Disastrous Forest Fires.
Some 150,000,000 trees have been destroyed in Minnesota. The smoke renders the navigation of Lake Superior and Michigan dangerous. Details of the most shocking description continue to be received. Hundreds of those who escaped from the fires are partially blinded by the heat scorching the eyeballs. Three hundred square miles were devastated. Fresh fires have sprung up in Chatauqua, Erie, McKean and Elk counties, and it is feared they will reach the cultivated country covered with wheat fields. The dairying district of Minnesota has been destroyed. It is believed that an incendiary started the fire in older to obtain work.
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Manawatu Herald, 8 September 1894, Page 2
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103Disastrous Forest Fires. Manawatu Herald, 8 September 1894, Page 2
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