Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-03

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Sioux Falls before many of our citisens n
. WAsn the danss fssched sasbrewerys Aflla'
IlaExs aumbse stasted In tAst direction fbl
ID puspcseef cAeckihe it. Bat the jflamnsl
Wefe .A1nea ~ q atrOu4 wind. and they
!. swept down shs hillIn : remarkably shoft
time. and Il was impossible to check the
elemsat from doing damage.
NotWithstanding tho efforts Of the few
Iskirts Of the village on the northwest, and
ct fire to tho barn Belonging to Chris Sole.
II was but . few momeats before the stable
vas sblase, and nothing whatever could be
saved. The building contained . horse, |
five hundred bushels, Of oats. chickens, and
some other property. There was no one ON
the premises except . woman at the time
the stable caught fire. A quantity of hay
adjacent to the Building was also consumed.
Cinders from this we're blown to another
stable to the south and this was also con.
sumed in q short time. The latter build.
ing did not contain property of much value.
The burning Of these two email structures
attracted quite q crowd to this quarter, aud
labor was commenced in earnest to prevent
the fire from spreading further and doing
n1.s -. ssT ia pis nsa . If ea. sesn' so.s.d s' IN
water, and began "whippinE the Aames.n
There were several small buildings close at
hand, also q quantity Of hay, and should
the flames communicate with these, beyond
adoubt many large structures would have
been consumed. By persistent work, how
ever, the 6re was held in check.
Early in the forenoon j. w. and Henry
Calender started for the north to protec.
.ome hay which they had stacked on the
bottom. When they saw that the FIRE was
liable to reach Sioux Falls John Calender
returned to the alarm, but before he
was able to procure assistance the fire had
approached the village on the northwest.
A large quantity Of hay on the fat north
of v was consumed-probably many
hundred tons. We understand that MI.
, Knot lost nearly q hundred tons.
The saddest casualty resulting from the
: fire is reported from the north. John For
I tune, residing about four and one half miles
northwest Of Sioux Falls sustained serious
Losses. We were not able to obtain
!. q very full account of the sad affair, but il
appears that Mr.. Fortune vas at work il
: the field. when his wife noticing the near
Y ness Of the fire went out TO give the alarm
n Mr.. Fortune and his wife both started TO
the house, he going ahead aud leaving hel
to bring the horses. The fire, driven on b,
y . strong wind, soon reached the buildings
and when he arrived the stable was al
sblazs. 1t was impossible to save anything
= and the buildiag, together with it's contents
:, consisting Of four hundred bushels Of grain
u three cows. one colt, and large quantlt,
n Of hay, was consumed. The house was sI
= uated near the stable but fortunately escape
Z. being destroyed.
al :, Mrs. F0ttlne became bewildered by tn
= smoke which arose from the burning bar
70 and prairie. was oveltaKen by the fame
% aud was burned in q triRbtful name
When found she was UNCONSCIOUS, and in
"a very critical condition. and it 10 Doubt,
I'd whether she will recover.
er observation-disclosures just reaches US {
&c the dea,h of Mrs. Fort une's whic
r occurred at an early hour this mornin,
So severe was the poor woman burned, tbs
Ill the flesh actually parted from the bone
Notwithstanding Mr.. Fortune has the hear
ID felt sympathy of all, yet tbat will i'll sufi,
m for the sad loss of a fond wife and almo
or ali of his property.
re Mr.. T. Il. Brown, who came in frol
10 Fiandreau, Yesterday, says the fire, allude
ID TO, started near that place, and that he TO
lowed in its wake fully 30 miles.