Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-05-24

The flames IN sume places are so feet
high The dry conditions are respon-
slble for The great loss. and the ire
sweeps everything clean
Five Counties Swept
Milwaukee, May 2I.-A special from
Warins5te, Wis, says Forest fires,
famed by gale, Swept over five coun-
ties OF the Upper Peninsula
Dickinson, Menomfnee, Marquette and
AIger-and one or two counties In
northwestern Wisconsin, including
Mari1slte, destroying thousands OF dol
lars worth Of property and wfpins out
several small towns Il Is hard to es-
innate the loss, but It viii undoubtedly
reach $500, eco, as not only property,
but logs and standing timber were
eaten up by the flames
Loss May Exceed Million
Detroit, Mich, May IA special to
the Journal from Marquette, Mich !,
says 1t is impossible as yet to give a
total loss resulting from the foresH
fires which are raging through several
hundred miIss Of the upper peninsula
From reports already in, however, it Is
thought that the loss will be consid-
erably more than million dollars
Wires are down In many directions.
poles having been burned The South
Shore railroad was compelled to- can-
Gel its Duluth trains Friday night, as
fires are reported along the line Of the
road for $50 miles east and west OF
this city. Reports received thus far
Saturday Indicate that the towns Of
Qufnnssee and Schaefer, IN Dickinson
county, Cornell, Goodlawn and Ralph,
in Delta county AMI Saunders, IN Iron
county, have teen destroyed The fol-
lowing places are reported to be in
peril of destruction by the fires; ragn g
around them Sidnaw, Dagget, NORTH
land. Powers, Birch and Pentoga,
Mich, and Florence, Commonwealth
and Nigara- IN Wisconsin
Three Lives Reported Lest.
Menomfnse, Mich, May 21.-A care
tul CANVASS OF the territory devastated
by forest fires shows that the situation
is the worst that has been reported
since the PeshtigO fire. 1t Is estimated
that a dozen towns have been wJpe,l
CUT. probably d hundred more Isolated
farms have been irs-swept Three
lives SO far are known TO be lost, and
timber lands estimated to- be wOT-
several millions Of dollars have prob
ably been destroyed The territory
which has been fre-swept covered :
stretch Of over LOG miles, and includes
five counties in upper Michigan, as fol
lows: Menoufnee, Delta, Dickinson
Iron and Marquette. The fires Sat,
urday seem to be fercsst in Delft"
county. near Escanaba- Escanaba re-
ber1sd, and that three children hav;
lost their lives. Saunders, Antoine
| Cornell, Savoye, Woodlawn, NorthlanG
and Talbot also are entirely burned
| Blaze Caused by Bonfire
Menominse, Mich, May 21-The de
struetton Of the town of Quinnesec
Mich, resulted from a bonfire which
WIS started on the edge Of the town
/ The sparks from the fire were blow!
| into the residence district and soo7
| WIS beyond control With the excep
ton Of three buildings and the Wis
eonstn & Michigan depot the Who'll
| town was wiped out Three ehilGres
lost their lives during the fire. Burn
| ing embers from the Qufnnesec con
| fagration started fire in the Et1I
| town Of Niagara, Mich, aeross Ii
river, and destroyed several buildings
| The paper mills were saved