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==History== In 15 October 1908, a large forest fire consumed {{convert|2500000|acre|km2}} of Presque Isle County, and most of the area of Metz. Killed were 42 men, women, and children, many of whom were on a train derailed by rails twisted from the fire.<ref>[https://project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/fires_ii.html MAJOR POST-LOGGING FIRES IN MICHIGAN: the 1900's] Michigan State University Extension Service adapted from Betty Sodders' book, "Michigan on Fire", and from various issues of [[Michigan History magazine]]. Finally, parts of the text above have been paraphrased from C.M. Davisβ Readings in the Geography of Michigan (1964). {{Cite web|url=https://project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/fires_ii.html|title = Fires, part II}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wp3hAAAAMAAJ&q=Metz+Township,+Michigan+fire |title=The Metz Fire of 1908, Presque Isle County, Michigan: The Most Destructive Forest Fire in the History of Modern Michigan |first1=Herbert |last1=Nagel |publisher=Presque Isle County Historical Society |year=1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1qZFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA169 |pages=168β169 |title=The Forests of Michigan |edition=Revised |first1=Donald I. |last1=Dickmann |first2=Larry A. |last2=Leefers |date=July 19, 2016 |isbn=9780472036530 |type=Paperback |publisher=University of Michigan Regional}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C4fhAAAAMAAJ&q=Metz+Township,+Michigan+fire |pages=279, 298, 310 |title=Michigan on Fire |volume=1 |series=Michigan on Fire Series |first1=Betty |last1=Sodders |editor-first1=Don |editor-last1=Weeks |edition=Illustrated |publisher=[[Thunder Bay Press]]|year=1997 |isbn=9781882376520}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.michigandnr.com/publications/pdfs/ArcGISOnline/StoryMaps/mhc_historical_markers/pdfs/MHC711970021.pdf |title=Historical Marker - S299 - The Metz Fire (Marker ID#:S299) |accessdate=February 16, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://northernmichiganhistory.com/the-metz-fire/ |title=The Metz Fire |work=Northern Michigan History |first1=Marisa |last1=Fancy|date=November 15, 2023 |accessdate=February 16, 2025}}</ref> These included: * William Barrett, adult * Leo Buskowski, adult * Lizzie Cicero, adult; Margaret Cicero, seven years; George Cicero, five years; Gerlen Cicero, two years * Elizabeth Dost, four years * Otille Erke, adult; Matilda Erke, six years; Gertrude Erke, eight years; Chearles Erke, four years; Lorene Erke, two years * Emma Hardies, adult; Pauline Hardies, nine years; Mary Hardies, three years; Minnie Hardies, eight months * Eufrozyna Konieczny, adult; Joseph Konieczny, three years; John Konieczny, two years; Helena Konieczny, seven months * Arthur Lee, adult * John Nowicki, adult; Catherine Nowicki, adult * John Samp, adult * Rovert Wagner, eighteen years Most were of either [[Polish people|Polish]] or [[Germans|German]] nationality. This became known as the "Metz Fire."
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