The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-09-06
THE BURNED DISTRICT
RELIEF COMM ITTEES BRINGING
ORDER OUT OF CHAOS.
Most Of the Bodies Have Been Buried
Though Some Remain In the Ponds
and Rivers-Commite es Do
ing Noble Work

ST PAUL, Sept. A st. Pau
Pioneer Press special from Pine CITY
GAYS: Burned at Hinckley and vicin
ity. 225; at sandstone, 81; at Poke
CANA, p; at Miller, u; estimate Of
dead not found, so; total, 379.
The Hinckley horror is dawning IN
its awful magnitude, There are now
living in the cemetery under shallow
covering of sand or in the rude, rough
boxes which take the place of caskets,
ZIG bodies. +. g. Weber of Pine
CITY who has had entire Charge
of the interment OF these, mas
the work well in hand ana
has kept most accurate account
of the bodies These figures are his
and include those buried by friends.
-Four trenches in all have been opened,
separated by about four feet. Com
mencing on the south are hve un'
boxed corpses, In trenches are ~
boxes, many containing ftom TWO TO
five bodies. This trench IL not yet
closed. In the third are q boxes like
the others. Thes.fourth trench is not
yet in use, but there are piled up ~
bodies which will be put in.
The foreman OF the construction
train reported to Coroner Crowan this
attereoon that at the north end OF the
bridge across the Grindstone were
seven bodies completely incenerated,
A few rods west of where the Duluth
depot stood were found the body OF
woman. To this must be added the
few bodies shipped out, the two
buried by Jim Hunts party, four in
tered by another explorer, making
the total of about 225 accounted for
in HInckley and vicinity.
A mass of estimates are being made,
but there is no foundation for them
There were undoubtedly settlers and
men in the luimber camps VINO nave
not been discovered A search tor
them will be prosecuted and they Will
be inferred where they are fouLd. 1t
may be day or two before the |
spot of death can be examined.
1t is full of logs and the
work OF recovery will be difficult M
less the dam is cut and the water
drawn off, an expedient which may be
adopted.
AtBrook Park the dead have nearly
all been accounted Tor and will run
over Is. At Miller were buried Il; at
Sandstone, 67; total, $40, Some think
at least 200 settlers in camps are yet
to be found.
AT PINE CITY.
PINE CITY, Mimi, Sept. 4.-There
is prospect now that the number of
dead which have been or will be
brought into Hinckley and which has
besn conservatively est.
mated at about 200, will pass that
figure. The number of bodies now
accounted for reaches about that total
and of necessity others will be
brought in or buried in the vicinity.
1t is probable that the number may
reach $50. There is one point where
an indefinite number OF bodies may
be found. 1t is about Duluth bridge,
across the Grnustone and the north
west of the town where there was
mill pond of considerable depth
and probably 400 feet wide.
On the bank nearest the town stood
the plant Of the Brennan Lumber
company with about 800 900 feet Of
sawed lumber. A number of PERSONS
" ere seen working their way to the
water OF the pond down the alleyl be,
tween the piles of Burning lumber
I here is absolutely no basis for an ac-
'curate approx nation )t how many
there were One thing is certain, no
one who went into II ever came back.
To the intense heat OF the burning |
lumber and the suttOcstlEg volume OF |
smoke which it alone furnished was
added that which went up from the |
sawdust and Cdgiugs through |
which the fire ran to the very |
waters edge. The water was
deep and those who were there |
chose death by drowning to sutfoca-
tion or burning. The pond is yet un-
approachabe The sawdust bank is |
still full OF fire and as treaCherous as |
quick sand. The smoke is so dense
that not even sight of the pond can |
be had from near the place where the |
bodies are supposed to be and it may be
some days before an attempt at recov-
cry can be made.
From Brook Park, as the station on |
the eastern pat of Pokagama has re-
Gently been christened, and the mills