The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-09-05

Despair and Palm Cast Them.
selves Hsadlong into the Fire.
ST. PAUL. Sept A Pionssr Press
special from Pine City says: Buried at
Hincklsy and vicinity, 22S; Sandstone, O.;
Pokesama, IS, Miller. u, estimate Of dead
not found, 20. Total, 87s.
The Hinekisy horror 10 dswning IN Ito
awful magnitude. Thsrs are now lying
IN dssolats cemeteries under shallow
covering Of sand 21s bodies. r. J. Weber
Of Pine City has had entire charge Of the
intermsnt and has kept . most accurate
account Of the bodies. The figures arc
his and include those buried BY their
frisnds.
CHICAGO. Sept. A.-Rsports to the
Tribune from portions OF Minnesota,
Michigan and Wisconsin. In which forest
nrss are raging. show that the loss Of
property at Q low estimate has already
reached el2,0o0,0o0, not including the
standing timber destroyed. But even
worse 10 the loss Of LIE, which h is feared
will reach ~ high a. thousand. About
20 towns have been destroyed, driving
thousands Of families from their homes.
ONE LONE BUILDING.
SPooNER, VIA, Sept. THE dsstruc.
ton of Baronstt was complete. One lons
building 10 lsft Of the city Of 100 inhabi.
tants. One man was burned. The total
loss 10 . quarter Of . million. Shell Lake
has 80 dwellings burned, with 0 loss ol
t7S,00Q Three hundred and sixty people
are homeless and many are without q
dollar Of Insurance.. Deeds Of hsroism
ass plsntiful One widow dragged hss
sick son from her house into Q potate
patch and thsrs peotsctsd him from thu
hamss, willis the rest Of the inhabita nts
Ned IN terror. The flrss ere now under
ooatrol In this vielnity.
HNcKLEY BURNED Or.
HMcx1xY, Nina, Sept A esatls
rain 10 falling to-day and qusnching ths
burning embbes oe the Immense forest
hres that did 20 much damage to thia
city. The blaeksned ruins Of two og
three buildings are oil that remain stand
ing of the onee prosperous town o
hinckley, With LOO people and its boa,
railroad and numbering interests. Ths
town 10 the Junction point Of the 81. Pau
B Duluth and Eastern railway o.
Minnesota, and both thoss roads have
suffered losses that cannot bs now ssti
mated, while the loss to the timbs
interest is something beyond compute
| ton.
This 70 to-day place Of mourning and
the burial Of charrod and unrecognisabis
bodies Of hundreds Of victims have sad
dsned the survivors even more than th.
disaster itself. The firs was 90 over
whelmins In immsnslty that none IN th,
nrst terror Of the moment could rsalis.
how great was the loss.
Each was 20 intent In saving his ovI
life that little thought was given to tn,
disaster In general by most, althouRi
many cases Of unss!flsh heroism hav,
been reported.
BuRYINo THE DEAD.
| The bodies thus far recovered have bee,
placed 10 rough pine boxes for burial, an,
. majority were buried without knowlsdg
Of their identity. The wires that wer,
down this side Of Pine City have been Q,
far put In shape that the associated pres
operator 10 able to send his report % b.
sits on IN empty ksg In ths open air
there being NO shelter OF any kind q
town. Most Of the survivors went to Pin
City yesterday for food and shelter an,
the women and children arc still thsrs
but many Of the men have returned 4
their ruined homes to see II BY any possI
bllity anything remains.
HEROES.
The limited train that left Duluth at
o'clock Saturday afternoon had an expes
isncs north Of this place that will piac
the entire crow on the list Of heroes. The
came to within mile and half Of thi
place through the smoke, although En-
gineer Root could not see 100 feet sway
The fires were bearing down on them iron
every side and there seemed no chane
for their lives but to 60 ahead. The mum
ber Of fleeing homesteaders and resident
Of this place scattered along the track wa
90 great that finally the engine wa
stopped and 80 many as could get aboar
the train were taken on. Mcsa,ims tn
engineers clothes caught fire. as did ais
those of bis fireman, and both me-
seemed nearly overcome by the fury O
the flames, which had seized on the en-
gine.
Fireman MCGOWAN put out the fire or
his own clothes by jumping in the waite
tank and threw water on Engineer Root
who stayed at his post holding the throttl
and nerving himself to stand to his dut,
though he perished. There seemed to b
no chance ahead, SO the train was backe,