Evening journal., 1894-09-05

out-The Relief Work Wei Organized.
PINE CRY, MINI, Sept. 5.--Buried at
Hinckley and vicinity, 225.
At Sandstone, 81.
At Pokegama 25.
At Miller ~.
Estimate of dead not found, so.
Total, $40.
The Hinckley horror Is dawning in its
awful magnitude. There are now lying
in the desolate cemetery under shallow
covering of sand or in rough boxes, which
take the place Of caskets 2l6 bodies r.
q. Webber Of Pine City, who has had en-
tire charge Of the intermentc, has had his
work well in hand and has kept most ac-
curate accounts Of the bodies
These figures are his and include those
buried by their friends
Four trenches in all havo been oponed,
separated by about four feet. Commenc-
ing on the south in the north trench are
45 unlocked corpsos. In trench No are
20 boxes, many containing from two to
five bodies. This trench Is not yet closed
In the third are ~ boxes like the others
The fourth tronoh Is not yet in use, but
there arc piled up 10 boxes, which will he
put IN today
The foreman OF tho construction train
reported TO Coroner Cowan that ON the
hill at the north end OF the bridge across
tho Grindstone were nine bodies complete
ly ineinerated.
A few rods wost Of whore the Duluth
depot stood was found the body Of a wom-
an. To this must be added tho few bod
les shipped out, tho two buried by Jim
Hunts party, four inferred by another
explorer, Stautla by name, making the
total OF about 225 accounted for in Hinck-
Icy and vicinity A mass of estimates is
being made, but there is no foundation
for them.
There were undoubtedly settlers and
mon in tho lumber camps who have not
yet been discovered A search for them
win be prosecuted with vigor, and they
will bo buried whore they lie.
Many Dead In a nIiIlpond.
There is an unknown number of dead
in the millpond. 1t is as yet unapproxi-
matod The bank was covered with saw
dust and edgings, and not far away was
the Brennan mill and lumber yard A
number OF persons were seen to so to the
mill pond. No ono came out alive, and
hardly a glimpse of tho south bank,
whore the people were, can be obtained
on account of the smoke still rolling W
/ in dense columns. 1t may be day or tive
before this pool of death can be examined.
| Ii is fun of logs and the work of recovery
win be a matter Of n good deal OF diff
Guilty unless tlle dam Is cut and the water
drawn on-an expedient which may bC
adopted
AT PolSegama, or Brook Park the dead
have been nearly all accounted for ang
| will number over 90.
At Miller were buried IL; at Sandstone
8T These figures, with an estimate, in
Guiding those not yet found bring th,
total up TO $40. The latter estimate ma,
be too low, but it Is matter Of absolut
conjecture, and II is here that the widel.
diiIeront totals are found. Some thinl
at luast 200 settlers in camp are yet to b
found
Tho Death List Increasing.
There is a prospect now that tho mum
bcr Of dead which have boon or win b
brought into Hinekley and which hithert
has beon estimated at about 200 will pas
That figure. The number of bodies no,
accounted for reaches that total, and Of nc
ccsslty others will be brought in or burie
IN the vicinity. IL IS probable that tn
number may reach 800
There is one point where an indotinit
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west OF the Duluth bridge across th
Grindstone and at the northwest edge {
tho town, where there was a millpond
considerable dopth and probably 400 feS
wide ON tho bank nearest the road stoo
the plant Of the Brennan Lumber con
pany and its yard with about 500, 600 fei
Of sawed lumber. A considerable numbC
Of persons were seen making their way
the water Of the pond down the alley
between the pilcs Of burning lumbe
There is absolutely no basis for an aocl
rate approximation Of how many thei
wore
Ono thing Is certain--no one who wor
into it came back 70 give an account
himself or his companions. To the II
tense heat Of tho burning lumber and Il
suffOcatlng volume of smoke which
Q alone furnished was added that whiC
Q went up from the sawdust and edginl
) through which the ilro ran to tho very VI
ter's edge The water was deep, and tho
) who wcro there probably chose death
, drowning TO suffocation or burning ~
o pond Is yet unapproachable. Tho sawdu
bank Is still full Of fire ana as trcacherol
}. rs quicksand Tho smoke Is so dense TIL
n not oven a sight Of the pond can DO hi
!. from point near the place where the bo
les are supposed to be, and it may bo son
!, days before an attempt at recovery can
y made.
d More Dead Than Supposed.
e From Brook Park, as the station on d
Eastern at Pokegama lake has recent
been christenod, and the mills southea
}. of Hinczley come reports that the fata
ties there were more than had been su
'e posed J. d. Markham Of Rush City, NJ
V owned the town site, knows that the
were 1l3 settlers at or near that poif
r Mondays reports showed 2S Of the nun
al bor TO be dead, but rumor has increased
i, to between 80 and go. Mr.. Markhai
D, Judge Nethaway and a small party ma
es their way in there on a hand car fro
re Hinckloy with a tent and a supply Of pi
u, visions, and from them no direct rep'
1p has yet been received. Parties will go o
OF from Pine City across the country
Brook Park by team to aid in the We
to at that point
b, Il Is known, however, that the Easte
b, got train through there from the soui
OF but it could not come farther on accou
k. of the destruction Of 60 foot trestle il
or out Of the town toward Hinckley.