Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-07
THE LINCOLN COUNTY FIRES.
Property Destruction and Less OF Human
Life.
Canton Advocate, cd.

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GLUE nLe .na. swept Town l!oM
" 1;aa LIVES .n!ousn tne hiuule poItlon
~ ia,i L.ueuIh equity, last week. was onPaIa-
a .aIu ~ is oevastallon OF MONIES, i've
s.och gran aho tne possessions OF tne iar-
neIe. hose VINO iong ~ nad peeD al.
,hosa .n..ner ny .ne rich prospects o.
.aese lelt''e pia.ns ana had alter years OF
salusnlPs ana ieilures, began 10 see the
slouos I'LL nom lneii empafiassmen. ana
'so'aluon, Dl.nG,ne .neil naro earned sur
f"uuu'ngs anso ,ne sunlient o. q ptom.s,ng
lu.afe, were aes.ned toexper'ence q suooen
auI il,gn..ul cnsnge threugn the unGon
.a"n n > Iuly nl nre. some tnougns'ess
psteon appIieu tne tnatcn o Tue VINO H.
c.easlng SEM me 1lames !nrougn the erass
: y. .lllos. a'sn.n'ug speeu, taii ury anu Iank
40 tne eIass was, tne nea, became un1eal-
ap,o ane e VIZ sp,eao tne ale lmposslole 70
. ~ nIs oieaAs "eIe nostiy useless as
,asn Nv "' 3D.. ~ ~ Many instances ~
..ap ose. iu9s -; anu sweps De-
yonu az lap'uiy II no barrier mao intercept
LUG n1.a at y: iauai.'es or settleIs VINO
Wv h.esd s.es ~. 90 Leo.n ooun'y es ID.
e nn"nt,n ~ S s.e ~, nu' ..o.n .ne eA a
IL; mS. NY 'ne n.e passeu o.er We snoulo
yaus' .nas 'oi "'oie aio 'oJureu 'nan we
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many nave iost their all, their home, and
tne STOCK ana implements taat their init
Gu means nave enao'ed tnem 10 accumulate
~ the nsIu years that nave Just past, others
nsve .ei. .ne co,u bsnos {! oeatn as u our
.oMeu nealn tne name that clutched the
neipiess ones 10 its relentless grasp. Two
aa. ~ h,'I anoMas noMaston are report
~ s;,o 90 ouineu y uea.n. re.er Neison, oe-
sa.mm me;nk nne no"se, iu,eo'u!e' s'ocR'
was se sanarsiu h,.,a oau ~ Ply 10 money
thinks !, donh,1, ;f he rec u~ ,.e pnYs'c'an
Mrs 1aha. W;iL;nea. Nv.
ted nv the excitement and nn,ahans;o Us
their destrnct;on hv The e,smen, sa :, .ose y,
furiously toward Them and sass-a, 81
more or less Injured in ,he;r aao,ta - ssne
themselves and property.
The fire ia sunnosed In have o,;o;,.,ed
about twelve miles northwest Of h,ncnl1
Center, and with the wind came IN son,h
easterly direction varying in width from
one to six miles, passing down toward,
the mouth OF the Sioux river or its iunc
ton with the Missouri; the source is bein.
traced and u%uquestionablv its author vii
be found. The consequences are yet Il
be told as the people are about exaspe
rated.
Some OF oar people have been subjected
to a serious embarrassment, as to immedi
ate need by the catastrophe, and those tina
need help should receive it. and should az.
case become known where assistance il
required We doubt not q liberal and promp
response Will be made BY the more fortu
na,e'
1elo~ we give a list OF the names Of the
sunerers and their losses, as far as we have
oeen acle 20 procure ihem:
Austin Uieson 1851 house, clothing, furni'
'use' staoie, machinery, saving only what
CLONES the family had on.
+. Nelson lost house, clothing, furniture,
no n' s'aoilng ana oloo IN money:
ole fiogge lost house and everything but
one plow.
oohn hich ards lost stable, grain and ma
chinery.
Jnlius North, stabling, machinery and
seea gram. ;.
Mrs. thompson, house and furniture. 1t
vas occupied by Orrln Grout, the furniture
belonged to him.
), Barnhart, stables, 500 bushels Of corn.
L. douglas, stable and farming utensils.
Robt. Alexander, stable, horses, grain,
machinery; only house saved.
r. y. besse, stables, harvester and 200
bushels o. oats
John NJ. Carpenter, 800 bushels Of flax
on osPai farm.
y. hedheld, stable, machinery, wagon,