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Show DISASTROUS FOREST FIRES III NORTHERN MICHIGAN Several Villages Destroyed, the Residents Resi-dents Being Compelled to Fly for Their Lives. Detroit. Fires In northern Michigan Michi-gan forests, fanned to glgnnltc proper- tlons by tho galeB of Friday nnd Saturday, Sat-urday, havo destroyed at least threo Ullages, rendered hundreds homeless, home-less, swept over thousands of ncres Of timber lands and caused damage estimated nt about $200,000. Tho hcvlcst loss has been sustained In Prcsquo Islo nnd Choboygnn conn cles, although Leelanau, Chnrlsovolx luid Otsego hnvo also Buffered. In many towns lamps woro lighted, as tho sun was obscured by tho heavy hmokc. Tho vlllngo of Case, in Prcsquo IbIo county, was destroyed on Saturdny. A special train conveyed tho homclcB villagers to Onaway, Whero they wero sheltered. Legrando, a little town In Cheboy !;an county, wns also abandoned to Iks flamcB. Many women nnd chll-Itcn chll-Itcn wero tnken In wagons to I ml I an Irlver. Whllo n big flro nt Wolverine wna being fought a forest flro thrent-lencd thrent-lencd nnother section of tho vlllnge. "Whllo tho Wolvcrlno dopartmcirt was engaged, n call for nld wns received Irom Hondo, threo miles north. Tho firemen could not lcavo Wolverine, nnd Rondo wbb nt tho mercy of the ilnmcs. A hotel, several stores and houses and tho Michigan Central stn-lion stn-lion were burned. In Leolnndnu county n great flro raged nenr Fouch. All Saturduy tho Blow of tho tiro could bo been at Trav-era Trav-era City, twelve miles away. Several farm buildings wero destroyed and Pa'nett's big lumber yard wns wiped out. Much valuable timber was burned. |