Show FIRESWEIT WISCONSIN J Millions of Dollars Worth of Timber Being Burned MILWAUKEE Wis Sept 16While reports from Northern Wisconsin are somewhat reassuring and fires in the forests are not abating the great danger to the threatened cities is past for the present at least The people at Marsh field begin to feel more secure as the high wind of the prevailing past twelve or fifteen hours has gone down Rain was never prayed for with more fervor than it has been for the past three weeks For a month the forest fires have been burning and standing timber worth millions of dollars i sacrificed while hundreds of poor settlers lose not only their homes but all their possessions are swept away That there will he widespread wide-spread suffering and destitution there can no longer be any doubt Time will it is believed show many persons perished this year although it may be weeks and perhaps months before the full extent of the loss of property and life is learned Some idea of the immense extent of the burning forest can be obtained when it is known that the fires extend from Shaw ano Lincoln and Portage counties in the south to Lake Superior in the north and westward from Marinette and Oconto counties to Sawyer Barron and Chippewa counties I |