New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-05
,ar DEATH LIST SWELLING.
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fe"ua With smoke and gas,and after time
sen .oemed endless but wfch was probably
VIZ" half an hour, he mansed to climb out
''k he could hardly walk
started to fowl" n said. 1T began
tighter. so | could zee the street.
the centre Of Sandstole and called. Not
a' "A came in answer. called again and
. I'M, the place l had been in only two
@'' ,o,ore was as still as tie grave. walked
%' a the river. shiverng With fear. On the
~" counted bodies, bodies-more than fifty of
climbed down the rter-bank. and there.
"'s.,ed in the water. FOND the people. Dur
,,s massage of the fi.e omen had held their
T.u,ng children in the vater and had stood
'sh.deep in IT themselvs.'
NE BODIES RECOVERED NUMBER $50.
.,s CITY. Mimi, Sept. The General Execu-
Il committee in chargl of the relief work in
] I. section has made a rport of the dead bodies
.ysred thus far as follows: Hinckley. 271:
..,s,one. II; Miller tften called Sandstone
..on) ID; between kunk Lake and Miller,
:. pokegama &c; in lunoer camps. 80. Total 450.
s,,v.tvo bodies hav been buried thus far in
.,astone not countin the numbers which have
49,, found in the outlying country and buried
1,.re found Ghoulsare at work in that neigh
. ,,,bood. To-day prty from Duluth under d.
..,,on of James Hiley, came down to help
800, The dead and, while searching around at
-, came upon a gang who had broken open
| "A ,,sed some safs When Bailey and party
-, them the scounrels had just found cistern
s,u which they nd hauled fifteen dead bodies.
INCH they had ribbed of rings. trinkets etc
,lc
raie their escape
The fire was seq by the Sandstone people four
,mrs before II stuck the town, and everything
| ,,s hacked up readiness TO move to Kettle
p,vsr east Of tie village. Before any one was
| ,rars Of the rel danger, the fire came upon the
rn from the north, east and west setting the
,sole town arlaze inside of five minutes. Many
,,rs unable 10 reach the river, and died in the
.,.s,s A blacksmith was burned 10 a crisp in
ii. shop wnere he was shoeing horse. so
hidden was the fire. Not a thing was saved, and
4. thirty minutes the whole town was swept off
a. earth. Those who reached the river re-
NAMED there most of the night. The survivors
are entirely destitute. President Hill, Of the
Eastern Minnessta branch of the Great North
,rn came up ipm Hinckley this morning. He
had 70 walk nhe miles in order to reach Sand
,one. The some of death and ruin along the
mad Is a terrible one" says Mr. Hill, mot a
sign Of life isanywhere TO be seen All Is a
Nackened chared mass Of ruins. Dead animals
and human bsgs are everywhere, and they are
burned whereer found
Judge Nethway, of saltwater. has been one
q, the most alive in relief work and mas peen
all over the urrounding country. Seven miles
northwest OF Iinckley to-day he came to spot
where a rrmouse had stood. In front was a
veil. and owe to the left could be seen hve
human bod!esand the bodies Of several animals
Judge Nethawy went at once TO the well 10 see
u any one wa there, and found down in the
hottom a twele-yeSr-old boy in eight inches OF
water who hat lived there since Saturday with
nothing 10 eat The little fellow was pulled up,
and said he had ben put down there when the
fire was seen. and an awful bad smoke had
nassed over him ard it vas awful hot"
At Hinckley to-dg the full realization OF the
awful Calamity is tst beginning to be felt. The
work Of rescuing cad bodies continued. Many
OF the survivors t returning and are living in
tents To-day argc number of bodies were re-
covered Corone 'Cowan sent out fifty-seven'
mile sixty-eightw were buried in the graveyard
md more were birg brought in all the time.
AN REACHES YNCKLEY AND PINE CITY
Binckley. MINI. Sept 4.-The special traii
sent out by the ctzens Of Minneapolis. bearing
supplies and medc.l relief to the suffering PEG
ME Of Hinckley and the neighborhood. had OF
hard eleven physicians and surgeons. with
full supply of dgs and instruments and MT!
canvas COTS Pine City was the main objectv
pdnt. for IL vas there that the relief supple
nd ha lIOsDi
tails had beer pened The medical COMMITTEE
were met at ne station by the wife OF Dr. bar
num- the loal physician. who. with her nus
band. had ben working day and night from tn
time the frs victims were brought In. until botl
were almost completely worn out "Oh. we'r
50 glad VOW come" almost sobbed the htt'
woman 10 Dr Mcdonald as he stepped from tn
train.
The platfor, was crowded with people will
blackened an SCARED faces and bandaged hand
And arms Mar the edge OF the platform reste'
coffin in nich was inclosed the body of tn
General Pasnger Agent Rowiey OF the Winni
beg and Du,h road. He was one OF the pas
rnrers On Engineer Roots Inflated train. am
his body Va found yesterday morning shor
distance frn the burned train. but 50 charre
and disfged that its identity was established
snly by T. name printed on the inside OF IN
burned fgment OF linen collar. Mr. ROWE
had beenn the habit Of coming down from Du
lu,h eve. Saturday to spend Sunday with nj
family sMerriam Park and he was on his wa
home wn he met his death.
1t VIZ found that there had been much mis-
rpres4at ion. as far as Pine City was con
cerned regarding the number and condition
Of . injured and the necessity 10
uppp Instead of 200 injured TO be care
for, ere were barely twenty, and many OF tines
had OF been seriously hurt. All the in)ure
hay been brought in too. and 1t was learne'
thsthose at Duluth scarcely outnumbered thos
atine City. Most OF those who escaped re
coed no physical hurt whatever The mos
sere and dangerous cases In Pine City have beei
ten to the improyised hospital at the rink. an
re nine members OF the medical relief iorc
= to work, while the other two went on
nnekley. Only about twelve patients were De
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