The evening world., 1894-09-06
FIRES YET THREATEN.
Fresh Disasters May Come from
Blazing Northwestern Forests.
Many Small Towns Surrounded and
Calling for Aid
Latest Estimates Give Minnesota $40
to 400 DECD.

DULUTH, Mimi, S,pt. 6.-Earnum, a
lumber town, thirtyfve miles down the
II. Paul and Dulutt road, is surrounded
by forest fires. ana the inhabitants are
anxious. Carlton and Kerrlck are also
reported still In danger
The relief party which left here in
charge OF W. T. Bailey and George Ash
10 search the eastern line, sent word
that near Sandstone 1t found eighteen
dead bodies in one dug out. into which
the victims had rushed hoping to escape
With their lives. only .G md In, that they
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. sept g..
Fisher Meadow, near Estela, a small
settlement. was wiped out yesterday
loggers Of this city, lost both. of their
logging outfits and camps and a large
quantity, Of logs. Warren Flint, Of
Estella. lost 200 tons of hay.
Daniel ARRANGE lost his house. barn and
crops. The Buchanan mill was also de-
stroyed. The Grand Rapids school-house
was burned.
The Are Is said to Nc running towards
Murray. where danger Is unprecedented
Mayor Hines, OF Cumberland, has tele-
sraphed that the small towns in that
CARLT0N, MINI. Sept. 6-Every-
thing was burned at Cromwell except
the schoolhouse- The fire came without
warning, and the people saved their
Wright, Charles Morse and many others
lost everything. 1t IS feared that many
were sent from here at once and brought
the people down. relief COMMITTEES
was organized and the sufferers cared
for. Even the ties of the railroad were
burned.
No lives are reported lost In this vicin-
ity. The fires are still smouldering, and
another wind would cause still further
PINE CITY. Mimi, Sept. 6.-The lat
est corrected figures are of a character
calculated to lower rather than raise
the total number of dead. There has
mates in Hinckley, but the prospect Of
any considerable number remaining still
in the woods Is decreasing. There are
2a3 buried in Hinckley graveyard. and
perhaps dozen more buried at other
points in the vicinity, increasing the
total to about $50; but the additional
from the liberal estimate of those yet
unbound. leaving the total between 376
and 400, where the Pioneer Press put it
yesterday morning.
over to Mora, has reported at Hinckley
that the, total dead at that place was
twenty-three and that all the missing
of but two at that point No changes
were reported elsewhere.
Word has been received from II. Fl.
burned district and be present at Sun.
days exercises, II possible.
About 800 in cash has been received,
nearly all from the small towns.
Besides the subscription of 5000 in cash
the Great Northern road. has given 5000
aSr nas, Of good rsrioult4rSi land I for the
assresate, and viii be given to the
people for homes.
MILACA, Mimi, Sept. 6-Later devel-
opments show that over fifty families
in this vicinity are entirely destitute. A
mass-meeting was held last night and
to the cities to-day for aid The County
Commissioners appropriated $500. The
fires are still burning, and great ex-
'if sHT PG GsyTi.sa; Slant s-p.,rsv
River on both sides for the whole length,
excepting ten miles at the South, Is one
huge mass of flames. The Minnesota
woods, where there are but few set
the Ares were SO feres that hat they JUMPED
across the river, setting the Canadian
woods on fire. The Canadian side is we'll
settled and the settlers are losing
on Saturday. Mrs. Gamsby and five
children, living on Grassy River, were
refuge in well. A daughter.> aged
eighteen years. had her head and feet
Ssanee on 1wa Her esean WhS Win WAS b
and face badly burned.
George Wallis building was burned
and the family saved with great diff
RVs nave seen b SnGK on fo osnyy
Fort Francis, is dead, and Arthur
Wright, a settler of Rainey River, was
found on Sunday, dead in bed.