Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-04

uutii this afternoon, when the relief
train brought up some hay. aud Tho
cows were in great sulfcrinK, not hav-
ing been milked TOT twu DAYS. To-
morrow murniug the cnicnssAs ~ the
dead animals which arc becoming stty
offensive. Will be nut out OF tito way
BY burial or burning.
In the afternoon following the rain a
stronU breeze swept up from the enuth
and soon the flames which had been
quenched TO smouldcring by the morn.
ing showers were again canned TO
blaze and hundreds OF columns OF
smoke began TO ascend from the woods.
The FIRE viii hot be ont for many a
day unless there are heavy rains. but
there Is no danger. as the underbruah
Is burned out clean and there In no
possibility OF any spread
The Intensity and Instability OF the
IRE can be seen from the fact that cor
duroy nils. whore the logs were buried
under several feet of earth are en-
urcly eaten out the IRE eating It's way
under the entire road
No one OF the citixOus Of Pine city
who volunteered Their aid IN the work
OF relief ala more than T. q Weber.
He took entire ohar'- OF the work NJ
the cemetery ana XIV AT the hideous
work un,il all that could be done had
been accomplished Not until nightfnu
were his lnbpra over. and during that
tirie he had succession VI relaya OF
men under him, Tor many sickencd and
had to giNc M The work progressed
slower than need have been the case
had Mt Wcbers working force bcen
adequate, As " was slNty-iiVc uniden-
tined dead We're inferred IN the trench
hfty-slN more were put In boxes nnd
thirteen were buried by their friends,
making total OF iai bodies handled ut
the cemetery. Mr. Weber says he has
reports OF tifty-onc bodies an ready tor
burial tomorrow, and this number will
gain every hour Tho bodies found
after tomorrow must he buried where
found. II VIII be impossible 10 move
them, as they are literally falling to
pieces.
The first thought OF the officials VI the
st Paul aud Duluth railroad war 90
care Tor the unfortunate people along
IA line who had lost everything they
owned, the SECOND was To restore tie
operation of through scrvlcc hctwetn
81 Paul ana Duluth The frat task In
wen under way. md It's completion IN
placed In the hands OF competent come
mittccs. The company AZ once Get to
work on the herrultnn task OF upennE
its line from iho Mission crccl. and
Miller.
r. l.. Brown, master Of trRnsporta.
ton, and one OF the most useful men
whoever rose 10 AN umcrHcncy, has
been busy since the fire In handling the
relief trains from 81 Paul and between
Pine city and Hlnokley. began aya.
temntlc attempt 20 straightcu out the
crooked rails, build bridRes, repair oul-
verlh ana replace the burned ticH with
q work train and nm efficient crew MI
Brown rebuilt the burned bridge over
the drlndstone river az Hinckluy, put
now ties and worked the line gradually
north In the meantime yard Master
Williams OF the Duluth yards had
work train pushing rs way down to.
wards the center of the difficulty which
was AT the spot where Engineer Root
stopped the Duluth limited on saturday
night
by noon the crew Of yardmnstcr VII.
Hams. the men who relieved Che Buf-
fercrs NJ Sandstone, had been pushed
down To this point ana had the track
IN wording order 10 the bridge which
was burned The force was largo one
and In couple OF hnnis the bridge
was buill aud the blF engine Of tho iim-
tied which had been loft on tic track
was pushed down Ia Hlncllty The
tender or the limited engine was tipa
ped on the truck aH II was wroo ked hr-
yund repair ana waa left 10 add to
the general ruin. AZ 5.2b the two work
trainp mot ana o. 9 o'clnrls tonight the
line was open from ~ Paul TO Duluth,
the regular Duluth train passing Hinck-
ley about o'clocl,, somewhat behind
time, but running through without mie-
hap
During the afternoon at Pine city
the arrangements for systematic mid
was taken IN hand by n IA. Hart uf
the board OF corrections and charities
on the afternoon train arrived tho com
mllteo appointed by the citizens Of
Minneapolis A report was submitted
TO the gentlemen for their approval.
The report contains an estimate of tho
population OF the burned towns ~ fol-
lows Hincdey, 1000; snndatont. 800;
Mission Creek. 100. Brook Park or
Polsognnia. III. Partridge, 100
From this number wnR the 100 TO DO
deducted ne dead, and with further
deduction of those able 10 belD ilism-
selves, leaving about 10 70 be relieved
In various WAYS Can ms nir nre
heeded of transportation, money cloth.
Ing and household utensiia ifnd lumber.
The latter should be- of ali grades from
rough lumber 10 snHhoa aud doors. A
general contribution VIII be recon-
ironded IN an the churches next sun
day. No particular effort will be made
to force large subscription. but the
generosity Of the people viii be allowed
TO show itself 10 natural ohannalB. The
following phynlclana accompanied the
Minneapolis party Doctors G II Hig-
bee. Fitzgerald. More, Mcdonald. Le-
porte. ~ Minneapolis ana Perkins OF
Excelsior, Their services wort.In great
demand and the hospital patients re-
ceivcd the care for which many OF them
were sadly suffering. n rs the intention
IN the morning TO start out searching
parties inalldroctlons 10 find the scat
tered dead, and the physicians viii ac-
company them. The committee proper
will leave for Minneapolis on the early
morning train and q citizenH' meeting
viii be called at = o'clock IN the after
noon TO which they Will report.
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