The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-07

! terri bic forest hfeS OF Saturday after
noon places the number of the dead
In the devastated towns in Pine coun-
| BY at 362, while other estimates make
| the number of victims vary from 500
to 1000. There is no probability that
the exact figure will ever be known.
| The most conservative and carefully
verified figures by towns are as fol-
lows:
In Hinckley-Two hun dred dead
| In ndstone-SixJy-two dead
In Miller-Twelve deal.
! About Skunk lake-TweIVe dead
| In Pakege ma-TWenty-e eight dead
| In lumber camps and on farms-F1fty dead
In addition to this, there are scores
If people missing, many of whom have
probably persisted and whose bodies
may never be found.
| The losses of property in Pine coun-
| ty will undoubtedly be 81, 900, 900,
nothing having been saved in any of
The towns and the farms and forest
being laid waste. The whole of the
county is blackened, desolate ruin
without sign of anything green from
bne end to the other.
| The family of John Robinson, con-
tisting of five persons, sought refuge
| IN the cellar of their home. All per-
| shed. When found the hands of the
oldest daughter were uplifted as in
! prayer.
In the trench, near where Engineer
| Raub stopped his train at Skunk lake,
three bodies, one of them that of o.
Rowley, general passenger and
| freight agent of the Duluth and Win
| lipeg railroad, were found
| The five children of NJ A Green
| field, farmer living five miles from
| Pine City, and the two sons of Mrs.
! Thomas Henderson of this place, per-
| shed in the cellar of Greenfield's
| house. Mrs. Greenfield lies in the
! hospital at Pine City fatally burned.
Greenfield, who was away from home
lt the time, came here yesterday to
! be with his wife.
| Among the Hinckley people who
we're camping out at Grindstone lake
we're John Patrick, Henry Ellsworth
| Ind Frank Collins and their families.
| When the fire was first seen the men
| went out to fight it. Suddenly they
| kaw fire behind their camp and next
! they saw the women rush into the
/ lake with the children. Patrick was
knocked down by a ball of fire and
was surrounded by the flames. He
succeeded in getting to the lake
where stray dog joined him. He
soon afterward met bear in the
water but the animal did not modest
| him or the dog. Next he met twenty
settlers who had fed to the lake.
| Eleven of these put out into the lake
| In a frail boat and were probably
drowned. Patrick finally found his
| family and friends all safe.
| There is a strong suspicion that
among those who have been in Hincl-
! ley ostensibly for relief purposes,
there have been Iawless few who
have played the parts of ghouls and
| Handals.
Among the victims of the holocaust
| 1t Sandstone were Mrs. Mcnamara,
wife of John Mcnamara of Pine City,
| and her daughter The bodies were
not badly burned and were identified
| by means of spectacles worn by Mrs
Mcnamara and by the clothing of the
| two women. In a pocket of the dress
Of the older, however, was found
| 81, 500 in cash and Mcnamara could
| hot believe the body was that of his
wife, as he did not know of her pos
Bessing any such amount of money.
| He cannot be convinced that the mon
ey is that of his wife and hopes that
there is some mistake which will
prove that his wife and daughter are
still among the living.
Another peculiar incident in connec-
was the case OF a Mr.. Schleisinger,
whose wife, when last seen, was leav-
ing her home at Hinckley for the
river. Mr.. Schleisinger gave her up
for dead and began a search for her
| BODY Yesterday he found the black
sncd and charred remains of a woman
whom he recognized as his wife. He
had the body separated from the rest
and placed in rough pine box ready
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took the Duluth train for Pine City
and on the train met his wife. She
was one of the fortunate few who got
! on board the Duluth train and as soon
as the road was opened she started to
rejoin her husband.
Word from White Bear that the
hero of the limited train, Engineer
James Root, is getting along well
and will recover from his terrible in
juries, caused general rejoicing
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR
Governor Nelson has issued the fol-
lowing proclamatiOn:
To the People of Minnesota for
nation of an official character has
reached me that the villages of Hinclz-
/ lev, Sandstone and Mission Creek,
and the neigh boring towns and farms
have been destroyed by forest fires;
that hundreds of lives have been sac
-ificed, and suffering and restitution
are on every hand; that the survivors
Of this terrible devastation are IN inn
mediate need Of food. clothing, shell
ter and everything that makes ex-
istence possible. This appalling dis
aster appear to every heart of gener-
Gus impulse, and the case Is one that
demands immediate and liberal as
sistance OF all good citizens of this
state.
ssNow therefore I, Knute Nelson,
governor Of the state Of Minnesota. IN
view Of this awful calamity which
has befalien our people and by virtue
OF the authority IN me vested, do
/ hereby appeal to al liberal and pub
! lie spirited citizens. to ali launicipali-
ties and 70 al regions and benevolent
instisutiops Of this state to take I'M
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