The herald., 1894-09-04

stone had been taken to Duluth by spe-
cial trains on Sunday night, and their
pressing necessities relieved, so help
from Pine City was not needed. The
party, therefore, resolved itself into one
of search for bodies of victims Of the
disaster.
The house of John Robinson was near
Skunk lake in the edge OF the woods,
and the family sought refuge in the cell
lar. There WAS no escape from the fire,
and the party found the bodies of John
Robinson aud his wife and Mary, their
eldest daughter, and two small children.
All the clothing was burned from th Q
bodies, but the victims had evidently
been suffocated before the flames reached
them. The hands of the eldest daugh-
ter were uplifted with the palms to-
Rether la an attitude OF prayer.
Within 600 yards of the spot where
Engineer Root stopped his train, was a
long trench running from the little body
of water which proved place of safety
for the passengers on the limited, to a
swamp on the lake. Following along
this trench the party came upon the
partially clothed body OF man who in
personal appearance corresponded TO the
description of General Passenger and
Freight Agent Rowley, of the Duluth
and Winnipeg railway. An examination
Of the dead mans shirt showed the
name OF Rowley, and II is supposed he
was q passenger on the limited and in
taxing to the ditch expected to reach
theklake.
Other bodies found by the party were
those OF man and woman, who had
evidently fed from farm house near
by, and the bodies of two men, who are
supposed to have been passengera en the
burned train.
The latest verified reports OF the mum
ber OF dead do not materially alter q
former estimate. IB fact, that estimate
10 proving remarkably exact, consider
ing the confusion of the first day. One
eleRent that makes close figuring very
difficult ie the fact that bodies seen in
the woods and along the track are not
infrequently reported to two points and
SAINT out from each, as among its dead.
Then, too, the tendency of the occasion,
bad as it is, is toward exaggeration.
However, eliminating theae doubtful
elements ss far as possible from its ap-
Proclamation, the Pieneer Press 10 con-
vincsd the total is as nearly exact as
possible. The number of dead at Hinck-
ley is plsced at 200. The Pioneer Press
correspondent has actually counted 1874
Of these. and the margin allowed is
about all that is necessary.
The figures are as follows: Hirckley,
200; Sandstone, 81; Miller, II; between
Skunk lake and Miller, IL; Pokegama,
Is; in lumber camps and scattering,
estimated, SO; total, 364.
The following is the list of the known
dead at Hinckley, partially identified ss
far as known at late hour tonight:
Mr.. and Mrs. Abbey and two children,
Mrs. Van Donahue and three children,
John Wesluud and child, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Rogers and three children,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Curry and
boy. - Sherman. Paul Lssks. Mrs.
McIver and four children, Thos. Dunn.
Mrs. Blanchard and two children, Mrs.
Martin Mcintosh and four children,
Alex Hanson and mother, Mrs. Caths-
rine Griesinger, Guile Grissingsr. aged
8; Mabel GrisHinger, aged 8; Mr.. and
Mrs. William Ginder and two boys,
Winiired Ginder, aged 6; G. G. Ander-
son, Mrs. Hans Paulson and four chill
dren, Henry Hanson. Emily Anderson,
Nels Robertson, wife and two children
Mary Robinson, Otto Rowley of
Duluth, Israel Schurmski of Chicago,
K. Rickson, Of Minneapolis; David
Kane, of Rock Creek; Mr.. and Nrs.
John Best. George Best, aged 25; Fred
Bsst, aged %; Will Best, aged 81;
Bertha Beat, aged 16; Victor Best, aged
8; Mrs. Anthony Veigsl, Minnie Tiegel,
aged 8; Miss Annie Truttmsn. aged 2S,
OF Diamond Bluff. Wis; DR.. Kelley. of
New Brighton; M. A. Lamberaon, Will
liam Nesbitt, Mr.. and Mrs. John Burke
and two children, Mr.. aud Mrs. Rsy-
nolds and two children. Jim Bean, Hans
Mattison. Sandy Anderson, Pine City !;
John Henderson Of Pine City; Thomas
Jones, Charles Hanson, Dennis Riley,
John Anderson, wife and two children,
Peter Robertson. Louis Nelson, Emma
Dolan. Belle O'Brien, Annie Wallace,
Mrs. Costigan and three children, VIM,
Pinnor, Patrick Murphy, Henry Hoff-
man and wife of Sandstone. Mrs. John
McNamara and one child, VIM. Schsm-
mel.
Ysrdmaster Dave williams OF Duluth
has proved himeelf hero. He is the
man who grasped the station, acted on
his knowledge and promptly relieved
the people of Sandstone. He received a
message from Miller last night which
said:
There are $50 people at Sandstone
without food or shelter. For Gods sake
get them out of there"
Within an incredibly short time an
engine in charge OF Yardmaster Will
liams was on the way to Sandstone.
The entire road after the burned district
was reached was patrolled and the en-
gine kept up q continual whistling. 80
any person who might be near the track
would come at once tot the track. When
the train arrived at Sandstone juno
tion or Miller, as it is genevally
called, it was met by nearly the entire
population Of Sandstone and Miller.
The depot platform at Miller had been
burned and there was not house left
standing anywhere in view. About ITO
people were taken aboard and a message
was sent to Sandstone which notified
the people OF the arrival of relief. Very
few remained. and they were there with
loved ones lying dead. No one was
burned seriously who was not fatally
injured. There was no attempt to care
for the dead who wsre scattered through
the streets of the town.
Everything inhammable at Sandstone
was destroyed, and today's investigation
brought the number Of dead at that
place up to 81, with 81 more miseing.
Webster, the father of Mayor Lee Web
ster of this town, was among
the dead, and this afternoon Mr..
Webster went to Sandstone to bury his