Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-03
DESTRUCTION is AT AN END
WISCONSIN FOREST FIRES LEFT
HUNDREDS DESTITUTE.
Many Homeless and Absolutely With
out Means-Relief Bureau Is to
BE Established at MiIyyau-
kee-ImpOssible to Es-
innate Damage.

DENVER, COL, Oct. 2.-Snow and rain
have checked the progress of the forest fires
on the main range in Colorado, and it is
now thought that further destruction of
timber is prevented. At least all danger TO
the threatened towns is over. The tempera-
ture here has fallen perceptibly and dis
patches from the mountain towns indicate
a similar fortunate change.
AT present nothing like g. correct estimate
of the damage done can be given and it
will be days before an accurate statement
of the losses by the fires that have been
raging for a week or more can be made.
CUMBERLAND, WIS, Oct. News of
another death from forest fires comes
from the town of Clinton, in this county,
tonight. A boy was found dead on the
bank of the Yellow river with his feet in
the water. His feet were badly burned and
the appearance indicated that he had
sought the river for safety.
General Boardman and party, from Madi-
son. representing the state relief, arrived
here this morning and, after taking
census of the fire district, drove to Rice
Lake. He has listed seventy-three destitute
families in Turtle Lake, fifty-two families
in Cumberland, forty families in Stamford
and Rice Lake and thirty families in Clin-
ton and Barron, also nineteen families in
Cumberland, all of which need immediate
assistance.
He has arranged for the distribution of
relief from Turtle Lake. Cumberland, Rice
Lake and Barron. and supplies will be
forwarded Immediately to these points.
the danger is now mostly past, though it
| is unsafe to travel through some fire dis
| tricts in the vicinity of Cumberland.
The property loss in this county will
| aggregate 100000. besides the farm build
| in.s and crops A large amount of stock
has been burned and much hardwood 1lm-
| ber has been destroyed. A crew of men
Were engaged to-day burning the dead
bodies of animals in the fire district south
| of here.
RICE LAKE, WIS. Oct. 2.-In the burned
| district, officers of the different towns have
| had crews of men burying and burning
| between this city and Barron and Cumber-
| land, in every instance where homes were
destroyed, nothing was saved, people barely
| escaping with their lives. Many people
| saved themselves by taking refuge in their
| wells.
A meeting was held at the opera house
in this city tonight and committees were
appointed to raise funds and disburse
| them. Those that have no shelter will be
| brought to this city.
Adjutant General Boardman and Forest
| Warden Wyman, the governors represent
| atives, were here to-day and left for Mad
ison tonight to make their report. They
reported. AS far as known only three
| deaths have been reported, but many have
received severe injuries ~
William ]. Boyle, who has been appointed
by Governor Scofeld to receive contribu-
tions and take charge of the relief work
| among the families who have lost every
thing by the forest fires in Northern Wis.,
consin, has completed his plans for the
work. Quarters will be opened in this city
clothing. food, furniture and money will
be received. The first shipment of sup
plies. will go North over the Chicago &
fhy1-f.g tary, OF ~ rnyx
night and other shipments as fast as cal
lots can be made up. Colonel Boyle say:
that supplies from all over the state should
be sent to Milwaukee to be distributed
Systematically from here.