The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-10-08
THEIR HOMES ARE GONE.
Destitution and Suffering as a
Result of Forest Fires.
PEOPLE SHELTERLESS.
\ Young Man Cremated While Try
ing to Save Farm Horese
Near AIamedar.

Madison, Wis, oct. 81 Special. !
Adit.-,ien. Roardman and Col. w. C.
Ginty returned this morning from their
investigation of the ravagcs OF the forest
fires, IN Barron county. Gen. Boardman
saws the showers of Saturday night were
local and the fires are still SmOlderlng all
through that region. Hot and dry wealth
CT this week would start them on their
work Of destruction again.
Gen. Roar,lman estimates the number of
people who are homeless and destitute by
reason of the fires at over 1000. Nearly
ull of these are i'll the farming districts,
thu. only town reached by the flames beng
Cumberland, where Il big sawmill and
lumber wards. and about twenty residences
and some business blocks We're destroyed
Tho heavy rain Saturday night was all
that saved the entire place from deStruc-
ton.
The Dead and Injured.
The only authentic reports OF deaths
from the fire heard by Gen. Fnardman
were. mt Alameda, where on" young man
vas hurned to death. and near Barron,
\, b.r,. = man was suffocated in a well i'll
which he had taken refuge. Eve others
were badly burned near Alameda, OF
whom three may diT.
Tho course of the fire was Is erratc
a< that of cyclone on the farm near
Alameda. where the young man was
burned tn death. the family hti taken
refugc in a dug mt The mother sent TWO
.,r. :, tba harm In turn the horses loose.
on, unt back To the duSout IN safety.
vhile the other WAS caught about half
vay. Fifty feet from where his bones
were found stood 4 wagon Nothing WAS
left of the ncckyUlc except ashes ana the
iron rings. but the wagon was barely
Scorrhrd In another instance the Whecis
on one side of 4 wagon We're burned ami
melted. while the rest of the wagon ts-
canned damage \ schoolhouSe remains
in a strip of country about half mil'
wide and Il mile long in the middle OF the
path of the fire.
Fish Boiled in Greek.
one German farmer is convinced OF the
atii,a,y of uraycr. He and his family
SurrCqdrd in reaching tn" creek and stood
in the middle of the stream while the
flames rolled down to -" water edge
lie says he prayed Coo 10 spare th"li
lives. and immediately TIE flames parted
and sprrad on each side of them. all e>
Gaming with their lives. The water IN the
creek was 50 heated that the boiled bod
jes nf fish tloatcd on the surface.
Cen. Boardmau says the farmers who
have been cleaned out hy the hrc have
AMI lost their nerve. hut are ready to start
I'm again. At present thtN are huuuled ~
thu, homes Of those who escaped. but ar,
anxious - get back on their farms Il
start life anew.
Col. BOYLE will Send Supplies.
What they need first is lumber with
which to construct Il shelter. and some
sort Of stoves and bedding. Their i'm
mediate need Of food can b" supplied 10
ralv. hut soon they will need flour. pork
coffee and like staples.
cen. Boardman has furnished Col. w
l. Bowie of Milwaukee with list Of III.
rhairuen Of relief committees. etc, &
whom supplies may be sent. and n
money aud supplies sent 70 Col. Boyi'
viii hc distributed through the proiel