The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-19
Three Children Burn to Death.

| Milwaukee, May ia long-distanee
+ telephone dispatch from Menominee,
,, says: The destruction Of the town OF
Quinnesec, Mich, resulted from bon.
| fire, which was started on the edge OF
| the town.
The sparks from the fire were blown
into the residence district and the fire
was soon beyond control. Except for
three buildings and the Wisconsin &
| Michigan station, the whole town was
| wiped out. Three children lost their
| lives in the fire. 49,
Burning embers from the Quinnesec
confagration started fire in the little
town Of Niagara, Mich, across the river
and destroyed several buildings. The
papermills were saved.
| Escanaba, Mich, May 19.-The for
est fires in northern Michigan have
almost swept blank an area of 100
square miles. Whether or not any
to say, nor is it possible to tell at
present how much damage to property,
| industry and means Of commun1cat alton
has resulted.
When communication by railway,
telegraph and telephone is established
which will probably be within thirty
six hours-a forest fire story can be
told which, it is believed, will rival
any similar piece of news that has
ever come out of this section - Of the
United States.
1t is estimated the loss will be sew
| eral millions of dollars;t that 5000
persons are homeless.
Towns Which Suffered Most.
The damage done, epitomized as
well as possible under the circum-
Ralph, town of 100 PERSONS almost
wiped out.
Alfred, population 200, every house
and huge piles Of logs burned.
Salvoie, population 400, boarding
house, railway station, big stores of
logs and ties destroyed.
Quinnesec, population 100, all resi-
! dents homeless.
Cornell, all but one store burned, 300
homeless. 4z"
i Northland, mill and six houses
burned, many of the 900 population
homeless and without food.
Antoine, mining town, houses and
! one lumber mill burned, boarding
houses destroyed and all but a few
of 700 persons homeless.
i Lives Probably Lost.
1: On the Felth branch Of the North.
and scores Of homesteadeIs in that
section, covering ten square miles, are
homeless. It was feared there is loss
Of life there.
On the Northland branch of the
Escanaba & Lake Superior railway
!: 100000 feet Of cut logs burned
bridges down and line tied up com
pletely, perhaps for weeks.
Companies Lose Heavily.
Menominee, Delta, Dickinson, School
craft and Marquette counties bear the
brunt Of the loss. The Isaac Stevenson
Lumber company, the Pittsburg & Lake
Superior Iron company, the Escanab:
Woodenware company, and other con
Germs suffer the greatest loss. Some OF
the towns partly or wholly destroyed
: belong entirely to these corporations.
Three Trainloads of Homeless.
Three trainloads of homeless people
have already arrived in Escanaba
Thousands Of others are believed to b.
homeless and suffering from want Of
food, clothing and other necessities.
There will be intense suffering, Of
that there is no question. Arrange
] ments for aid and offers to give assist
! ance are reaching this city from lower
Michigan and Wisconsin.
Sweeping Northward.
Late reports indicate that the fire
!: is being swept northward and that. il
;; is dying out in many places.
!! The wind has changed SO that such
4 towns as Escanaba, Marquette and thu