Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-22
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE MADE
HOMELESS BY DEVASTATING
CONFEDERATION
TO WINS ARE DESTROYED
Forest Fires In Michigan Cause FInan-
ciaI Loss Which It Is Estimated viii
Run into Hundreds Of Thousands
All Trains Held - Rails Twisted
From Intense Heat.

marquette, Mich, May ia stretch
OF territory over $50 miles in length
reaching from Newberry to the east
or Bessemer, on the west and north
and south between the shore of Lake
Superior and the southern boundary Of
the upper peninsula is dotted with
forest fires.
Settlements and farm houses have
been wiped out, timber lands destroyed
and hundreds of persons rendered
homeless. It Is impossible to estimate
the, financial loss, but it is probable
1t will run into the hundreds OF
thousands. The loss in the immediate
vicinity Of Marquette is over $50 900.
Town Wiped Out.
The town of Quinnesec and several
hamlets in the Menominee iron range
are reported wiped out. Because of
the destruction Of telegraph poles the
wires are down in all directions.
Passenger Trains Held.
Wasusaukee, Wis, May 19.-Wausau.
kee Is hemmed in by forest fires. Mil
lions Of feet of lumber have been
burned The loss is estimated at
100000. At Cedarville the fires have
destroyed many cars loaded with lum-
Der on the tracks and big kilns filled
with cedar are burned. A fierce wind
is blowing the sparks and burning en-
bers for miles. All trains are being
held here as the rails are twisted from
the intense heat.
Blaze In Stanley, Wis.
Stanley, Wis, May 19-Fire, which
started from spark from the North.
western lumber mill, yesterday de.
stroyed more than 100 residences and
a dozen business buildings. The loss
is estimated at 100000. The fire
started In the stables of the North
western Lumber company. A high
wind from the west carried the flames
away from the Northwestern mill and
saved that structure, but six blocks to
the east were destroyed.
Estimate Damage.
Escanaba, Mich, May 19.-The dam
age done by forest fires, epitomized as
well as possible owing to the Interrupt
ton OF communication follows:
Ralphtown-100 population; almost
wiped out.
Alfred-Population, 200; every house
and huge piles of logs burned.
Aalvoie- Population, 400; boarding
house, railway station and big stores of
logs and ties destroyed.
Qulnnisec - Population, 100; de-
stroyed; all residents homeless.
Cornell-All but one store burned
300 people homeless.
Northland - Mill and six houses
burned; many Of the 600 population
homeless and without food.
Antoine-Mining town; houses, and
one lumber mill burned; boarding
houses destroyed; all but few OF the
700 people homeless.
Felth-Branch of the Northwestern
railway; all bridges burned and scores
OF homesteaders In that section, cover
ing ten square miles homeless. 1t is
feared there is loss of life here.
Northland branch of the Escanaba &
Lake Superior railway, 000, 900 feet
of cut logs burned, bridges down and
the line tied. up. completely, perhaps
for weeks.
Train Loads of Homeless. x
Menomfnee, Delta, Dickinson, School
craft and Marquette counties bear the
brunt of the loss. Three trainloads Of
homeless people have already arrived
In Eseanaba. Thousands of others are
believed to be homeless and suffering
from want Of food, clothing and other
necessities. Reports this morning in
dicate that the fire is dying out in
many places. The wind has changed
so such towns as Escanaba, Marquette
and larger places in the district are
out of danger.
Fires Dying Out.
Marinette, Wis, May 19.-The for
est fires, famed by the gale, swept
over Delta, Dickinson, Menominee.
Marquette and A1ger counties in Mich.
igan and one or two other counties in
northeastern Wisconsin, including
Marinette, Friday afternoon and night,
destroying thousands of dollars worth
OF property and wiping out several
small towns. 1t is hard to estimate the
loss, but it will reach 100000. Reports
this morning indicate that the wind
has changed to the north and the fires
are dying out.
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