Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-09-14
NO. A..

o,;naor Williams in charge OF gang ol men,
rabuildin, tho burned bridges. From them
Il ,v,s learned that the living at sandstone
hal hoan taken TO Duluth on special Trans
sunday niybt and their pressing necessities
roliovod so that help from Pine CITY was not
needed. The party, therefore, I''0'''' ~
solf into one Of searchers for bodies
Tho house OF John Robinson was near
Skunk Lake, in the woods, ana MS fanny
had sought refuge in tho cellar Ihere was
~ oscone from the fire and the party iouhd
tho bodies of John Robinson ana MS "lie'
..y johnson, their eldest c"uSn'''' -
r., -na'icr children. All tho clothing ""1
,.....,.. f-,m the bodies, but the victims h"u
s,m,,.l, Leon sulToca,cd before the hanes
ro,chsl them. Tho hands Of the oiues.
,,.h.or were upraised in an attitude Oh
w.hin six hundred yards Of the spot
whore Engineer Root stopped his train vas a
Ion., trench. running from the little BODY OIL
wafer which proved place OF safety ior INC
,a-.encers on the limited to a swamp on inc
Ioto Following along this trench the parry
c,me uron the partially-clothed body ol
man. WHO. in personal appearance cores
nonded to tho description Of General Fassen-
Ger and Freight Agent Otto Rowley, oi ihe
Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad. O'ner
bodies found by the party were 'hose u
man and woman. who had eyldeh'iy h'u
from farm house nearby. and the bodies oi
two men. who are supposed 10 nave peen
messengers on the burned train.
Duluth. Mimi Reports still come in from
towns to the southwark, reporting fresh iires
Swinging up 1t was reported from the rail
road junction and saw mill town OF Carlton,
twenty mics south Of here, that fire menaced
the town. but later, a Ter strenuous work, II
was beaten back. Brief messages from sur
rounding towns to the United Press cores
pondent are as follows:
Cloouet.-The smoke is so dense that It Is
impossible to see clearly twenty feet Eyen
buildings are indistinguish across the
street. The smoke is so dense that the pain
resulting is fearful and almost vulnerable.
Kerrick. Fires surround the town, but
there is no wind at present, and 50 long as
ouiet continues the town is safe. Most OF the
people have left.
South Superior. fires near this town
we're all put out. In this city the smoke is
more dense and pungcnt, showing 1t TO be
from nearer fires than any time yet 1t IS
utterly impossible to distinguish even faint
outlines Of buildings 400 feet away. The ap-
pearance is that OF the densest fog, and the
vessels arriving from down the lake report
navigation a very serious matter and col
lisions narrowly avoided. In ALL about 600
refugees are now listed here by relief COM
mittecs. and tho lists are not complete as Jet
Nearly 200 people have already been sent
back to Hinckley and Sandstone, who are
not included in these lists. 1t is estimated
that not less than $4,000 to 800. 900 will be
required to keep the poor people until they
can get some returns from their own labor
on farms next summer. Many are going to
work here in this vicinity, on railroads, and
In the woods and mills. On the arrival Of a
train over the Duluth. South Shore and At
lantic. came the statement that at the village
OF Marcngo. ninety miles east Of Duluth, the
bodies Of six persons were fonnd, who haC
been burned TO death during the night
Oilers Of aid to sufferers, both in cash anc
goods, are coming in from distant States.