The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-13
ARE STILL IN DANGER
FLAMES TIL RE A T EN- MANY
TOWNS IN THE NORTH.
Smoke in the Lake Superior Region Shows
Fires Cnquenched-Lo>srsA Aggregate In
calcuIable MilIions-Rc for the Suf-
fering Subscribed Literally.
Fire >till at Work.

Reports frcm the fire swept mort h
say that. while the worst is thought 10
be over. the danger is not at an eni.
Fire smolders at countless points in
northern Wisconsin and Michigan,
and strong winds would ian the sparks
into a blaze that Won q sweep away
many towns that fa:e thus far fought
sue .essfui!y again t de>tru t. n. These
reki.dle1 fires We're seen on all sides
OF Washburn and Ashland, ana the
trainmcn report the eNi,t-lce OF Iron
wooc, Hurley. Odanah bayfield,. sam
born. Marengo ieloit and a dozen
other sett elnents is treat ned. In
cendiarics. it is sa;d, have tried to set
fire to Ashland and Washburn. The
auth1ritie, wilt not confirm the report
fot fea. of lvnchin. b t it i, known
that the iails at botl pia :es are well
filled with Il en- against whom no
charges have been recorded.
OrI Wing. forty m lie cast OF Du-
luth :, n the south shoe I Lake Supe-
Ter. as totally destrJ yed Nednes "a.
The town II d -tJ Inhabitants. The
town OF Spencer, Wis, had Il clio call.
Sur, undcd Oh all sides b. growing
tcvcns Point. ne hundred men re-
sponded, and, with 80 able-boiied
I'll c tigh:e OF Spencer. ST cceeded in
sa ing the place. The village of
Thorpe, not far rom Chippewa Falls,
so had narrow ESCAPE. SuccOr sent
| by neigh boring towns prevented the
eXJcctcd dcstruc; ion. a.: d the total
loss was not more than $1,000. Still
another town that caught fire, Rib
AXE, in Taylor County, was saved by
prompt AMI vigorous work, and the
! loss will not exceed SN,' 90. The little
town of Bruce near Chippewa Fails,
was not so fortunate. + Tres envelOped
it. AMI its 100 inhabitants waded into
the Chip ,ewa river and covered their
heads with wet blankets. Alter the
I fir had ! a sed over them they saw an
ash heap where their homes had been.
The loss is about 5000.
Reports are to the effect that Carl
ton. herrick. and Rarnum, Mimi. a.e
in danger. The fire, now sur o.nd
these places, and are raging furiou~ly.
So dense is the smoke at Carlton that
the opera. or there said he could not
see across tho street. 1t is therefore
! i'm, os9ible to know anything from any
of these fire except iron the spot it.
self. Seven PEOPLE were burned to
death in tie fires at Marengo, I. few
miles south of Ashland. Wis. In
! Duluth the smoke i so den g
that it is utterly imro 81 le to
distinguish even faint outline OF build,
! ing, 100 fee, away. Offers of aid to
sutfere s. both in cash and goods, are
coming in from distant States The
t temporary rel # fund sub-c"ibo in
Duluth grows AMI now reaches over
! $1,000. There are over one thousand
! destitute refugees from the Hinckley
and Sandstone fire, now in Duluth. On"
of the sa feat res in the suffering n
the scene of the cata ,trophe is the
large number OF COWS. horses. heep
ana hogs. S vel as fowls that mirac
II ously escape Tres an are now
suffering and slowly dy NJ from hun
GER The humane societies will at
once take this part of the relief work
! III cha g..