Show death destruction horrible suffering caused by fires which have swept over michigan schoolhouse in path of flames is swept from earth the children having narrow escape horrors S amply beyond fotion alpena mich out of the burned district are now coming some of the stories of suffering and dangers en dured by those who survived the fames miss cassie howland had tent six little children in her school near millersburg Millers burg friday after noon at the afternoon recess the clr c lr was smoky halt an hour later the woods about the little school louse were blazing fiercely the ahll cren started for their homes but compelled to go to a neighbor ing house for shelter miss howland ays she could hardly tace the wind during the a quarter of a I lile to her own home after she reached it the heat grew so intense that the women were compelled to seek shelter in the cellar while the men fought to save the house then says miss howland ret ugenes who had escaped with their lives by lying in the plowed field with their faces buried in the sand began to arrive they kept coming all through the night all more or less burned in their flight agh the woods A boy named dust one of the family of children which on saturday was reported burned brought in the charred remains of his little sister in 1 is pocket handkerchief his father and mother had already arrived at our house their grief was terrible then another of their children a little girl arrived carrying a baby the child s dress was completely burned off and her little body was a mass of blisters but one fresh report of loss of life came into alpena on sunday henry hines his wife and two children are believed to nave been cremated on their farm near cathro between metz and rogers city seven more bodies have been found making a to tal of twenty six lives that are known to have been lost in presque isle and alpena counties since thursday night |