Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-11
Prairie Fires.
From the AtchisOn (Kan.,) Champion.
November %.


from the AtchisOn (Kan.,) Champion.
November %.
Daily we are in receipt of the
sickening details of the ravages of
the unmercifuI prairie fires that
have crept like demons over our
fair young State. licking up with
their tongues of flame, in almost an
instant, the labpred tolls of years.
Hundreds have lost their all, and
thousands have. in an hour, lost
their whole years work. What will
re done during the winter to feed
the stock and support the families
of these settlers, is n solemS qucs-
ton that is staring our people in
the face. obstructive prairie fires"
is the ominous heading that meets
the eye in all our exchanges.
The Independence Tribune notes
destructive prairie fires on Monday
and Tuesday. Of the latter it says;
"Tuesday is a day that will long
be remembered by many of our
people on account of the destruction
of a vast amount of accumuiations
of the past summer, and fearful
loss of property
A correspondent of the Lawrence
Tribune, from Anderson County,
saws destructive prairie fire swept
in from Coffey County upon the
northwest corner of Anderson on
Thursday, the 2lst inst, doing much
damage. The long continued dry
weather enabled it to move over
ground where ordinarily there
would have been nothing to feed it.
1t burned for Owen Grant stable,
harness, pIows, Il large pen of corn
a-erib of oats. four large hay rickS1
Mr. F. Murphy, s. 5fB3sssr0an B3sssr0an1 ahilibf hilibf place place
,are heavy losers. Neither hedge
rows, back firing. nor plowed fields
we're protection. 1t burned
through Rev. A. K. johnson
door yard, consuming his wood
pile, heated the weather boarding
on his house until the resin exuded,
and passing into the hay about his
stables and granary, burned to with
in three feet of the stables before ii
could be stopped
The Junction City Union says the
fire broke out at or near the head OF
Black Hollow, on McDowell's Greek
between 8 and 10 o'clock last Sun
, day morning. when, as our readers
, will remember, u tremendous gale
was prevailing. The fire ran across
the divide toward Humboldt Creek
, passing within half mile OF Mr.
, Eldridge Harris place, and striking
the valley of the creek at Jas Il
, Wingfeld's. In very short time
Mr. Wingfeld's fences, 40 tons o.
Hungarian, his wheat, in fact every
, thing of combustible nature that h(
: owned, except his house and stables
r which were saved with difficulty
7 had disappeared in smoke At thu
, point the fire spread from Humboldt
Creek to McDowell's and followed
e the course of those streams, sweep
ing everything before it After
y passing Wingfeld's, passing uI
. Humboldt Creek the fire made
clean sweep to the farm of Mrs
i Hand, widow lady. Mrs. II los
) everything except her house. II
r N. Church was more fortunate, sus
f tanning little damage except II
a fencing. Jesse Chase lost 30 tons o
4 hay and considerable fencing, ant
e 20 tons of hay belonging to Axon
n Il Julian were also destroyed. f
J Chase lost $50 bushels of corn
d 40 tons of Hungarian and millet
n five tons of prairie, and all his feo'
it of every description. HIS wheat
n fortunately, had been threshed an!
r mt near the creek, and was saved
, Joseph Cummings suffered to tn
/ extent of 20 tons of hay, and HI
d neighbor, Mr.. Devinney. lost =
q tons of hay, and about 1,lOO rails
Mr.. Weston was suddenly deprive
' of 500 rails. The johnson brother
:. all suffered more or less. .osep
r. Johnson lost go tons of hay; Henri.
. Johnson lost 25 tons of hay, cor
Z siderable fencing, all his corn, an
m part of a threshing machine; 5. '
N Johnson lost a wagon and 10 or !
tons of hay; Andrew Johnson lo'
,e 20 tons of hay. VIM Pettijohn lof
ur 300 bushels of corn and about 8
" tons of hay. and 800 posts and rail
4 At this point the fire approache
$. the place of Mr.. Glisner, who, wit
his wife and eight children, lived
n. a dug out on the divide. Mr.. Gli
a ner had the wall of stone houi
partially complete, and had collecte
a some lumber for the building. M
ou Henry Jackson, by running b
/ horse kept ahead of the hre, ar
on warned the family of their dang.
(Mr. Glisner being absent from IL
?" house). Mrs. Glisner attempted
ut get to a piece of broken groun
wn but was headed off by the fire, al
took refuge within the walls of t
mt unfurnished house we have mentio
ian ed, and so escaped. Everythi
ted their family possessed except t
- clothes on their backs was destroys
OF the other parties living on
I'm; east side of Humboldt, we learn