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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1894
Page
2
Reports from Pine City and Hinckley reveal a rising death roll after the mill pond disaster near Sandstone and Flinckley. Authorities list 67 dead in Sandstone with further bodies found in trenches. total estimates climb toward 879 across Hinckley, Sandstone, Pokegama, and nearby camps as searchers comb the area and plan burials.
Officials of the St. Paul and Duluth Railroad organize aid for burned towns and restore through service from St. Paul to Duluth. E. L. Brown leads track repairs from Mission Creek to Miller. Hinckley bridge rebuilt. Duluth train resumes by evening. Minneapolis relief committee surveys population and needs. plans for clothing, housing, and medical supplies. Community churches and governors coordinate fundraising and distribution of aid to about 400 affected residents.
Duluth dispatch reports a relief train returning from Sandstone with 27 survivors of a burning disaster. One hundred fifty were left. sixty bodies were recovered as responders aided scattered towns. No burial attempts yet, with wreckage and debris amid the devastation.
Survivors describe a deadly cyclone at Sandstone and Sandstone Junction. Dozens are missing or burned, with many families lost including Paigland family seven, Johnson family, Blstrom, Hoffman and kin, and others. Rescue crews focus on the living as bodies are scattered through the streets.
Dan Donohue of Pine City, a steamship worker, survived with his two daughters while his wife and three children perished in a disaster. He later learned his wife was alive in Duluth, though two missing children remain unaccounted for. Local rescues reveal the painful reunions and ongoing grief among survivors.
The known dead at Pokegama include Tom Raymond and family, Charles Auilyr and family, Mors and Ander, Dred Molander and family, Mes and Mulaniler’s sister, J. W. Beatigns-Whitney, and Poero residents, with several others missing. Relief work proceeds rapidly with temporary shelter and food arriving. death toll projected around 423. Donations from Auatta Corbin, multiple insurance companies, and various lodges support efforts as authorities urge more housing help. A man north of Hinckley was found with melted silver dollars in his pocket and a cartridge loading tool and powder nearby, confirming a violent blast scene. Forty men are reported missing in Rush City area fires fueled by lumber camps connected to St. Jo.
Severe fires ravage Thorpe and surrounding Wisconsin towns along Wisconsin Central line. Flames destroyed mills and kilns, with residents buried and houses at risk. Aid from nearby Chippewa Falls blocked by ongoing engine work. Spencer and Vittaville also threatened as Pitteville again faces blaze. Communication hampered by damaged telephone lines as crews push containment efforts.
In Burcago and Chicago 10 000 march despite rain as unions led eight divisions toward Lincoln Park. Lawrence B. McGavin delivered the day’s oration with a Reed of Debs song. Parades continued in Washington San Francisco Boston Toronto Qinhy and New York with thousands joining floats and gatherings.
The Gazette prints a decree cancelling the reciprocal treaty between the United States and Cuba effective when the United States adopts the new tariff. Spain imposes duties on shipments from its colonies and speed negotiations for a new commercial treaty with the United States. In Denver, Democrats unite on a platform and ticket, while Debs and American Railway Union officials face contempt charges in federal court.
Financial market quotes and commodity prices across the United States and abroad appear in the Lew Wens column with notes on bonds, stocks, and futures. The piece also covers shipping, eggs and poultry prices, dairy and meat receipts, and a London letter discussing the Metropolitan Tabernacle pastorate election of Thomas Spurgeon and campaign dynamics.
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