Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-07-22
FOREST FIRE RAGING
ANlWA, HEiNEMAN AND BLOOM
VILE DESTROYED; OTHERS
THREATENED.
FlREMEN ARE IN PERIL
Company Barely Escapes Death Fight
ing Flames Near Galtoway.-Fires
In Marathon County Threaten Hat
ton Lumber; Aid Asked For.

Merrill.-The village of Heineman,
fourteen miles northeast of Merrill.
was destroyed Wednesday afternoon
by fire. The high wind from the west
famed the flames from the forest fire
into the village, and soon the planning
mill, the lumber pile of the Heineman
lumber company, the general store
and the residences and other proper
ties were destroyed
The town of Bloomville. fourteen
miles northwest of Merrill. was also
destroyed Wednesday afternoon. Res
idents of Merrill went out in automo-
biles and rescued the inhabitants of
the burning town.
The people, about 400 in number,
were taken to Gleason, about four
miles away
The forest fires which destroyed
Bloomville, which is two miles east
of Heineman, were general through
out that district. Numerous farm
houses were destroyed, and the losses
are heavy.
When the people were being taken
out of Heineman the flames were
leaping into the air 200 feet from the
burning lumber piles.
1t has been impossible to get in
touch with Irma, about ten miles
north of Merrill, and it is feared that
the town has been destroyed For-
est fires are burning on all sides of
the village.
Amigo. -Practically the entire
town of Aniwa, eleven miles south of
this place, has been destroyed by
forest fires which still are sweeping
miles of territory on all sides of the
ruined village.
All wire connection with Aniwa
has been severed, and it has been inn
possible to reach the town by train.
The local fire department succeeded
on Wednesday in sending through
several pieces of fire fighting appa-
ratus, but practically all the 100 or
more dwellings have already been
destroyed in addition to lumber COM
pany property.
1t is reported that 100000 feet
of lumber has been destroyed. A
sawmill located a few miles from the
village was burned. The fires are
sweeping over an area more than
twenty miles wide, in addition to
smaller bush fires burning in all di-
rections
Wittenberg The timber company
southwest of here, in Marathon coun-
ty, is burning. Fire engines from
Wausau and New London and large
crews of men have been fighting for
days to check the advance of the fire.
On Wednesday the Hatten Lumber
company lost 900, 900 feet of hard
wood logs near Galloway, $4,000
cords of wood and the steam log
loader.
One of the fire companies lost 500
feet of hose and the men had diff
Guilty in escaping from the trap in
which they were caught The fire
blocks traffic on the Northwestern
between Elderon and Rosholt. An
engine sent down from Eland to haul
loaded cars to safety at Galloway was
unable to get through, and the cars
were burned.
Telephone connection between here
and Galloway, Holt and Rosholt is
cut off, and it is feared the first two
villages may be wiped out heavy
pail of smoke hangs over the com
try, making midday as dark as even
ing.
Fire between here and Aniwa has
destroyed large quantities of cedar
poles and posts belonging to the Wit
tenberg Cedar company.
The loss in standing timber can
not be estimated now. Much of the
Galloway and Holt country is coy
cred with virgin forest. 1t belongs
principally to the Hatten Lumber
company, New London; Moore & Cal
loway, Fond du Lac, and to Brooks
& Ross, Schofeld.