The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-06
FIRES YET THREATEN.
Fresh Disasters May Come from
Blazing Northwestern Forests.
MANY Small Towns Surrounded and
Calling for Aid.
Latest Estimates Give Minnesota 375
to 400 Dead.
by Associated Press.)


DULUTH. MINI. Sept. 6.-Barnum, a
lumber town. thirty-tive miles down the
s.. Paul and Duluth road, is surrounded
by forest fires. and the inhabitants are
anxious. Carlton and Kerrick are also
reported still In danger.
The relic. party which left here in
charge of w. 4. Bailey and George Ash
10 search the eastern line sent word
deud bodies in one dug-out. into which
The victims had rushed hoping to escape
with their lives. only to find that they
Fisher Meadow, near Estella, small
settlement, was wiped out yesterday.
John Paul and James Mitchell, two
i"ss sH outfits and CAMPS 'S and "a large mt;e
quantity of logs Warren Flint. of
IE.teIa, lost 700 tons Of hay
Daniel Arrance lost his house. barn and
crops Th, buchanan mill was also de-
stroyed, The Grand Rapids schoo-house
Wla burned.
r1n IRE Is said to be running towards
NIyor Hines. Of Cumberland has tele-
Sitlnity are in ashes.
- Hilton, MINI, Sept. s;-Every-
the ohoolhousc: The fire came without
warning. and the people saved their
lives hi getting into the lake. Wood
ry W G s Morse II e. AND Rng GsG peys
lost every thing 1t Is feared that many
settlers lost their lives. Relief trains
wee sent from here at once and brought
tla people down. A relief committee
WAS organized and the sufferers cared
for. Even the ties Of the railroad were
harmed.
80 lives are reported Inst In this vicin-
fly The fires are sin smouldering, and
pGoiher wind would cHusp still furthe
disaster.
PINE CITY. Mimi, Sept. s-The lat
"si corrected figures are of a character
calculated to lower rather than raise
Tho total number OF dead. There has
''ecn an increase over previous esti-
mates In Hinckley. but the prospect OF
" he woods Is decreasing. There are
.i3 buried In Hinckley graveyard. and
pcihhps dozen more buried at other
points IN the vicinity, increasing the
number here may be safely taken away
from the liberal estimate of those yet
nniound. leaving the total between 375
ana 40 where the Pioneer Press put 1t
ar. Norton, OF Indianapolis, who went
over 10 Mora, has reported at Hinckley
thnt the total dead at that place was
w",e accounted for. This is an increase
Of but two at that point. No changes
we're reported elsewhere.
Hart that Gov. Nelson viii Visit the he
burned district and be present at Sun.
days exercises II possible.
About 500 I'm cash has been received,
nearly all from the small towns.
Besides the subscription OF 100 in cash
TO the relief fund. President J. j. Hill, Of
the Great Northern road, has given 5000
acres aG, OF good agricultural land for the
sSryiyors These lands are
ssgregate, and viii be given to the the
MILACA, Mimi. Sept. Slater deyel-
in this vicinity are entirely destitute. K
mass-meeting was held last night and
relief committees appointed, who will go
to the cities to-day for aid. The County
fires are still burning, and great ex-
ei RAf P RtfyT,si Sept s.-Rainey
River on both sides for the whole length.
huge mass Of names Th s0!H rs Sne
woods. where there are but few set
tiers are all burning, and at Burwick
the fires were so fierce, that they jumped
Soods on sV fife fcs snnan h Side IS as
settled and the settlers are losing
on Saturday. Mr.. Gamsby and five
Surned. excepting one boy, who took
eighteen years. had her head and Feet
burned SIu, ed. of. Her father; who was some
George Walls building was burned
and the family saved with great diff
Guilty. All settlers back from Rainey
Rver; have been burned Ggt losing
Fort Francis. is dead. and Arthur
Wright. a settler of Rainey River, was
found on Sunday. dead in bed.