New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-09
sesae Of Ruin and Desoiae4on.

Scene OF Ruin and Desoiaeion.
4hisheim presents a scene of ruin
1A&.tepssation. Dlackened and smok-
ing raies Of charred wood, little heaps
Of gray ashes stirred by the fitful
breeze, scorched gaunt skeletons Of
brick and mortar, all oanopied with
q d181S pail Of smoke, comprise what
was one Of the most fourishing towns
on the great Mesaba iron range.
The only remaining buildings are
the new $4,000 high school, the
grade school. the Catholic church, the
Ita|ian church and a dozen dwellings
IN the southernmost part of the town,
which were saved BY q few heroic
fire fighters who stuck TO their posts
in the face of the cyclonic onslaught
of fame and smoke. zee~~=.'-~-~-,---
The damage to property is estimat-
ed at 100000 and the personal
property at S750,0OO, including the
stocks Of the merchants. A Hibbing
Insurance man who had many policies
on property in the destroyed town es-
timated the insurance carried by CHS
holm merchants at 100000. Several
insurance men went to the Mesaba
range and the insurance will be adj
justed as rapidly as possible to pro-
vide immediate funds for those who
wish to rebuild, .'as sasg asasls at.rs--
No fatalities attended the conf1agra=
ton at Chisholm. The ruined city
| viii be rebuilt at once. A meeting of
| the homeless Chisholm people was
held in the schoolhouse and plans
were made to erect another city on a
grander scale than the other.
Relief Committee Appointed.
The relief committee appointed by
Governor johnson, consisting of Mayo,
| r. D, Haven, ]. L. Washburn, Mile
Bannell A. l.. Ordean, H. NJ. Peyton
A. c. Weiss of Duluth and Martin
Hughes of Hibbing, is taking active
steps for the relief of the suffering
range people Headquarters for con
tributions will be opened here and or
the range Chisholm is under mill
tary rule. Company NJ of the Thirt
regiment from Hibbing is guarding
the ruins from looters.
Several hundred settlers in the
burned over region have taken refuge
in the range towns. -Four Thousand
are homeless in Chisholm alone.
| Conservative estimates of the los
caused by the forest fires in Northern
Minnesota and in the Northwestern
portion of Wisconsin, place the tota
at s3,750,O00 OF this amount 81
$4,000 is Chisholn's loss. The re
mainder is on standing timber in tn
range districts in the southern par
Of ST. Louis county, the southeastern
portion Of Carleton county, small area
in the extreme eastern part of Itasc
county and the northern part Of Dous
las county in Wisconsin.
i vandals began their work early a
Chisholm. No sooner had the flame
died down than number of hanger!
on in the nearby camps began to pi
lage the town.
Governor Johnson was appealed
for help and Company M, Third il
fantry, Minnesota national guard, We
ordered from Hibbing to the seen
The soldiers took possession of Chi
holm and are now on guard.
Il Detachments from the compan
raided number of camps of Monten
grins and succeeded in recoVerir
5 more than a wagon load of loot TIL
s the men had stolen from the ruin
: The soldiers arrested forty men, mos
' ~ Montenegrins and Austrians, {
charge of having looted the town.
!, Thirty more men were arreste
!. when the soldiers cleared the street