Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-04

The Duluth people arc looking after
the caro- and relief of the people on the
line north of Hinckley. They are doing
their work we'll and VIII see that not ono
Of the living is allowed TO suffer for food
or clothing.
Ono OF the marvellous circumstances of
the affair is the escape Of so many cattle
md horses. Many wero absolutely I'M
scathcd, though no one can tell how they
escaped tho ordeal of fro. Others wero
pitifulIy burned, and steps are tardily be-
ing taken to put them out of their misery
The animals were without food until
late yesterday afternoon, when tho relief
train brought up some hay, and tho cows
were in great suffering, not having been
milkcd for two days.
In the afternoon a strong breeze swept
up from the south, and soon the flames,
which had been quenchcd to smoldering
by the morning showers, were again fan
ned to q blaze, and hundreds of columns
of smoke began to ascend from the woods.
Tho fire will not be out Cor many days, but
there is no danger, rs the underbrush is
burned out clean, and there is no pessi-
bility of it spreading. The intensity and
instability of tho fire can DO seen from
the fact that the corduroy fills where the
logs were buried under several feet of
earth, arc entirely eaten out, :he fire eat
ing it's way through under the entire
width of the road.
None of the citizens CT Pine City who
volunteered aid i'm the relief work did
more than +. G. Weber. He took entire
charge of the work ut the cemetery and
kept ut the hideous work until all that
could be done had been accomplished.
Not until nightfall wcro his labors over,
and during that time he had n succession
of relays of men under him, for many sick
cncd and had to give it up. Tho work
progressed slower than would have been
the case had Mr.. WcbCrs working forco
been adequate. As IL was, IS unidentified
dead were inferred in the trenches, 56
moro were put in boxes. and 10 were bur-
led by their friends, making n total of 1874
bodies handled at the cemetery.
Mr. Weber says he has reports of 81 bod
les all ready for burial today, and this
number will grow every hour. The bodies
found after today must DO buried where
they are found, as they arc literally fall
ing to pieces in most cases.
GhouIs Among the Dead.
There is q strong suspicion that among
those who have been in Hinckley ostensi-
bly, for relief purposes there has been a
| lawlCss few who are playing the part
OF ghouls and vandnls. Many of the bod
les had money and valuablcs on them.
and in cases whose number can only be
conjectured from two or three which arc
known these were stolen. One body was
found whose pockets had been turned in
| side out.
All the military forces have been with
drawn from IIincklcy and Pine City,
! everything that could DO accomplished
| having been done. This Is a regiment OF
well armed troops from Fort Smelling I'M
der command of Captain Hale and Lieu
tenant Mccoy. 1t was decided ut night to
send the worst of the injured to st. Paul,
where they can secure hospital treatment.
The wind has changed to the north and
is blowing almost a gallo. The tempcra-
! ture has fallen 10 or 20 degrees, which
will materially lessen the difficulty OF
| handling the dead.