The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-09-03

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ESTIMATE or TIE DEAD. 80.
A special to the Pioneer Prsss from rIns
City, Nina, says: An estimate o. ~
dead y Hineklsy 800; Sandstone Is, SAsd-
stone junction, Is; Pokenas %; Skunk
LAks, 26; miscellaneous, 20; total, -
The list Of dead to date includes The tos'
lowing: Sandy Henderson. II ysars, Jehn
Hsnderson. II years; D. Hanson. S2rA
Hanson and Ave Hanson. ehlldseoi
Thomas Jones Chambers; Aisx Hsudsss
son and wife, Emily Hanson. 1s years;
Charlie Hanson, 10 years; Charles Ander.
sou, 20 years; Hans Attison, u
years; Mrs. William Giudsr; Dennis
Riley. Waterman, and Jim Bean, foreman
Of the Brennan Lumber COMPANY; Joen
Best. his wife and four children, Jeen
Anderson and his wife; two Andeeeeu
children; William Nesbitt; Henry Han
con; T. T. Tureon, Lamb and sons
Mrs. Martin aud four children, drownedy
Mrs.. blanchard and two children; DE-. G.
H. Kslsy, Of New Briton; Lswis Geleens
an employe Of the Eastern railway; refse
Robertson; Nsls Robertson; Mary Rob
srtson; Robsrtscn's child; - Holman
and wife; Belle O'Brien. Emma Dolan
and Annie Wallace, deml-monde.
THE TOWN WIPED OUT.
TIE walls Of the school house, the Iron
fence about the town hall property, the
bank vault and one absolutely uuinjured
outhouse 10 all that 10 left to mark the
site Of Hinckiey, whore yesterday stood .
score Of buildings and . dosen times -
many dwelling houses.
The stony OF the eataatrophs 70 short
one. The town was built Of wood. TIE
school house, erected last year at cost
Of $4,000, and half Of the Eastern
Minnesota round houses. were the only
brick structures IN the city. BY one Of
those peculiar freaks for which there n
no accounting, the round house and The
water tank ON the southwestern sdGo oe
the town almost In the woods escaped The
flames, circumstance more remarkAheo
from the fact that II stood directly In the
path Of the flames, which seem to have
jumped 1t % elsanly % II playing leap
frog.
All yesterday forenoon the townspeopis
were apprshsnsivs. The fire kept advan'
cling, Tanned By the wind, which was blow
ing gale. About II o'clock the irsmsn
got out their engine and laid I 800 feet u
hose to the southern outskirts Of the town.
The hose was too short for the measure Of
protection desired, and . telegram was
cent to Rush City for more. One hundrsd
fest was sent, but II never reached Hinck.
lsy.
HORRORS or THE SITUATION.
About 3 o'clock In the afternoon the DIRE
literally jumped into the town. II did mot
eat its way along. dsvouring everything In
its path, bat came In huge leaps, ~ u
10 take everything before 1t. II ap'
psarsd - IL II was forced along
hy cyclones OF its own generation
The intenss hest would develop . avsritabls
whirlwind Of asms that carried huge
blazing firsbrands high In the cir. and
carrying them forward from 10 to 90 rods,
let them fall and began the work Of devas.
tation answ. The flrs frst struck Hinek'
ley on the east side Of the Duluth track
and the bravo lire fighters for the nrst
time gave up the unequal battle, and a.
ready TOO late In many cases, turned thsil
attention to their personal safety. Ths
Eastern Minnesota train from the south
had lust come In and the people of the
panic stricken city hocksd to u for safety.
A number Of boz cars were coupled ou
and flllsd and covered with men, women
and children. Some were barshsadsd
some coatlsss, some few clutchsd pitiful
bundle Of the more precious oi
thslr portable possessions. Families
were separated and in all thii
vas motley crowd Of about 200 o. mots
people. The train pulled out Just ahsad
Of the flrs and suecssdsd In ultimately
reaching Duluth. This circumstancs, ,whlll
fortunate In 0 degree that cannot b
estimated. has made tho confusion greater
for Il 70 mot known who escaped In thii
way and many people are reported who
may be In safety. Had not this number
Of people, largely women and children
left the doomed city when they did, thu
loss Of life would have been increased,
for their presence would have added Inn
measurably to the subsequent confusion
ABANDONING THE TOWN.
About the same hour the accommodation
train on the Hinckley q ST. Cloud branch
left for tho latter place With about a
passengers. Its path lay directly across
luo Q8t0 Oh tu0 uE0 0N0 sbSoW bitu8tSUl
speedily became desperate. Tho ties wers
burning, tho rails were warping and th'
trsstles were ssggins under the train
The smoke had 20 increased that the en-
ginssr was helpless. He could not ses th.
train behind him. Burning trees la!
across the track and were being tosset
aside by the engine. Suddenly the trkci
rave away and the train toppled Of TO on,
side. No one was injured and they psessss
on to Pokegama station, . few rod
ahead. But few feet In front Of the en-
gine was discovered gorge 90 feet wid,
and 20 feet deep. where trestls had bsei
burned away. They succeeded In reach
ing the clearing about the station an,
escaped with o few burns and bruises
There we're burned along the track, how
ever, four Of Ave people.
TRYING 10 ESCAPE.
The people who were left In the eity
were In what seemed to b an almos
helpless condition. Egress By the onl.
means of transportation that could hop
TO distance the swiftly advancing fame
Was out Of the question. The men ha,
bssn fighting the fire for hours and tn,
women and children were in 0 panic
stricken condition. Horses were har
messed to buggiss and wagons. womel
and children werc hurriediy loaded. Prob
ably 600 Of them left town on foot or Il
vehicles, plunging into the woods acros
Grindstone river. which skirts the tow
on the north. They were literally Heein,
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