The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-10-08
GREAT NEED FOR AID.
Gov. Scofield Asks Help for Losers
by Wisconsin Fires.
Nine Known to Have Perished In the
nIaxing Forests-Over 100 Are
Missing-Inhabitnnt Are
Absolutely Destitute.


ports received here, nine people have
persisted.
A dispatch from Rice Lake says that
many unidentified bodies have been
found charred in the woods, and that
so far as heard from there are over loo
persons missing. Advices from Rice
Lake state that the fires in the neigh
borhood are worse than ever, and that
the loss of life will be much greater
than il was supposed ii would be.
The property loss in this county will
aggregate 100000 besides the farm
buildings and crops. \ large amount
of stock has been burned and much
hardwood timber has been destroyed.
/ Gen. Boardman and party, from
Madison, representing the state relief,
arrived here Sunday morning and aft
er taking census Of the fire district
drove TO Rice Lake. He has listed 70
destitute families in Turtle Lake, SO
families in Cumberland, 40 families in
| Stanford and Rice Lake, and 30 fami-
lies Clinton and Barron, also 10 fami-
lies in Cumberland. all of which need
! immediate assistance. He has ar
ranged 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 still unsafe TO travel
through some fire districts in the vi
cinity of Cumberland.
Gov. scofeld's Appeal.
Madison, Wis, Oct. BIN response
TO calls for assistance from the forest
fire sufferers of the northern part OF
the state, Gov. Scofie,d has issued the
following public call for their relief:
ITO the People of Wisconsin; Forest
fires have again devastated a portion OF
our state and rendered homeless several
hundred people, and request has come
for assistance. These people require cloth
.Eg food and shelter. and they will have
other needs than these which II viii be
necessary TO meet In order 10 enable then
10 undertake again their own support The
people of Wisconsin have always given a
ready response to calls of this kind for
help and feel confident that this demand
upon them will be generously met.
Col William j. Boyle. Milwaukee, viii
receive contributions of provisions, cloth
Ing ard money for the fire sufferers, and l:
hereby appointed to take charge of the
|
ton. The people in any part Of the state
who desire 10 help the fire sufferers car
communicate by telegraph or mail with
Col. Boyle at Milwaukee"
Send Supplies to Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, Oct. 3.-Col. William J.
Boyle. who has been appointed by Gov
Scofield 10 receive contributions and
take charge of the relief work among
the families who have lost everything
by the forest fires in northern Wiscon-
sin, has completed his plans for the
work. Quarters will be opened in this
city to-day. where supplies of clothing
food, furniture and money will be re-
ceived. The first shipment of supplies
will go north over the Chicago g. North
western road at six o'clock tonight,
and other shipments as fast as carload
lots can he made up. Col. Boyle says
that supplies from all over the state
should be sent to Milwaukee to be dis
tributed Systematically from here.
Hundreds Are Homeless.
Turtle Lake, Wis, Oct. 3.-The dam.
age done by the forest fires of the last
few days cannot be estimated or over.
estimated. Hundreds of families are
homeless, many are almost naked, and
in n few days all will want for food. as
the small supplies in the towns are n OF
sufficient. The people are in no condi.
tion to pay for what there is. The
devastation wrought by the fire is so
great that it cannot be comprehended
by anyone not on the ground.
Chippewa Falls District.
Eau Claire, Wis.,, Oct. 3.-It is re port.
ed that the timber near Graves woos
is on fire. At Livermore dwellings
barns. granaries and crops have been
burned. At Chippewa Falls it is re.
ported that all the camp outfits on
Cedar lake have been destroyed, and
II is feared that several lives have been
lost. Men and horses of August Ma
sons outfit only escaped by plunging
into the lake and staying there for
hours, almost suffocated by the smoke
At Stout's camp 500 oxen persisted.
Hundreds of people are homeless. The
loss of farm property in Clark. Bar
ron and Chippewa counties is esti-
mated at 100000. The latest reports
say that all hopes of checking the
flames have been abandoned. Nothing
but rain will save the remaining prop
erty.
Colorado Fires Checked.
Denver, Col, Oct 3.--Snow and rain
have checked the progress of the for
est fires on the main range in Colo
RADIO, and il is now thought that fur
Their destruction of timber is prevent
| ed Al least all dnnper to the threat
ened towns is over. The temperature
here has fallen perceptibly and dis
patches from the mountain towns in
dicate a similar fortunate change. At
present nothing like correct esti-
mate of the damage done can be given
and ii 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.
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