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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1894
Page
2
A relief effort began promptly after a fire disaster with supplies collected for North relief. A relief train returned to Duluth with about 259 destitute travelers, moving from points along the St. Paul and Duluth line. At Sandstone, fifty bodies were found identified. Another train carries clothing, medical staff, and further supplies.
Ashland Wis Sept 3 a day of unprecedented forest fires left Shell Lake Baronette Bashaw Haugen Hinckley Miller Finlayson Rutledge Sturgeon Lake Moose Lake Pardridge Sandstone utterly destroyed with about 4500 to 5000 people displaced. Many towns burned or heavily damaged including Washburn Benoit Glidden Saxon Marengo and Highbridge. Six dead reported in Wisconsin while Minnesota losses include Poplar and Baronette. Property losses exceed 1.42 million with major insured share. A Northern Pacific train evacuated frightened residents from Cromwell to Carleton as bridges burned along the line.
Tremendous fires sweep the upper peninsula of Michigan and northern Wisconsin from Watersmeet to Bessemer, a belt over fifty miles long. Homesteaders flee as Gogebic is destroyed and Wakefield faces similar ruin, with Ironwood Bessemer Hurley and Saxon noted among affected towns.
Irving fights for prominence as Sherman s Own Book and Grants Own Book are cited in a terse clipped notice. The snippet hints at a publication or citation event involving named entities Irving Sherman Grant and related works, with minimal context.
A map describes the northern Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan region devastated by ongoing fires. It details towns and counties from Hinckley and Pine county to Mora Barron and Washburn, noting populations, rail connections, lumber mills, and local economies. The account highlights that fires crossed the St Croix River into Wisconsin and wiped out lumber town centers across several counties.
Reported fires across Washburn Ashland Baronette and Shell Lake caused widespread destruction. Dozens of structures burned, hundreds homeless, and at least one death noted as crews fought blazes and guards were posted. In Sandstone Minnesota a bridge collapse trapped dozens while residents fled to water for safety.
Forest fires sweep from Bay City to Mackinaw forcing crews to bury flames with dirt. Gagetown and Gladwyn face destruction while Duluth South Shore line rebuilds. Wreck near Ontonagon on Milwaukee Northern ties burn wreckage and a trapped engineer. South Rubicon hamlet burned. Marengo trestle and Breen bridges destroyed. Wisconsin Central reports three bridges lost.
A large Maine forest fire roars on the top and eastern slope of Mt Megunticook threatening heavy damage. About twenty acres have already burned as crews battle the blaze near Camden.
Duluth reports a vast forest fire in Northern Minnesota has burned or suffocated an estimated range from zero to 1500 victims. Officials warn figures are unreliable until a thorough search covers the forty square miles of burned forest and debris.
A blaze at Broad Park in Mora Minnesota disrupts a public event, leaving six dead and seventeen missing with many injured. Officials work to account for attendees as investigators assess the scene and determine the cause. Local authorities urge calm and coordinate with state fire marshals.
The Natural Law of Cure offers tissue cell building and normal constitutional treatment applied by Dr Myron Leclercque for brain and nervous system diseases. Includes paralysis epilepsy loco motor ataxia long standing functional difficulties and conditions of vital power. Office and residence at 278 Boylston Street Boston Massachusetts opposite the Public Garden.
A new town on the St. Cloud and Hinckley branch of the Great Northern was burned by forest fires. The flames destroyed 300000 feet of lumber a saw mill hotel stores post office school house and section house. Twenty five families are homeless. Property losses are estimated at 30000 with no insurance. Six people are dead seventeen missing and many injured.
Sept 3 Ishpeming Mich Massive forest fires plume dense smoke over wide areas. Fire rages along Bradford farm Dead River corridor and Caro River catchments. Salisbury district to the south holds stubborn defense but risk to suburb remains. Sagota Floodwood and To Duluth extension towns face hourly threats from advancing flames.
It is feared many well known residents of St Paul have perished in the Hinckley forest fires. Large numbers of sportsmen left St Paul in the last ten days to hunt prairie chickens near Hinckley Mora Sandstone and nearby areas, and few of these places have escaped the flames.
A private despatch from Pine City reports at least 425 people are dead or missing in and around the town due to devastating forest fires. The figure reflects victims in the immediate area and nearby regions.
The American Wringer Co. operates at 12 and 14 Broadway extension. They manufacture wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers. Repairs on all kinds of wringers and sweepers offered. Mail orders promptly attended to. Telephone Tremont 764.
Dr Dewey the specialist will continue free examinations and medical attendance for all during hard times. Open at Offices 7 and 8 Hotel Pelham 74 Boylston Street daily 9 to 1 and 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 except Sunday 10 to 4 and Wednesday and Thursday evenings closed.
Fire swept Pointe au Pic on September 2 near Montreal destroying the Warren Hotel Central House post office telegraph office and many cottages. Officials estimate losses may reach fifty thousand dollars with only partial insurance.
Information from Morecambe Lancashire reports a pleasure yacht capsized on Morecambe Bay and all twenty people aboard were drowned.
The coal laden schooner Fannie Whittemore from Philadelphia to Providence struck Noyes Beach Point near Watch Hill in dense fog around midnight and stuck until morning. Lifesavers rescued the crew. the vessel, from Rockland, Me, is not believed badly damaged.
John Drew a 60 year old butcher and prominent town member, committed suicide by Paris green. He was missing from home since morning and was discovered dead in the woods near his residence after a search.
Sept 3 report says Thomas Gauthier and Edward Larouche drowned at St Charles Borromeo while ferrying a yoke of oxen across the Saguenay when the boat capsized. The incident occurred under rainy conditions as the oxen shifted the load.
In Hampden Park Springfield the 185 yard handicap was the highlight of the field day with 46 entrants. W Mahon won first place, J Mahoney second, T Brown third, E Gillette fourth. prizes were $60, $25, $10 and $5.
Local note announces Main Springs priced at 50 cents at Bell's store. A brief fragment also mentions a place called Paani. details unclear.
A daylong rush at the Boston Post counter saw Munyon's Homoeopathic pellets handed out free to thousands. Doctors, lawyers, soldiers and others lined up from 9 am to 4 pm, each receiving a small box of harmless pellets as a promotional stunt claimed by the company.
Albert Smith of Boston escaped a watery grave when boarding the Fitchburg train at Union depot he stepped from the car into the Charles River. Gate tenders seized a life preserver and pulled him ashore. He escaped with only a cold wet scare and no injuries.
The 100 workers finished repairing forty miles of Southern Pacific track washed out by the deluge west of San Antonio. Trains run on temporary structure and the first through passenger train since the flood arrived last night. Residents report widespread devastation over a 100 mile area with debris in trees and fields, horses, cattle, and furniture washed away. Prairies remain flooded two to five feet, making land travel to ranches and settlements impossible. Relief expeditions are scheduled to depart today.
John R. Kaufman a wealthy Cincinnati brewer was shot by his wife at Glendale. The bullet entered the back of his neck and passed into his mouth. The wife Blanche Beekman a former concert singer is involved in sensational domestic troubles. She had previously tried to kill Emil Schmidt, her brother in law.
In Des Moines Iowa on September 3 the west bound Chicago Great Western passenger train derailed at Valeria twenty five miles east of Des Moines. Several passengers were injured though only one was seriously hurt according to initial reports.
Dwight Smith, track man for Waterbury Traction Company, was bound over to Superior Court on manslaughter charges for causing the death of five year old Matthew O Mara. The death occurred when he touched a lever in the motorman absence allowing a trolley car to strike the child. Bond set at $1000.
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