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Show f mhs Are Viecl (B, i ..BcLW:j: TTrcfnc Is? r Ti ed U p cad Tel ?rrc ; !i iVjyires Are'Ddva, , ; FCTnilTA.'BAirlch.Ma'y 19. The, . forest -.fires Tin northern. Michigan : hare almost swept blank an area of j 100. miles. Six thousand people are. homeless' It is estimated-. . f . Situation Ipitomiaed. v' ' Up to .the present "the situation raaj' be epitomised aa'followt: ' :" ' t i Ralph Town t of 100 - people ' almoe t wipedouC' V . .y .. : 5 Alfred Population . JOOi - every hovue and Inure piles of lof burned. , . i Alvoie Population V 400, ;. ,'boardlnf bouse and huge, piles of lore burned Qulnaiseo Population 100, destroyed, an-realdenta homeless., . . . Cornell All but one store' burned. JO0 peopleb omeleas. Northland Mill - and six" hous . buraedr many- of the eoo- population homeless -and without food.'.. , Antolne Mlnlnjr .town, houses ' and " ' one lumber- mill burned, boardlnr houses destroyed and all -but a few of 700 people .homeless. ..-. ..-. FeHb Branch Northwestern railway.' , all brldses burned and scores of homesteaders home-steaders fn that 'section.- covering- ten ruare-miles, are homeless.'. It la feared there was loss f. UXe Jsatev t -Bailroad Tied Up. v ; t ' vC.'v " Northland branoh.'Ecanaba and Lake . Superior -raUway-I-re million fej of . jut logs burned, bridges down and llne tied. un -completely, perhaps for wekt ;y-v-. 1 - ( Jraijjjoads TTointless.. , Wzl. Three tralnleadsef homelees na- al-' ready arrfred In Escanaha. Thoueancs ef- others are' believed to b homeless and' suffering', from. want. Of food, clothlar- and- other neossllies. ' Ar- -. rangemeats for -aid and' offers to- give assistance are reaching this city from " lower Michigan -and 'Wisconsin, which must bear' a large share of. Are losses. : directly or Indirectly the result of the forest fires. -,-'. |