New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-05

lowed. On she sped between the rails the ties
~ Hrn oeneath her feet, and two seething walls
vi IRE iedp!ng along beside her. Again and
AGAIN she stumbled over dead bodies in the way.
, ~ one pace she saw man kneeng in the at
.tuue Oh prayer but stone dead and burning.
~ dho,her mother and four children fell ex-
haus'ed IN her path never to rise again
A,ter she mad run about mile and was ready
to drop with the heat she ran against Engineer
Roots train. which was just about to back up.
AFTER having taken on its load OF terror-stricken
lugitiVes. The fireman pulled her into the cab
ana wnen she regained consciousness she was
removed TO one o. the coaches. Had she been
moment later the train would have backed away
from her. and she would have persisted The
rest OF that ride everybody in the Northwest
knows to-day. but not all Of the sOrrOwful scenes
that took place within the car. Miss Mcneil
says that she saw one man, craZed with I1ght
and despair. kiss his wife goodby and then de-
liberately plunge headlong through the glass
window out into the flames
From the hospital the reporter went TO the
square, where the State had pitched fifty army
tents as shelter for the homeless. Not more
than dozen Of these were occupied. None Of
the inmates had lost relatives although all had
lost homes and property. They took their losses
cheerfully. however.
THE COUNTRY A DESOLATE WASTE.
Leaving Pine City, the United Press correspond
ent went to Hinckley. thirteen miles distant, In
a handcar Words utterly fail to describe the
desolation that marked the country on every
hand, as he neared the place of the terrible dis
no one had lived there for thousand years. and
never would again" Not only had every green
and living thing been licked up by the iiaines'
but the soil itself was blackened and consumed,
and the earth torn up in great holes and patches.
Nothing but dreary desolate waste remained.
Yesterday morning. few miles the other sde
of Hinckley. little live calf was picked up. HOW
it came there or how it could ever have escaped
in such fire-swept region no one knows Not
a vestige is left standing OF the town except the
charred walls Of the schoolhouse and roundhouse
and two iron safes
At the time of this writing 200 dead bodies
have been gathered at Hinckley. Professor
Hayes of the Hinckley schools, personally found
l2l dead bodies on Sunday. and eight more to-
day BY this time most of them nave been
buried but when the correspondent came upon
the scene they were lying in two great heaps
one containing about one hundred Dodies. piIed
unfortunately to height of five feet. Naked
charred blackened, torn. most OF them are dD-
soluely beyond recognition and those when
have been identified were distinguished only by
some trinket or mark upon the linen. Trenches
were being dug. and into these the bodies were
tumbled some in boxes The hasty work IA
hardly to be wondered at. when it Is known that
not more than five or six men are there To per
form the offices of burial. II was only toward
evening that friends and relatives began 10 come
in from Duluth and other points to assist in the
sad services Other bodies are being found con-
stantly in groups OF eight or ten.
Grindstone Lake. ten miles north OF iilnckley.
has been the camping ground FOR several SUM
mers of parties from Hinckey. This year a
larger number of persons were camp q tieTe than
usual when fire was seen To be chcToatn-
ing on Meals place three-Quarters Of mile
from one of the camps several Of the men started
for the scene. John Patrick and two men named
Ellsworth and Collins were among the nunnei
Others were fighting the fire when the thr.1
men arrived. and IL was supposed that they '"uiu
get il under control. The party had rdtGN
reached the place, however when they as
covered flames shooting out over the tops 81
timber. back Of their own camp Patrlck siai yea
| back along the shore. while the others got 'i,'p
| a small skin and padded as fast as they '"ui''
hoping to reach the camp before IL was over
whelmed. While they were stu some Hia'tnVe
| AWAY they saw the women rushing INTO the Lake
| and the camp outht going up III ''''''e "'"
| smoke = a.
Patrick had not gone far before mass 81 me M"
| darted across the lake. more than Inc "4ne;
| where he stood and he fell before II as IL Sp'i
! on through the forest. His clothing was ignited
| and for a time ne was completely daZea. "v!
| he recovered his senses the fire was AL about
him and only "A narrow pathway through l" uhe
| water at the edge Of the lake remained M,
| hank shelves off steep along the lake, ana "heicr
| an avenue Of escape. AS ne was si' sninS
| through the water stray dog feH III pcnllu
| him and went along in his company, me W."
| had an encounter little later WIN 'dihr
, no. h.ar which under ordinary circumstances
| would have attacked them; but the beast Sat III
| the water, and only HioNeu as'ue " ~" 49,
| that they could pass
! FLED INTO THE LAKE FOR REFUGE
| Patrick finally reached space where the 'o''
| opened on, from the lake. and here met '"eh'!
| bee, Aee,np through the binding smoke ahead
| ~ the flames All the members OF the par
| threw themselves into the lake ana re'hai me-, '.,'
| there until the flames had pdsseu oN''' -
| ,rera seriously injured, but all were :" tA-
hausted as to be unable 10 90 lurther M MS
They lay on the banks OF the IAN uI'',' d ~,
| ,a ani then started back over me ioan Wy
'hsich they had come, in the direction OF SAM
s,nne Junction. Patrick has not seen OF 'r.iu -
,bom since Eleven Of the settlers. one """ ra
| With an infant FIVE weeks od' got Hi'' ~
| and padded out into the iaKe' H.,
was, superior Wis. Sept. 4.-Nearly all 'hoSe
,h survived the terrible forest fires In Northern
| Minnesota have now been removed |" P'".e' W
! ssfetv in Superior and Dduth. and az NAV
rain has auenched the flames. there VIII De no
Further casualties. The wor OF searching i''
| tho dead is making good progress YESTERDAY
| os,.rroon fifty-four bodies were buried al "d"u-
| 1000 most Of them charred beyond recognition
| and rere buried wherever found. Wheh the i'
uef train reached Sandstone not Sign u
building was left in the town Arouhu 81 . 80 ,ao
| - ~ each house were found seVeral hui'ai
| .ains The living inhabitants OF the Town WIZ
brought into Superior at midnight AZ thln i'r,
32s bodies were lying in the street; -. UN
an ,he 81 Cloud division OF the Great Noithe. III ~
| ,harn are twenty-eight cOrpses. Ihey are sun !.
tvine unburied the rest OF the people having 'ei'
the place. Al Partridge omiX ,"I Il Is almost
tonossible to tell where Partridge was az Inv
whole surrounding country Is IN as IN paui and
| oar traffic resumed Oh NV -
| ger Lam dav hut Great Northern through
, Nv will not be running for some time
HOW HUNDREDS AT HINChLhf ""'''
SAVED
| William Rest, engineer Of the passenger tra'f
an tho Eastern Minnesota road, which saved
many lives. said to-day;
Soon after leaving Superior. at 10 p III u
saturday had to light the headlight, OWING u
the dense smoke which turned DAY in.o nisn -
The heat as we approached HincKey ,r, &C..
7 exnected that when reached mat poih' W.
womid yet in the open and escape the smoke. Ny
surprise was great, therefore. when we iouiiu Wv
fire right upon the town. 1t TOOK Du' d e'a ,
doomed.