The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-04
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camps and scattering, estimate so. Total
364
Yard Master Dave Williams of Duluth
has proved himself hero. He Is the man
who grasDed the situation, acted on hi
own knowledge and promptly relieved thu
people of Sandstone. He received mes
sage from Miller last night which said:
HE KEPT THE ENGINE WRESTLING.
ten or fifteen people at Sandstone il
need of shelter, for GOd's sake get them oul
of here"
Within an incredibly short time, an en-
CINE in charge of Williams was on It's way
| to Sandstone. The entire road, after the
| burned district was reached was patrolled
and the engine kept up continual whist
ling so any person who might be near the
railway would come at once TO the track.
| When the train arrived at Sandstone
junction, or Miller as it is generally called,
II was met by nearly the entire population
| of Sandstone and Miller. The depot plat
| form at Miller had been burned and there
| was not house left standing anywhere ID
view. About 10 people were taken aboard
and messenger was sent to Sandstone
who inf rned the people of the arrival OF
relief Very few remained and they were
/ those with loved ones lying IN the build
| ing. No one was burned seriously who was
not fatally injured.
TWENTY BODIES LAY N THE STREET.
There was no attempt for care for the
dead who were scattered through the
streets of the town. Everything inf1sm-
mable al Sandstone Was destroyed and to-
day Investigation brought the No IN Der of
the dead at that place up to 81 with
twenty-one people missing Mr.. Webster.
the father of Mayor Lee Webster of this
fonsy IL o ~,
noon Mr.. Webster went to Sandstone to
bury his father and mother. The scene at
Sandstone as discovered by Mr.. Webster
was heartrending The streets of the
town were only lines of sands between
heaps of ashes. Within these lines
lay forty bodies scattered at
Raedom aud TWENTY-FIVE more were found
afterwards in the outskirts Of the town
and along the hollows and marshes towards
the river bank. The bodies were lying ex-
posed to the sun and rain alike. They were
rapidly decomposing. They were idenai-
fed as far as possible aud will be buried
tomorrow. The Duluth people are looking
after the care and relief of the
people on the line noath of Hinckley.
They are doing their work well and will
see that no one of the livingiis allowed TO
suffer for food or clothing.
CATTLE MANAGE TO ESCAPE.
the occasion is the escape of SO many cat
tie and horses Many were absolutely ua-
scathed, though M one can tell now they
escaped the ordeal of fire. Others were
pitifully burned, and steps are be-
ing taken to put them out of their
misery. The animals were without
food until late this afternoon, when the
relief train brought up some hay. The
COWS were in great suffering. not having
been MIXED for two DAYS
Tomorrow morning the carcasses of dead
animals, which are becoming very often
sive, will be put out of the way by burial
or burning.
CORDUROY ROADS ARE BURNED OUT.
In the afternoon, following the rain,
strong breeZe swept up from the south
and soon the flames which bad been
quenched To smoulderlng by thu
morning showers were again famed to
blaze and hundreds of columns of smoke
began to ascend from the woods. TIE
fire will not be out for many days unless
there are heavy rains, but there is no dan
ger, as the underbrnsh is burned out clean
and there is no possibility of any spread.
The intensity and instability of the fire
can be seen from the fact that corduroy
fills, where the logs We're buried
are entirely eaten ont. the fire
eating its way under the entire width OF
the road. No one of the citizens of Pine
City, who volunteered their aid in the
work of relief, 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 ac-
complished. Not until nightfall We're his
labors over, and during that time he had
succession of relays Of men under him,
for many sickened and had TO give il
up. The work progressed slower than
need have been the case, aud Mr.. Weber's
working force been Inadequate. As it
was slXty-fiye unidentified dead were in
TERED Ia the trenches; fifty-siX more were
put in boxes and thirteen were buried by
their friends, making total of 134 bodies
handled at the cemetery. Mr.. Weber says
he has reports of iifty-one bodies all ready
for burial tomorrow, and this mum Der
will grow every hour. Thus all the bodies
found after tomorrow must be buried
where found, as it will be impossible to
handle them as they will literally fall To
pieces.
REBUILDING THE RAILROAD.
The first thought of the officials of the
st. Paul aud Duluth railroad company
was to- care for the unfortunate people |
who lost everything owned; the second !
was to restors the operation of telegraph |
service between ST Paul and Duluth. The |
first task well unGer way and its COM
pIeblOn piaceu IN the nanuS OF a com pSbeDJ |
the company at once set TO |
work upon the herculean task OF |
opening its line between Mission |
Creek and Miller. L. l.. Brown. |
master Of transportation, had been busy |
since the fire III handling the relief trains |
from st. Paul and between Pine City and |
He now began systematic at
tempt TO straIghten out the crooked rails, |
build bridges, repair culverrs and replace |
the burned ties, of which there were liter |
ally thousands. With work train and !
efficient crew, they rebuilt the burned |
bridge over the Grindstone river at Hinck- |
lev. put in new ties and worked the line |
gradually north.
MORE THOUGHT TO BE DEAD.
Laaer-Further details simply confirm /
the reports received yesterday as TO the !
of the Hinckley disaster. The /
most conservative estimates of deaths In /
the six town of Pine county is 3d., and /
from that the figures 90 up 10 1000. |
the exact number Of ues d /
will never be known, enough /
Is known TO make this one of the most ap- !
palling disasters in American history. |
More have persisted, but never SO many in |
so terrible manner. As To the property |
loss. ali thoughts have been Of the dead. /
and few could be made talk about their |
business losses.
DON'T TREAD ON ME,
Vibrates the rattle snake with his rattle. !
Sensible DeODie take alarm at the chill 4