Perished By Fire

Cadillac, May 22. - Forest lires rag-ing in the territory northwest of this city reaclied Louis Sand's lumber yard near Lake City Saturday and resulted iji burning to death eleven men. The names of the unfortunates are: Samuel Campbell, John HUI, James tlug-h, Hans Jacobson, Miehael McCune, Michael Mulholland, M. C. Pagen, Edward Roorback, Fred Sager, Frank Sangreen. Charles tí-. Taylor. The men were assembled at diuner and the foïest fire whieh was burning all around entirely cut off all escape. When they realized their danger they rushed out of the in which they had bsen sitting. The smoke so blinded them that they beeame bewildered. They ran hither and thithcr, unable to find a means of escape, and their horses stampeded, Dwing to the confusión. Eight of the men jumped into a well to escape the flames. The top curb of the vvell burned and the thnbers feil on the men huddled in the well, literally' cookingthir heads, the remainder of their bodies being under water. The property loss is not very great. Forty hogs, three horses, the camp buildings, tools, etc., teil Mr. Sands' loss. The Thayer Lumber company, near by, lost eleven cars loaded with logs in the same fire. The engine had to leave its train to make its escape. Edward Margeridge's sawmill, 4 miles south of Lake City, burned Saturday and the farm buildings and cabins of the pioneer settlers were wiped out of existence. It is reported that a, farmhouse near Tustin burned and a man and his wife and two children perished, but it has as yet been impossible to confirm the report. Many men who went out to help to fight the fire were badly scorched. In Grand Traverse county the flames threatened the suburbs of Traverse City, but the danger passed when the wind died down. Houghïon, May 22. - A terrible bush fire has raed in Ballman's Branch, east of Dollar bay. Over 1,000 cords of hard wood, four houses and seven cars of the Hancock fe Calumet railroad were destroyed. Over thirty families were forced to bury their household goods in the ground. Women and children were forced to fight their way over 2 miles to Dollar bay through suffocating heat and smoke. About thirty horse&were saved. One horse was scorched so badly that he had to be killed. Engineer Shea, with a wood train, was surrounded by fire, but opened his throttle and made a race for life, while his brakemen jumped off and escaped through the woods.