The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-05
GATHERING UP THE DEAD.
4 List Of the Victims OF the catRstro-
pho az MInckIey.


phe at IIinckiey.
ST PAUL. Mimi, Sept. 3.-A Pine city
special TO the Pioneer Press says: Words
cannot tell the story OF death and destruc-
ton that is revealed 10 the traveller on
the ST. Paul & Duluth from Mission creelx
20 two miles above the little town OF MI
Ter or Sandstone Junction The awfulnessH
OF the desolatlon which strikes upon thel
eye OF the observer as he reaches thel
camp, which was once the town OF dlnck-,
ley is still more strongly impressed on
his vision as he journeys northward. This
morning the smoke had lifted, reveaiing1
a landscape bare and black, the few
standing trees being charred to a hight
Of forty feet while the ground was ocl
that peculiar tint Of brown sand. mixed
with gunpowder for the grass had beenl
burned even to the roots. Here andi
there in the bleak and dreary stretches
of country. in what is now q great Ions
land. was seen the body of deer, whose
fleet foot had not been able 70 outruu
the flames. or Of human being. who haA
been absolutely powerless against thot
grim destroyer.
Trip of the Relief Party.
A reporter accompanied Judge Nethamy
Of Saltwater and the me ~ Of a relieA
party which started on q p nd-car loaded
with provisions to relisRa ne people ort
Sandstone. who were r. ed IN greatt
distress Two miles abov u.nckley theyS
found lying oy <he trunk ol a tree the4
body OF q man which was evidently that
OF a lumberman. The relief party pro-
ceeded as far as Skunk lake. where thai
Duluth limited train was burned.
Here they found Engineer Williams in J.
charge Of a gang Of men rebuilding thel
bridge. From them Il was learned thatf
the living at Sandstone had been takenl
TO Duluth by special trains on Sunday
night, and their pressing necessities rel
lieved, 50 that the help from Pine Cityi
was not needed.
The party, therefore resolved itself
into one OF search for bodies OF victims
of the disaster. The house Of John Rob !
inson was near Skunk lake IA the edge OF
the woods, and the family sought refugal
/ In the cellar. There Was no escape from,
the fire. and the party found the bodiesl
OF John Robinson and his wife, Mary I
Robinson. their eldest daughter and two
smaller children. All the clothing waS
! burned from the bodies but the victims
| had evidently been suffocated before tho
flames reached them. The hands OF thel
oldest daughter were upraised. with palms
together. I'm an attitude OF prayer.
Within 600 yards of the spot where En-
gineer Root stopped his train was al
long trench, running from the little body
Of water. which proved a place Of safety
for the passengers on the limited, % al
swamp on the lake. Following alOngf
this trench the party came upon the par-l
TALLY clothed body of a man. who. iut
personal appearance, corresponded 10 thai
description Of General Passenger and
Freight Agent Otto Rowley Of the
Duluth & Winnipeg railroad. An exam
inatiOn Of the dead mans shirt collar
showed the name, Q. Rowley. and il Is
supposed that he was a passenge- on the
limited and in taking TO the ditch ex-
pected to reach the lake. Other bodies
found by the party were those OF a man
and "A woman, who had evidently fled
from a farmhouse near by, and the
bodies OF two men who are supposed tOi
| have been passengers on the burned'
train.
The latest verified reports of the num-
Der Of dead do not materially alter the.
former estimates. IN fact, that estimate.
is proving remarkably exact. consideringt
the confusion OF the first day. one ele-l
ment that makes close figuring very difi-l
cult is the fact that bodies seen in the
woods and along the track are not in,
frequently reported TO two points and
sent out from each as among its dead-i
Then. too, the tendency OF the Occasion.i
bad as it is. is TO exaggeraUon. Howl
ever eliminating these doubtful element .
as far as possible from its approXima-.
ton. there is no question that the total
is as nearly exact as possible The num-;
Der of dead at Hinckley is placed at
POO.
The correspondent has actually counted
194 Of these and the margin allowedl
about all that is necessary.
The figures are as follows:
Hinckley. POO; Sandstone. 60; Miller. l2:I
between Skunk Lake and Miller, u;
PoEegama, .. In lumber camps and
scattering, estimate so Total, 364.
The following is the list Of the knownl
dead at Hinckley, partially idenuhed sol
far as known at a late hour tonight:
Mr. and Mrs. ABBEY and TWO chill
dreu.
Mrs. DAN DONOHUE and three chill
dren.
JOHN WESLUND and child.
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN RODGERS and
three children.
Mr. and Mrs. MIKE CURRY and boy
- SHERMAN.
PAUL LESKE.
Mrs. NPCLEVER and four children.
THOMAS DUNN.
Mrs. BLANCHARD and two children.
Mrs MARTIN MARTINSON and four
children.
AXEL HANSON and mother.
Mrs CATHERINE GRISSENGER,
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