St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-03

we would come across dead body. We
were only saved by occasionally arriving
at a railway cut, where there was gen.
orally but little smoke. Two miles
above Hinckley the bodies began to
grow thicker. Most of them had died
from Suffocation. In several cases they
had saved their heads by running them
into sand heaps. only to have their
bodies so badly burned that they
Could Not Survive.
"In one place we found four dead in
one heap, mother aud three children.
She had lain them on the ground ard
then lain down on them in an attempt
to cover them. Every shred of clothing
was burned from every one of them.
On the way down to Hinckley we
counted twenty-nine bodies, and at this
point we learned that the total death
roll would reach over 200. as scores OF
people ran directly into the woods.
where they had no chance whatever to
escape"
Mr.. Lobdell and his companions
found wagon bridge, and went in a
roundabout way to point south of
Mission Creek, where they found a
hand-car. and went to Pine City. The
telegraph operator here, Otis Green.
remained at his post until all but three
buildings in Hlnckley had been burned.
When the depot took fire he ran to the
safe and took therefrom $1,000 in green
backs and fled to the river. He re-
manned in the river several hours. when
he Joined Lobdell and his companions
in their trip to Pine City. Dozens of
people tried to save themselves here by
Running Into the River.
Some were successful, but many were
sutTocated by the smoke. Nine bodies
were taken out at the same time this
and probably twenty or thirty
more will be found. Everybody is In a
state of bewilderment. and as all rec
ords are burned, it is hard to get any
definite Information as to people or
property. Hinckley is a total loss.
The Brennan Lumber company. the
largest institution in the city, loses
even to piece of lath. Its
total loss will reach 100000. This
is now member of til
syndicate, upon which the
loss will fall. The other losses of the
city will foot up 100000. The loss at
Creek will foot up 500. 900.
Togema, small station on the Great
Northern, Is also totally destroyed, with
a loss of $4,000. All communication
with Milaca is still cut OFF, but Il farmer
has come IN here by team during the
afternoon who says the town was not
severely burned, band of fire fighters
having got the fire under control late
yesterday afternoon.
The Dead.
The following people, all of Hinck-
ley, are known to be dead:
JOHN M'NAMARA, section fore
man, wife aud five children.
JAMES BEAN. manager of the Bier
man Lumber company.
JAMES FARIGAN, boom boss.
WALTER GRAY, boom foreman,
wife and child.
ALEX IVERSON.
MRS. C. B. MACNAMEE.
JOSEPH PENORA, of the Brennan
Lumber company.
DENNIS BRENNAN, of the Brennan
Lumber company.
JOHN II. NELSON.
AXEL HAUST, burned while endeay-
oring to escape.
BEN SWEET and JOHN FL. MEL
SON.
AN UNKNOWN WOMAN with an
infant about two months old in her
arms, and child about three years old
clinglng to her skirts, was taken out of
Skunk lake.
Some of the wounded.
Mrs. Albert Fraser and son.
William Craig. eyes burned.
Nels Frish, body badly burned, eyes
burned out; will probably die.
Mrs. Ann MCCARTHY, badly burned
about the head.
John Frlsh, eyes burned out.
Albert Fraser, hands badly scorched.
Angus Hay. editor of the Hinckley
Enterprise, face badly burned.
John T. Craig. arms badly burned.
The little O'Gorman child, five years
old. was the only one who escaped out
Of family of eight, and she had her
hands burned slightly.
A little newsboY of Train No. 4 was
badly burned on hands and face while
trying to assist some ladies from the
burning train.
MIR. Cathcart Is reported missing.