Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-05-24
FOREST FIRES LAY
BARE LARGE AREA
SEVERAL TOWNS IN NORTHERN
MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN
DESTROYED.
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
ARE MADE HOMEL ESS

THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
ARE MADE HOMELESS
Loss TO Property May Reach Several
MIEons - City Of Wausaukee
Emmsd In by FIane-Three
Lives Reported Lost
Escanahs, Mich, May 21--The fer
est fires In northern Michigan have
almost swept blank an area ct LEG
square miles. Whether or not any
human Lives were lost It is fmpossi
hls to say, nar is It possible to tell
at present how much damage to prop
erty, industry and means Of comuni
Cation there has resulted
When communicatio1 by railway,
telegraph and telephone Is established
which will probably be WITHIN So
hours forest fire story can be eh-
tanned which, it is believed will rival
any similar piece of news that has
ever COME cut Of this section OF the
United States. An Evening Wfsccn-
sin correspondent spent all night and
several hours Saturday morning in an
effort to- gain a general review Of the
fire situation for his paper and finds
that the loss will be several millions
Of dollars. He has been unable to
find any loss Of life, but 5000 people
are homeless, It is estimated.
Epstoms Of the Damage.
Tire damage done, epitonised as
we'll as possible under the eircum-
stances, follows.
RaIph-Town Of TOO people, almost
wiped out.
AIfred-PouIation 200, every house
and huge hills of logs burned.
neutrality-suspicious. 400, boarding
house railway station big stores OF
logs and ties destroyed
Qufnnisec-PopuIati TOO, de.
stroyed: all residents homeless.
CorneIl-A1I but one store burned
900 people homeless.
Northlani-Mi1I and six houses
burned, many Of the 500 population
homeless and without food.
Antoine-Mfniag town; houses and
one lumber mill burned, boar5ins
house destroyed and all but a few
of 100 people homeless.
HeIth-Branch Northwestern rail
way-Au bridges burned and scores
OF houesteaders in that section, cover
ing ten square miles, are homeless
1t IS feared there was loss Of Life
here.
NorthIand branch, Escanaha and
Lake Superior railway-Five million
feet ct cut logs burned, bridges down
and line tied up completely, perhaps
four weeks
Meueminee, Delta, Dickinson
SschooIcrsft and Marquette counties
hear the hruut Of the loss The Isaac
Stephenson Lumber company, tn
Pittsburg & Lake Superior Iron com
pany. the Eseanaba Woodenwsre cnu
pany and other concerns suffer tte
greatest loss. Some of the tuwns
partly or wholly destroyed belong en-
r1rely to these corporations.
Thousands Believed Homeless
Three trainloads TO homeless pee
PIE have already arrived IN Escanabs
THOUSANDS OF others are believed t,
be homeless and suffering from wan
Of food clothing and other necessities
There viii be Atenss. suffering, O.
that there is no question Arrange
ments for aid and offers to give as
sfstanee are reaching this city freu
lower Michigan and Wisconsin. which
must bear large share of the frt
losses, directly or Indirectly the rssuI
OF the forest fires.
The latest reports Indicate, that tn
IRE is being swept u0rthwarl, ant
that 1T is dying out in many places
The wind has changed so, that sucI
towns as EscaEaba- Marquette and til.
larger places in the district, are GU
Of danger. But there is: still an i'm
nense AMOUNT of hardwood timber O
the best IN the country, IN the patti
of the flames
Foster, Mich, has had narrow
escape, but only one house wa.
burned At Wood1awn, Mich, severa
CARS OF ties burned Other report
say that Spring Valley, Mich, nea
Stambaugh is surrounded by fame
and people are fighting hard to saw,
It. It is also said that the big hard
wood factory at HomansvflIe, Mich.
has been destroyed PerranviIIe. I,
Menominee county, was surruuude.
by flames Friday night but was saved
At Loomfs, Wis, a sehoo4houss VIE
wiped cut and the teacher and pupil
had a narrow escape The only ru
ELIOT Of large loss OF life comes indi
reetIy from Saunders. IN Iron couury
which Is said to have been burned I
Is absolutely impossible to get dedufr
information
.-. C~ Eemmed En- III
WatIsaukes, Wis, May 21--Wausau
kes, MarinetHe county Is heMMed d
by forest fires which are slowly creep
ing up to- the city on the north an
soslth. Millions of feet of lumber ar
burned The loss now is estimated a
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