| Show INCIDENT or OF THE rind among i in alio llio P tra lelies plau att wrought liy by swift winged hinged fires in wes wc je lern arx wooda and rici ies the sad experience peri ence of manya 1 I solitary settler n 1 1 peals to our oain bl nathlea in 1 a pui liar r manner r one ona case h mentioned ly by a detroit journal which is is but a hypo of hundreds of others about tell miles above fore forestville stville michigan Alich gau laveda a nr mr kent lia ilia wire wife and two children the fires firce had b been echi in in for incident nd for ten dayi pi to incident wo wil are about to mention the amoe lad bacomo very dense denbo in a the vicinity vie edily ty although mr kent kant lad had aason A amton ason hy by chiq little property hoping to preserve it there was wag a consider b clearing abound around li u house aid lie ho lie be lieveld the flimns would not riach reach liim him lie he had bad plenty near b by I 1 slid and filled barrels aad oil tuba tuby and cited placed 1 thein where they would bo bb of per cavico vice in extinguishing sparks one dreadful dig night the he roaring of oatlie tile fames could be heard at the settlers house no lamp wad needed the illuminated nil all around towa toward rd alo noon of 0 felien alic alio llio fildia lafit par ca yi OR ho 1110 of Xen farm 1111 children n tl two ok little eix the youngest not a year old were tern left in the house and hu guilland illand abild wife repaired tairel to tho fire to try to beat it back lek wh cl would 1 91 or ther they foli j it 0 advancing flames and for a of f I 1 twenty rodt rode kept them hem in check B but at while they were busily engaged here the llie flames crept over tile dry ground from fram oilier un neglected fighting with wilh all their strength father anil and mother gave no heed to anything but abel tle fire beford thorn them until ahloy ali ty wart acre at alast a t I 1 ilar 10 11 1 by front tho 66 lio liquie ulle da i they kat alio aline ll ine find seized it and to the of the ahe children alas alaa tile lie smoke had settled thickly down the distracted parents ran in every I 1 bivil ile S they groping ia tho the ilnay the fau fall and ami crash of if the llie roof told them their little ones onea lid lad met fate it made us ua iracy 1 said bald the father as lie afterwards related the terrible terri blu ulu 1411 jut but with ich a grap knowin there remained but one tiling filing to do the ilia hai huh liand caught hold rf of his lii wife and plunging through fird cro and tanu binelo ec arcely I 1 keeping ahead of nf tho the alliet or flame behind them they lit at length reached mhd da damark stat tarK soo relied and bruised and e 1 J 3 8 ii i I 1 |
