The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-05
NUMBER oF WOUNDED EXAGGERATED.

lating to the number and condition o.
the wounded and the necessity FOR sup
plies had been greatly exaggerated $,
far as Pine City was concerned. lustcaC
OF POO wounded TO be cared for. there
were n bare twenty. and many OF thes,
bad not been seriously hurt All the IN
Jured have been brought in. too. ana II
was learned that even those at Duiutf
scarcely outnumbered those at Pine CITY
II appears that il was a clean cut cast
OF either life or death. Most OF thos,
who escaped did so with little or nt
physlcai hurt. The most severe anc
dangerous cases In Pine CITY had beeI
taken 10 the imprOvised hospital at thC
Rink. and here nine OF the medical reiiei
set to work, while the other two men
went on TO H!nckley. only about twelve
patients were beinG cared for at the
Rink, but oil in all they presented a
pitiful and heartrending spectacle. Nearly
all OF the patients are Scandinayians
Two women. who lost all their relatives,
are maniacs
Between Pine City and Hlncklcy the
country was swept bare Of everything
living or green. At Hinckley only about
dozen Of the tents put up 10y the state
a building left standing. Every person
there was engaged IN recovering, idenu-
tying, or burying the dead.
MANY OF THE FIRrs OF INcESDIARY ORIGIN.
DETROIT. MICH, Sept. 4.-Dispatches
from the upper peninsula show that the
rainfall In that region yesterday and last
night has efectually put stop TO the
forest fires and will be the means Of say
ing millions Of pine and lots Of home
stcaders' crops and houses The damage
already done. however, IS immense, ana
in many localities total loss can only be
avoided bv the immediate cutting of tim
ber There IS considerable evidence that
many of the fires, which are OF incen-
diary origin set by men VINO knew that
the scOrched pine would have to be cut
at once. thus giving them work. The
fires viii also force into the market much
nine that was held by non-lOgeing CAPT
faists for the purpose Of speculation.
At any rate, hundreds Of men viii be
given immediate employment 1t is
thought nearly every foot Of standins
pine in Ontanogon county is burned iuhy
o. o0o 0g0 feet: Trut Creek Lumber Com
pany 200000QO feet; Diamond Match
rompany 15O OD0 OO0 The balance is own
ed by homesteaders at Paynesville and
MANY cattle and horses We're burned
but no human lives We're lost. though
there have been many perlIous SITUATIONS
and narrow escapes. "a .-,.
repairing rOadbeds and BRIDGES ana are
rapidly getting In shape to resume traiilc.
TIE BODIES RECOVERED.
p1Nr, CITY. MINI, Sept. 4.-The gen
oral executive committee IN charge OF
no relief work In this section h4S MADE
n report of the dead bodies recovered
thus far. as follows: .c
Hincklcy, p; Sandstone. 4; Miller tol-
ten called Sandstone JUNCTION., Ioi pc
tween skunk Lake and Miller, lz' nohI-
rarna. o.. IN lumber camps, -. Ioldl'
Ghouls are at work in the vicinity Of
Sandstone To-day a party from l'uuul'
under James Bailey came down to help
bury the dead. and while searching
around at noon came upon a gang Who
had broken open and r,hcd some SaleS'
and when Bailey and party mot them
thav hal Just found a cistrrq. from
which fr.v ho1 haNlpd fifteen do1d bodies
ana had robbed them OF jewelry, rings
bodies hack into the well. BAILEY and
,arty were unarmed end the chouls took
10 their heels and escaped. frame
powder magazine NJ Sandstone a norton
II which wes loft standing. ana Wnlcp
was empty, was torn down for material
'rhe nrr was seen by the Sandstone
people four hours before II struck the
own. and everything was packed mp IN
.aadiness 10 move to Kettle river, east
# the village. Before any one was aware
If the real danger the fire came uuon the
own from the north, east, ana west
iring the whole inside Of ten minutes.
pUrNED AT HIS ANVIL.
MANY were unable 10 reach the river,
md died i'm the streets. y hlacksmith
he was shOeine horse So sudden was
he fire that not a thing was s7Vcd. and |
n thirty minutes the whole town was |
wept off the earth. Those who reached |
he river remained most Of tho night |
'he survivors are entirely destitute and |
ave not even clothing 70 their hacks. |
Xcept such as is provided by the relief |
ommittees. Whole families are wiped |
MT.
President Sam. Hin Of the Eastern |
Minnesota branch OF the Northern Pacific. |
anne up from Hincklev this morning and |
ook a northern train over the St Paul |
nd Duluth road Mr.. Hiil took the Du- |
ith road 70 within nine miles Of Sand
tone and walked over The big Eastern |
iinnesOta bridge over the Kettle river |
rs efcrl arch I'm the middle 80 feet
-ooden approaches are burned. "The
,cne of death and ruin along the rod
a terrible one" says Mr.. TTill. Not
sign Of life Is anywhere o. be seen. oh
ead animals and human beings are
ycryWhcre and they are burned whcr-
YER found IN an old well was found
yenty-dve snakes ana forty or fifty
ald mice together, all alive"
PE rLfAR rEATURrs.
There were many peculiar features
the fire. In one place, where all else
as burned and backened all around, We
'und a wagon with the hay I'm the box
tact while the horses were dead. There
yet 10 ne CLOSED up on the minnesota |
gap of twelve miles between HUckley
ld Duluth, eight miles of which are
etween Hinckley ana Sandstone.
)ticed In one place some freight-car
heels which were melted, while not
rec hundred feet away was another
" untouched.
Judge NethaWay, of saltwater has been
IL of the most active in relief work,
id has been all over the surrounding !
untry. He found the family OF Jack
)binsOn. man, wife, and seven children,
dead and hardly recognizable, and
so found j. O. Rowley. passenger agent
the Duluth and Winnipeg. Seven miles
'rthWest Of Hinckley to-day he came
a spot where a farm house had stood.
front was a well. and over 10 the leIt
uld be seen five human bodies ana sew
al bodies OF animals. Judge Netha-
~ went at once TO the well 10 see II
y one was there. and found down IN
t bottom little twelve-year-Oid BOY
eight inches of water, who had HNeu
ere since Saturday win nothing 20 eal
ie little fellow was pulled up, ana sald
had been put down there when the IRE
IS seen. and an awful bad smoHe had ;
ssed over him, and II was aWIul hot.
lie asked the Judge If he knew Where 5
father and mother were, ana MS doS.
Ie took him on his back TO where he
lld he fed while other parties went
ok after the nve, bodies.