Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-10-05
FIRES STILL RAGE,
Business in a Northern Town
Suspended While Citizens
Fight Flames.

Cumberland, Wis, Oct. l. Special. i
A high win is blowing and Cumberland
is again in danger from surrounding for
est fires. Business is entirely suspended
and everybody is on guard at all the dan
ger points. The list of homeless farmers
has increased to seventy. Great destruc-
ton of farm property is still in progress.
Forest fires still rage between here
and Clear lake. 1t is mostly in the east
ern and Barron counties. The town of
Clayon, which was reported destroyed,
is out Of danger. No great damage was
done in the village. The fire is still rag
ing east of that town. Fifty-sever tami-
lies haze been made homeless.
At Turtle lake the fire is still burning,
BOardman and Col. Ginty arrived there
this noon to give immediate relief to the
sufferers. 1t is estimated that 100 fami-
lies have lost everything east of there.
At POskin the mill and woodward were
saved. Part of Almena on the $500" line
is also saved. There is considerable fire
east of this town. New Richmond was
asked for aid and sent a hose cart.
Rain Quenches Many Fires.
st. Paul, Mimi, Oct. Last night Ill
reports from the Western Wisconsin coun-
ties OF Barron, Burnett, Polk, St. Croix
and Chippewa, indicated that the forest
fires had been quenched or checked by
ram, after having destroyed about $780,
100000 feet Of timber. The losses are
heaviest in Barron county, where both
Cumberland and Almena suffered severe
ly. Barron was threatened. but it is be-
lieved to be now out OF danger. Both the
500 and the Wisconsin Central ines lost
heavily in bridges and rolling stock. On
the Wisconsin Central many miles of tel
egraph poles were burned.
Millions of feet of standing pine and
piled lumber were destroyed in st. Croix
and Barron counties. So far as known
1872 farmers in the fire-swept counties
were partially or wholly burned out. The
only loss of life so far reported is that of
Il woman, Mrs. Jacob Correson, who was
burned to death while fighting forest fires
near Glenwood. Her two children while
attempting to ave her were badly burned
about the face and head. Fifty families
were made homeless near GIenwood. The
losses are not definitely known, but it is
believed they viii foot up nearly S $1,000
900.
Woods Near Fan Claire Burning.
Eau Claire, Wis, Oct. 1.-[Special. j
The woods near Graves Mills this coun-
ty, are on fire. The schoolhouse and
dwellings are threatened. z. Livermore's
barn, granaries and contents were burned
Thursday.
Reports to the Wisconsin Central off
cials this morning were to the effect that
fire broke out again last night about Il
half mile southwest of Prentice, with the
wind blowing toward the town. There
was no rain there last night, but showers
were expected this morning. Nothing fur
ther was received in the way of fire re-
ports at the general offices of the com
pany. and it is believed the trouble is
practically at an end so far as places on
the line of the Central are concerned.
The following telegram from Adjt.-
Gen. G. r. Boardman, who is in the fire
district, was received at 2 o'clock this
afternoon by Col. w. J. Boyle of the gov
ernor's staff:
Turtle Lake, Wis. Oct. 1.-Col. w. +.
Boyle, Milwaukee: The men in charge
here report the chief needs at present to
be clothes and bedding. Medical supplies
not needed now. Food enough on hand for
the present. Will wire you after l return.
from the burned district.
c. r. BOARDMAN..