Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-03

of men turned out Saturday night TO ksep
the town from burning Four dwellinx
houses were DESTROYED as well as Hulick's
Deer house, containing 81 600 worth of beer
RECOVERING THE DODIEa.
The Total Number Of Corpses Thus Far
312.
DULUTH. September 3-The Evening
Herald has Information that the total num-
Der OF corpses recovered from the forest
fires 30 far Is 312
SAVED TURTLE LAKE.
The Entire Male Population FOUGHT
the Flames.
MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, August "A
Journal special from Turtle Lake, Wis.
says.
turtle Lake was threatened all day today
end yesterday. During the afternoon q bad
nre approached the south side of the town
Tanned by the brisk breeze which was blow
Ing all day. The entire male populst ton
turned out and succeeded In saving the
town. At night the wind went down, and
though the fires lit up the skies in all dfrec-
lions. the town was safe
=, reports from the towns along the Omaha
line between Turtle Lake and Spoons arc
very meager.
STORIES OF SURVIVORS.
How Train Ran the Gauntlet of
'- Fire.
ST. PAUL. Mimi. September 3-Several
travelling men. among them James Lobdell
OF this city. who abandoned the Inflated
train which was burned at Hmcklsy. have
Just arrived here. The thrilling story OF
their trip from the train back to Hinckley
Is thus told by Mr.. Lobdsll:
hno O tvl,u lAu~
tw Give yearA and had been over the Du-
hth line 80 many times that felt safe In
making . trial / was % well acquain ted
with the location Of the streams. that I
thought II we got In . tight place we could
run into one Of them and save ourselves.
We had lost all Of our baggage a. had the
rest OF the passengers. and we had nothing
light ovsrcoat With the rest Mr.. Ander-
son had lost $500 Of bonds which could
not be replaced. We got along pretty well
for the first half hour. but We then ran into
smoke 50 dense that We could not zee three
feet In 'front.' Of US.
I'VE were in imminent danger Of being
suffocated. We could not see the track
and the ties were burning beneath our
feet. Each OF us took an overcoat and
wrapped 1t about his head, leaving only Q
small opening from which to breathe.
ITO add to the horror Of the situation
boS ony ssSsd Sg
casionally arriving at railway cut. where
there was generally but little smoke. Two
miles above Hinckley the dead bodies be-
gan to grow thicker. Most OF them had
died from suffocation. In several cases
they had saved their heads by running
them into sand heaps only to have ti,e1r
bodies 30 badly burned that they could
not survive. In one place We found four
dead In one heap-a mother and three chill
dren.
She had laid them on the ground and
then laid down on them In An attempt to
cover them. Every shred Of clothing was
burned from every one OF them. On the
way down to Hincklsy We counted twenty
nine bodies. and at this point We learned
200. As scores Of people ran directly into
the woods. where they had no chance what
ever to escape.
Mr.. Lobdeil and his companions found q
wagon bridge and went In . roundabout
way to . point south Of Mission creek,
where they found . hand car and went to
Pine City. -..
The telegraph operator there. Otis Green.
rerained at his post until all but three
buildings In Hinckley had been burned.
When the depot took fre he ran to the safe
and took therafrom 5000 In greenbacks
and ned to the river. He remained In the
river several hours when he Joined Lobdell
and his companions IN their trip to Pine
City. Dozens Of people tried to save them
selves by running into the river. Some were
successful, but many were suffocated by
the smoke. Nine bodies were taken out at
the same time this morning and probably
twenty or thirty more will be found. Every
body IL IN q state of bewilderment and as
all records are burned, II u hard to get any
definite Information as to people or prop
erty. Hincklcy u . total LOIS.