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Show 1 FIRE AMD WATER. U About a Hilllon Dollars' Worth of H Proptrlj Consumed. H HOUSES MlltlED TO A CBIST. I Ttn LltM Loat.-llall, ILIo, Ughlnlnj. I Man larms llaniofrtd bjr Hoods. BAUItUW, Mich., May 2''-ri" K litoko out In Iho tlltmantlail mill planer of Bampl. A Carop on lu H ilockf, where llier. ate a niiraijer of ft plica of lumber, Baturday alteration. mm In i twinkling a toatluf maei i of AV Harare etattad on a mad cateet. Toe X llrlitol street bridge u partially de- K atroyed and the flamee leaped to the K rat tide, where wrte located a large number oi buildings. A galo cattled B the aparki long distances, and tho K llanlng mill, factory and lumber yatd of E, Qetmln weto dcattoyed, in well aa a largo number cf dwell. Iurs. B Excitement waa at favet heat dutlng the two houta from 4 to O.and In many Inttancoj bouata caught flro and were B dratroy.d twfore the ocoupanta were I hardly awaro they were In danger, uud doirua of famlllca Bated practically nothing. ,, ,, Tho acenewasone of Indescribable excitement. Ureye, delivery, wood, Ice and ccal wagona, IurkIm, hand. 1 catla, cabt, and everything in the I Blmie of a vohlolo wero pleased lnlu aervlceto mot. household gooda be. yond tho reach of tho Ore. in many Inatancrs tho properly, alter being be-ing titnovcd to euppoawl placte of enreiy, wae found by Iho Dro and de- ; atrnyed. The body of a man auppoaad to be John Clark, whoperlihcd, waa Idontl' fled thta morning aa Itobert Turner, aged 80 yeara. Clark la ttlll unaccount, cii fur. Thervwlll beaorao destitution but tho majority of the loaaea sustained ' ate by people In comfortable clrcum- atancea. The people of Baglnaw will bike oaro of the needy once and no npieal will bo made for outside aid. A tlote eatlmato of tho numbot of build, luga destroyed la 273 and tbetotallusa suitalntdlsJOOO.UUi). The total Insurance Insur-ance will riuth about $000,000. vii Ki) out inr viitt Annuo, Wlfi May SO. Thta town !wa half destroyed by Are and the little lit-tle town of Uryant completely wiped out today. About thirty bulldluga were destroyed 111 Uryant aa were alto 1,1X10,000 feat of lumbsr and 300,000 fettoflogs. No estimate of the loss can bo secured. Tho fire originated In brush ) Ilea near town, and spread by means of fences and barns to the olty. A HID.NIUUT llUIZB. Bt. Louis, May 21. A file at mid-nluhl mid-nluhl destroyed fJOU.OOO worth of property and iaii.uu the loss of a life. t fhe are, which waa Incendiary, com-'',," com-'',," I Ittely dealroyed the three-story brick K block occupied by U. U. Crumru & Co. A hundred and fifty horses were burned toaorlip. A soYcnleen-year. old boy waa fatally butued. TUIIUIILI. llUflU HUB. llorjauroN, Mtoh, May 20. A terrible ter-rible buih fire logon all day In liall-man's liall-man's branch and Dollar bay. Four liouies and seven oats ol tbollancook & Calumet railroad were destroyed, 1 'thirty families had to bury their ) household gaods In the ground. , Women and children were forced to fight thelt way ovet two miles to Dollar bay through suffocating heat and rmoke. LUlIlinn CA1II' DESTllOYEI). . Lakh City, Mloh., May 10. A t forest Are disttoyed Louis Hands's ,i lumber camp yesUrday allcrnoon. Out ji. of tho total crew of sixty men forty. It nlseesuaped uulnjured. One, Edward K Hulllvan, waa seriously butned and ten , are dead. Of these elgnt look refuge In I a well and were auQotattd.Two tried to ; tun the gauntlet and wero butned to a i crlap. , The man were at dinner aud the foreat flro, which waa burning all around, entirely, cut oh escape. Iteallilng thelt danger the men tusbed out of the bulldlug, but the I amoke so blinded them that they bo- i came bewildered. They ran hither and tbltbet, unable to find means of f scapr, aud Ibu horses were statu) aded owing to the conluilon. Klghlofthe men lumped Into a woll to escapo tho I JW flsmtf, and there died of auUooatlon. I HAIL AND 1UI.N BTOIUI. riirauuiia, May SO. A tettlflo hall and tain atorm aooompauled by high winds and WtM lightning passed over a portion of western i'cnusylvaula and enUim Ohio this alternoon, doing Kreat damage. Tho storm broke aver l'ltliburg a lew minutes after 4 o'olook and ragsd fjr an hour, sulking tettot to the hearts of timid people and ruin-lngl,000,000 ruin-lngl,000,000 worth of propuriy. Ine noise lauied by the brisking glata, tho roar of the wlud and Iho 1 utter cf hallstonea on tho toofs Irljbt-ened Irljbt-ened matluet audiences and a paulo was narrowly averied In the Grand opera house, the illjou tbeulvr, the Academy of Muslo and the Alvln thtatct. During tho storm many vu. hlolcs weru wrecked. Kvery photo-gropa photo-gropa gallery In the two cities was damaged aud many valuable pictures ruined. . At Marlon, 0 a number of build. W Ingu wcte destroyed aud the otopa laid g to the ground, K Qrirtt destruction of property Is to- 2?'.'"1 ',n ""'niont, Kuroka and the B His ervlllo oil flelda. Ho far as kuowu H no llvua were lost. S un,Tin show. . 1,o""ANU,Ot,May20-Thomol. m lug of the snow In the mountains has E cuuiod a rltii in the Columbia river M and all lis tributaries. Many of Iho , C mioltir streams flowing Into the Col. m umt la near the head-waters have over- M Uowid their banks andcoutlderablo Iffl uamsgo bus already bun donu losmall f'W farms. |
