The Fires in the Northern Peninsula.
GREEN BAY, Wis., June 20.—For some days past, fires have been raging in the woods in the vicinity of the various mining locations in Marquette County, Mich. Yesterday, about 1 o’clock P. M., the wind changed, driving the fire in the direction of the village of Michigamme, thirty-eight miles west of Marquette, and in a few hours, only three or four houses remained standing. About 150 buildings burned, and 100 or more families are left homeless, with little more than the clothing they happened to wear. The village was composed entirely of wooden buildings, which, after the long dry spell, burned quickly, giving the inhabitants barely time to save themselves. The people took to the lake near by, on planks, logs, etc. The scene is described as appalling and heartbreaking in the extreme. Eight bodies have been found burned to a crisp, and more are missing. Supplies of all kinds have been sent from Marquette, Negaunee, and the surrounding country towns, for the use of the sufferers. Spurr Mine village suffered the same fate. The fires are still raging, and threaten a repetition of the Peshtigo horror of two years ago. We can as yet get no further particulars. Fires are also burning on the line of the G. B. and I. P. Railways, about two miles west of Dexterville, which, it is supposed, are doing much damage, but we can get no reliable facts. That Michigamme and Spurr Mine village are destroyed, is beyond a doubt.—Detroit Post.