Portrait and biographical album of Huron county . ONDAY morning Sept. 5,1881, the sun rose with un-usual splendor over theblue waters of LakeHuron, casting its warmrays upon the people ofHuron County. The airwas balmy, and resonant with thecharming notes of the wild was nothing to indicate thatere its setting there would be any-thing other than peace, contentmentand happiness among the people, orthat ere it took farewell of this fairland and passed below the westernhorizon, a darkness would come as intense as could be produced by theall light, and a calamity befall the peoplemagnit
Portrait and biographical album of Huron county . ONDAY morning Sept. 5,1881, the sun rose with un-usual splendor over theblue waters of LakeHuron, casting its warmrays upon the people ofHuron County. The airwas balmy, and resonant with thecharming notes of the wild was nothing to indicate thatere its setting there would be any-thing other than peace, contentmentand happiness among the people, orthat ere it took farewell of this fairland and passed below the westernhorizon, a darkness would come as intense as could be produced by theall light, and a calamity befall the peoplemagnitude of woe, suffering and death, would be unparalleled in the worlds history. Theresult of the worlds experience goes to prove that thegreatest calamities come to mankind when they arethe least expected. So it was in this terrible event. During the previous week tliere had come rumorsof disastrous fires in the counties south, but no thoughtof danger here had been entertained, particularly inthese counties below. Forest and fallow fires wereburni
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