The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-10-12
DEAD IN FIRE
The Raging Flanes Sweep -Four Mime
.sta Towns Of the HAP
TRAINS ARE BLOCKED

Hundrex,.-Othcr Towns in lIn,ni
ncnt Danser.-Hicn Crazcd by Loe>
of Family aud Property
Bcaudt,,e. Spooncr. liit, ana
Graceton. Mimi. have been wiped OF
the. map by forest FIRE. The bodies
OF IS settlers have been located and
il is thought the death list among
the settlers will total upwards OF
500.
Wagon loads ot human bodies are
being broush. into the railway s.A-
ton at Bcaude;te.
It is reported that many settlers.
crazed with grief at the loss Of their
families ard property. arc roaming
tho woods. and searching parties are
! constantly looking for the injured.
rho dead and the demented. One
family OF nine. one OF seven and cne
Of five were destroyed on Friday
night
~; SEQ o'clock Saturday evening
tornado Of fire struck Beaudette
and Spooner. and within three minu-
;cs after the frs, alarm all the
! buildings were a5laze. and within an
hour were heaps Of ashes. The poo
pie Of these tao towns had just sufl-
cient time 10 escape from their
homes. They eere loaded onto a
passenger train that was standing a;
the depo, and taken 10 Rainy River.
Ontario.
The whole country east OF there
is on FIRE. Roosevelt. Swift. Williams
and Cedar Spur are in great DANCER.
All the women and children are be-
Ing rapidly removed TO places OF
safety Tho Canadian Northern has
stationed trains a; every station at
the service Of the people and is doinS
everything in its power TO relieve The
situation.
The people Of Beaudette and Spen-
Ger and the settlers all through the
north-centrai part OF the State have
lost everything Five thousand are
homeless and the greater part OF
them absolutely destitute. Substan-
t!al help must reach them in the mex;
day or two The greater part OF
Then are half clad
II will be impossible 70 set detail:
and names OF the dead and the IN
jured before next week. aud some o.
the dead will not be found until mex
spring. The wind has shifted aud il
carving the bames away from Roose
vel,. Unless the wind changes again
the town Will be saved
| Canadian Northern Railway train,
have been stalled here. freign
train went through bridge nea,
Pit: The crew was saved. and th'
Conductor walked into Beaudette
which town De reported as destroy
ed. only the water tank. the schoo
house walls and the depot standing
He says he walked over human be
,ngs on the way. bu: could not Sd
how many Many settlers took t
the woods and have not been heare
from since. A mother and i've chill
dren are known to have been burn
ed.
The flames are still raging and th'
snoke is dense Men from Wal
Road helped to save Roosevelt Call:
are coming in to help settlers ;weiv,
miles south. Wires are down ane
news ob,ainable only as refugee:
come in
Rainy River. Ont. was on fire from
the international bridge 10 Sixth
streets. distance Of half mile
Included in the burned area are The
Rat Portage Lumber Company's mil
and lumber yard. containing 10000
900 fee, Of lum Der. the Western Can
ada FIGURING Mills Company and
surrounding buildings.
Fifty houses were destroyed and
scores OF people are homeless. Fire
is raging in the woods as can oe
seen along the south bank Of Rain.
River
/ Most OF the women and children OF
people o. these towns have been tak.
en- away Oh special trains. and many
more are on steamers ready TO leave
should the wind change and the fir:
/ spread
The firc. driven b: a furious north
west wind. Is beyond control and
must burn itself out
| Tho known dead are:
Six unidentified reSidcn; OF PITT.
jiMiu.
Unknown woman and boy. near
Pitt.
Two entire families. one Of eiSh;
mem hers and one OF seven. residents
ten miles east of PIT. recently ar
rived from Grafton. y. d.
John Tulley and FIVE members Of
his fam!lr. recently arrived from
/ I-,,l,or+or Sob burned 70 daa.h uoS,