The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-11-27
DEsTRUCTIvE PRAIRIE FIRE.
Mes, Horses, Cattle, Grain, Feed, sad Fenee
Burned.

The terrible, sweeping fire which was seen last
Monday afternoon, sweeping sonthward from
the vicinity of Marysville, towards Spring Crrek,
and which presented beituf fire miles IN length
during Monday night, proves to have been most
destructive to the settlers east of Irving, and IN
that vicinity. The first damage of which we
have any particulars, occurred to the residents :
i'm the eastern portion of this township. Two oil
the Edinborough brothers were losers OF colsid-
cradle feed. Frank Falkner lost his hay, stables,
fodder, and barely getting his cattle out OF the
way of the fire. Esq. Davis lost a stack OF hay ;
Jos. Boutwell, lost his last years corn, straw, &c;
John ID. Farrant lost cows, hogs, chickens, sta-
bles, &C.; K. Wicks, Esq, lost his straw stacks !;
W. H. Sabin lost all his fodder but one stack I;
CIV and Will Ewing lost all their fodder, some
hogs, and even the well curb burned and let the
bucket into the we'll; John ID. Wells lost one
Thousand bushels of wheat, and an immense
amount of fencing.
The fire crossed the railroad about two miles
east of Irving, and the first to suffer from t were
Vim. P. Day and his father. The former lost his
house, furniture, fonr hogs sheds, stables, stacks
&c. His wife was at the residence of his father,
and sick. The fire actually gained adnittance
to the hOnse, and caught the clothing OF the bed
which she lay. By the most strenuous efforts
the house and Inmates were saved. The fire
leaped the Vermillion, sad rushed onward to-
ward POttawattomie county, In the vicinity OF
Spring Creek large amount of damage was
done. Robert Smith lost two year old colt,
f.O +,
harness, enltivatOr, corn cribs, corn, and shed.
Edward Blaney lost everything but his house
aud stock; wheat, corn, oats, hay in large quant-
ties, were stored on his premises, and all went
mp in flame and smoke .sWm. Murphy lost a
quantity of feed Lawrence Surdam lost all his
sheds, fodder, feedscurzpsxd a calf; J. S. Wise
man, Sheds straw, hay, etc; Mr.. Shilling lost
everything but his house, stables hay, straw and
two young cattle; o. Z. Gonld, the postmaster,
lost heavily-twO cows, horse, hay, sheds, grain,
in fact, everything but his house. He lost all
the results Of two years hard labor. Mr.. North
rnP lost his sheds, hay and straw, but saved his
grain and house; Mr.. Bowman saved his grain
and house only. Next came the Wapp brothers.
They rushed out, and John, overcome with eS-
citement, made No attemptto extricate himself
from his burning clothiag. They burned until
they dropped from him. He died before morning.
David Wapp succeeded in removing his clothing.
but was so badly burned that it was reported
next morning that he could not live. The horse
likewise persisted in the flames. Jason Yurau
lost considerable fencing. The ties of the rail-
rUad were burned for long distance, so that no
trains have passed since Saturday night. The
fire passed into Potfawattoinie county about four
o'clock in the afternoon, and Mt last accounts was
pushing southwark ON its mission of destruction.
Scores of individuals, If not hundreds, are thus
brought to destitution in single night. Winter
is before them, and nothing but timely aid can
prevent an immense amount of suffering.-Biae
Rapids Times.