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Show rXEES C0VXS.2S0 ,.j...V..-' -' MILES OF TXXSITOBY .V- -1 WOEDNG DESTRUCTION , , ,; MARQUETTE. ' Mich..; i May ; II. A stretch of territory 'over '350 miles 'ta length, reaching from' Newbery on the east to Bessemer Mich., en the west as Bor!5 and south between the shore Une of the Lake Superior and the southern ' f0""" the upper peninsula. U dotted dot-ted with fared flres.. ....... t . r- Settlements, Wiped , Out. , y. ; V rSettlemenU and farmhouses have beert ' ' wlpd out. Umber lands daatreyed end lundreds of pwsons rendered bomeles."; It Is lmpoaslbla to estimate the financial i loss, but figured oa the baaia of local . conditions It im probable that hundreds of ' thouMnda of doll an worth of property has i been deatroyad. -Tha loaa In the im- -E1 vicinity of Marouette taWer. , &0.000. Involvlna; only- the destruction er : . personal property and - not . Including devaatatlona of timber landa or Oamsse to railroad property. , ." Towns Destroyed. ' - . ' ' - V : The towns of Qulnneaec- and several ' hamlets In Menominee Iron range are re-ported re-ported wiped out. Northwest of Mar- - queue the town or Birch, where the Northern Lumber company, has fully $500,000 worth of. property, waa threatened threat-ened with destruction and men were sent from here by special, train to fight the flames. ; ... - TeslgTaph Wires Down. . " J ,T i Because of the destruction of telegraph - ' ; -poles., wires, are down In all directions. ' and communication by that means is im- - -possible. Unless rate falls soon much more, havoc will be wrought, i as -the : 'woods are every 'dry. .- ? |