Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-13

v,av 10 the Iroauols Fslls II is bsiievso
the casualties win number lundredA,
DETROIT. July Tine obstruction Yes
teradv OF the twin villages OF Ausanle anu
oscoda and Tho Ssoo.Oo5 Ere al AlpenA-
which was not due 10 forest fires. prohiD'V
caused exaggerated repOrts OF heavy oaih
ages and possible luas o. life from forest
fires in the nurthern nOuIIties Of the south
ern peninsula OF Michienn.
Towns along the Detroit MaofinAn
railroad from Poaen 70 OnuwRy In Che
bovRau suffered Damage but many towns
reported burning are safe. These inaiuos
Lewiston. Turner Rne Alger.
II is impossible 20 ennfirm loss Of life AZ
Ausable and oscodA. Pauic-atrinken rofn'
Feep reported fifty persons dead. but TINS
estimate Is greatly exaggerated. A rnmsr
reached Detroit that ths eurneo bodies OF
three men and a woman were found at
AuEable today near the raiiread track
where they had apparently been oTerooIns
while running toward safety In the open
fields.
six towns between Alpena and CheboyEsn
that we're thought 10 he thruGtened With
destruction suffered serious property losses
when the forest fires invaded their pre-
cincts At Metz, the scene Of great fatal
ity OF the forest fires Of last autumn,
pile OF bark was 6estroysd aftex halraine
for twelve hours and serlosfy threHasn-
ing the village. y
AT MInersburE the Gardner Psterman MIN
and thirteen houses were destroyed.
AT onaway the section OF the village
known az Frenchtown was rased.
At Tower the Detroit Macklnee freight
house, twenty houses and thirty freight
cars were burned.
La Rogue and Posen are also reported
TO have sustained sewers losses
Quartermaster General W. q, Rogers
OF the state militia has made hurried prep
arations at Lansing to forward a supply
OF tents to oscoda 60 give temporary
shelter TO the homeless people thsrs, Many
OF the Ausable and oscodh refugees, how
ever. were taken 10 East Tawea On a re-
lief train and 10 Port Huron On the steamer
Niko
The burned bodies of throo rnsn and
woman are said. in an uneonfirrued report
to the Detroit NewH, to have bsnn found
today near the railroad tracks At AuaHble,
They had apparently been heAnlna for the
open fields when overcome.
ALPENA, Mich. July l2-Ths towns of
Tower and onAwRy are reported TO be
partly destroyed by forest firos with
heavy losses also at MiiierSburE. Nets
Posen and LARouue. Frsnehtown. a thickiy
settled portion OF Onaway. Ia said 20 have
been wiped out. The fire reported last
night Al Alger was trivial
OscOda and Ausnble Gone.
BAY CITY. Mich. July 12--Ths twla
towns OF OscodR and Ausebie opposits zach
other at the mouth OF the Ausabls river
and having combined population OF l.sn
people. are In ashes. while such OF its in
habitRnts as have not gscAped on board
the steamer Kongo OF the Detroit 4
Mackinaw relief trains. ara sheiterieHs IN
the swamps and fields about the still burn
ing towns
At midnight last night. a carload OF food,
hastily collected here by Mayor Woodbury.
and q volunteer committee wss dispatched
TO the two cities. about LOO people re-
nnainsd around the ash heaps that we're
once their homes. having had nothing 10
eat since yesterday noon 30 loss Of life
has been reported although the fire. under
the influsnce OF q fifty-mile WIND. sprsad
with such rapidity that men and Wonnsn
dashed from their houses. dropping such
bundles Of vRluhhles and clotiiing az they
liRo started TO pack.
Many people living on fhe shore side
, of the towns started for safety aloag the
beach but within ten minutes this heat
was 30 intense that they were driven inIo
the waters and continued their wsy wad-
ing along the shore.
LoaA A EnarmouA.
The heaviest loser is n. NJ Loud's sons
company OF which Congressman George
4 A. Loud Of the Tenth Miehiskn district Ia