nr estimate "a. total ae4
va,a,.,es,an noro w,,,iams ~ n,
,,,h t. so,oa,h,nr ~ Moro liz
.ho ,nan ,.ho arasnad Tho s;tuatior
aata1 Nv h,s ,,no,yiadco nromntlv nm
ro,,orea tha neonle 81 sandstone II
raaa,vod n messnoe from Miller las
n,,,h, ,sh;eh so;d. prhore ara 1so nor
.,e ~ rondstnno Without fooa q
a r For Gods sake get them o,,