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Cost Of The Fire In Money

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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
September
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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Duluth, Minn., Sept. 6.- There are orer 1,000 deatituts refugeea {rom tbe Hiucklny and Sandstoae flres no ín Duluth and it ia expeeted that there are but fevr more to come. Over $8,000 has been ralned for their relief, and food, olothiug aud lumher are being donated liberally. Cloquet, Two Harbors aud other surrouadtog townj are also ending supplies. Sonie are returning to their buraed homes, leaving wives aad families ia charge of the relief society or sendiag them to tnends and relativea. The relief society sent 100 to frieods or relatire ia other cities. The railways are furnlshiug; transportaron subject to the order of the oommittee on transportation. The mayor and city officials of Hiockley are all safe and U uve urrived in the city. One of tha ead Features in the suffering on the icene of the catastrophe is the large numlwr of cows, horses, sneep and hogs, as well as fowl that miraculously estcaped the firea and are now suffering and slowly dying from hunger. The humane societies at Duluth will at once take this part of tha relief work in charge. Buildings destroyed hare been roughly estimated by an old, well-posted Hinckley gt.tWr. Tbe total for Hinclcley is $630,440; for Sandstone, $95,500, andfor Partridge , á8,000. This givea a total of $980,900 for three town, nnd ig mora than half the loss in the tuwus, but does not include the tlmber.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News