The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-02
TOWN OF ARNOLD BURNED
FOURTH TO BE DESTROYED BY
THE FOREST FIRES RAGING
IN NORTHWEST
TRAIN COACHES BL1sTERED
Passengers Dared Not Open Win
dOws While Passing Through
burning WOods--FIames
Cannot Re Checked.

MENOMINEE, Mich, May 1.-The town
OF Arnold has been wiped out by the for
est fires. This makes the fourth town to
be destroyed.
A passenger train reached here this
morning for the first time in two days.
The coaches were blistered by the hea'.
Big cedar yards owned by Perrigo &
Sons, c. II. Worcester & Co. and the
Lindsey company are burned The losses
will reach $4,000, with no insurance.
The wires are all down aud railway traf-
fic suspended The fores fires cover an
area of thirty miles, extending westward
as far as Swanson and northWar1 10 Car
bondale, Mich. They are spreading.
Much concern is felt for small towns in
Menominee county, along the Northwest
ern, Wisconsin and Michigan & Northern
roads. Serious damage must result, as
high winds prevail.
the great forest fires are still raging
along the line of the Wisconsin e Michi-
gan railroad, north of Fisher, with dis
astrous results. The logging camps Of
the Wells, I.ucington, Van Schaick COM
pany, of this city, near Ames, have been
destroyed, together with complete outfit
of sleighs and other camp equipage. In
addition to those reported destroyed yes
terday are the CEDAR product villages Of
Swanson and Garner, on the Wisconsin
& Michigan railroad. The heaviest losers
of cedar stock are the G. II. Worcester
company, Of Fisher, and Joseph Turcotte,
a jobber of this city. AS near as can be
estimated at this time, the loss in that
vicinity so far is $4,000 to $4,000 All in
coming trains from the north and over
the st Paul branch report fires raging in
all directions. The city is under q dense
pail of smoke, and navigation is greatly
impeded
CANNOT BE CHECKED.
MARINETTE, Wis, May There is no
communication with the burned district
except by means of the 500 railroad tele-
graph line. There has been no rain. and
the fires cannot be checked. The passen-
ger train which left here Sunday morning
was hemmed III the burned district, and
only got through to Faithorn last night.
The plight of the people in the burned
district must be terrible, as the country
is very dry. Many lumber jobbers have
had their camps destroyed and farm rs
have had to fight the fire to save their
homes. The loss will probably reach sew
eral hundred thousands of dollars, unless
rain soon falls, of>which there is no pros
pect.
Fires are also burning along the Mil
waukee and 500 lines and serious dam
age is feared there. The fires are burn
ing so heavily along the Milwaukee road
north of Ellis Junction that passengers
are unable to put their heads out of the
windows, so sitting is the smoke
At Middle Inlet Wright Bros lost a
large stock of posts, poles and other ce
dar stuff.
At Cedarville a large force of men are
endeavoring to save cedar yard belong
ing to Frank Whittock
There seems to be no abatement what
ever of the ravages of the flames
RELIEF CAME IN TIME.
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich, May IA
steamer sent from here reached Niagara
in time to save that place from destruc-
ton by forest fires, which are raging
In Breen and Felch townships this coun-
ty, the woods are all ablaze and an inn
mense amount of valuable timber is be-
ing destroyed. The fires are causing much
damage between here and Wausakee and
north to Ontanogon.
CRYSTAL FALLS SAFE.
CRYSTAL FALLS, Mich, May 1-For-
est fires are raging in this vicinity and
are assuming threatening proportions.
The city is safe, but the outlying ex-
ploring camps and the railroad construc
ton camps are in great danger. East of
the city a fire has been raging today and
yesterday along the Mansfield road cut
ting off communication with that place.
The mail carrier could not get back
through the flames yesterday.
DRIVEN FROM HOMES.
RHINELANDER, Wis, May FOREST
fires are burning in the pine slashings
near this city. Dense clouds of smoke fill
the air and homesteaders have been
obliged to leave their homes for fear of
being suffocated The dry nature of ev-
erything in the forest in the surrounding
country causes considerable apprehen-
sion.