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List of persons burned at Birch Creek in the town of Menominee, Michigan

Information found in a binder at the Peshtigo Fire Museum.

The residents of Birch Creek are the last known victims of the Fire.

Ames/Eames, Mrs. Phineas, age 42, and two children: Lincoln, age 7, and Mary, infant
Mr. Ames, badly crippled in both hands and feet, and two daughters were saved

Brokling, Peter (age 40), wife Kate (age 45), and five children: Kate 15, William 9, Philip 8, Theodore 6, Fred 1

Blanrette, William (age 6) and Nellie (age 3)

Hill, James (age 42) and three children: William 13, John 6, Mary 3
Mrs. James Hill and a daughter about 14 were saved. Mrs. Hill’s hands were so severely burned that the flesh between the fingers united and has been recently cut apart.

Kuninger, Karl, age 38

Linden, Charles, age 18

Vallier, M. N., age 63

Osidiler, O. B., age 28

Two travelers, strangers; names unknown

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