Root's engine, St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company. The engine powered the last train load of survivors out of Hinckley during the fire in 1894. Photographed ca. 1895. James Root was the engineer on the evacuation train.

People posed in front of a house built for Hinckley fire victims, after September 1, 1894.

September 15, 1894, letter from the C. D. and Thomas D. O’Brien Law Office in St. Paul to John W. Blair in recognition of his gallant conduct on September 1, 1894. Enclosed was a check for $25 dollars from Mrs. Charles E. (Lida) Smith. From the John W. Blair papers, 1867–1915 (P1788). Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul

Tents erected for victims of the fire in Hinckley, 1894.

Burying ninety victims in one trench following the Hinckley fire, September, 1894.

A search party finds the remains of an entire family in the ruins of the Hinckley fire, 1894.

People gather at Skunk Lake after the Hinckley Fire, which occurred on September 1, 1894. Photograph Collection, Hinckley Fire Museum, Hinckley.

The Hinckley fire house, firemen, and Waterous steam fire engine, before September 1, 1894. The steam fire engine was manufactured in South St. Paul.

Oxen pulling a sled of white pine logs near Hinckley in Pine County, 1885.

View of the Hinckley main street the morning after the fire, 1894.