Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-04-02
HEAVY LOSSES By FIRE.
Tho Farmers or Union County
s1Osc Heavily by Prnirie
Fires ON saturday

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Dakota. and especially in Union county
il this the case. Several weeks ago this
city narrowly escaped destruction from
. fire set by some person northwest OF
this place. People residing in the way
Of the flames lost considerable properly
1t that time, which was purely the result
ofsmeanness or carelessness on the part of
the man or men who started the fire.
Lost Saturday Big Sioux Township on
Union creek, was the scene of destructive
flames and consequent great loss of prop
crty Of Ill kinds. The morning opened
clear and calm, aud it is probable that
some farmer thought il u good time to
burn 1T some land that he wished to
use. The fire, however, got away from
him and spread in various directions.
John D. Woods Is a very heavy sufferer
from the fire. He lost his stable, one
COW, two young cattle, n hog, about
two Lundrcd bushels Of grain, one har
yester, and other machinery and all his
his hay. His house and all its contents
narrowly escaped burning. Tie less
bss.s quite heavily IN Mr.. Wood.
Andrew Hoyt had his stable. one hoise
Eve hogs, n set 0 fharnsss, three calves,
and all his hay and farm machinery
burned. He lad some Of bis household
& .ods taken out of his residence, suppos
ing that the building would burn, and
the fire caught in and destroyed nearly
all of his goods. Mr.. Hoyt also lost
some grain.
d Mudgctt lost Is tons Of hay and his
dwelling and stables narrowly escaped
burning. The fire came to the door of
his house, and by bard work was checked
just in time to save his house.
The Hoyt school house was burned to
the ground. 1t was a very good building
and it, loss will bear heavily on the
people of that district. All apparatus
and many books were burned.
Two bauses north OF Union creek were
burned, but we have been unable to learn
the names Of the owners. Hay. straw,
barus and sheds were burned for miles.
III Hills bend, . few miles west Of
this city. the farmers suffered severely
from the fumes. Ben Crum lost a barn,
all his sheds and u fine grove. ID. w.
Chamberlain bad three large stacks Of
| hay burned. Mr.. Richardson lost about
| six hundred bushels OF grain, besides
some sheds aud hay. John Brown lot
all his hay. The school house near the
| farm of the latter was burned with all
the contents. Tom Wagner lost fifty
cords Of wood. On the old Rennick place
the house, sheds and stables were burned,
besides all the apple. cedar, walnut and
plumb trees. Others 10 doubt sustained
loses in that locality that we have not
heard from.
At Richland the fire burned the fence
around the cemetery. aud injured many
COMMISSIONERS.
The Elk Point cemetery shared the
same fate, many Of the tombstones are
considerably injured, some arc crumbling
while Others are black and disfigurcd
| Some of the fences erected around the
graves were burned to the ground.
From a private letter written US from
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MoCook we CLEAN the following with
reference to the fire IN that locality last
Saturday:
A Ficnchman living on Joseph Cnl-
ilnan's farm two miles west OF McCook,
mktd some corr stalks out on the prairie
grass, and Saturday morning set them ou
fire, and went of aud left it. The wiud
got very high, aud the fire started east
toward McCook. The first man that
suffered was Robert Mallory; the fire
burnt his stabiing. all his hay, wheat,
Data. aud his pasture fence. Loss $3.50
no insurance,
VIM. BeAton lost all his stabling. oats,
hay aud wheat. 100 bushels Of corn, tive
wagon boxes, u wagon, a reaper. horse
rake, two plows, ard other things too
numerous t. mtntion. BY hard work
the house was saved. Loss $3.50; nu
insurance.
Mira. Pricilla Kellogg, mother of G.
W Kellogg, was a severe sufferer from
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the flames. The fire came and burnt hel
stablipg and sheds, aud then it caught IN
her house. Her cook aud heating stoves
and furniture, beds,eads, and everything
was burnt, except little bedding aud
clothing. Loss $3.50 no insurance.
The next sufferer was G.. w. Kellogg
He lost thirty tons of hay, worth 500.
The fire raa within fifty feet of his
house, and by hard work of his wife and
Sous house and s~talling were saved. be-
sides IL tons Of hay. Mrs. Kellogg got
her eyes burnt badly burned, but they
are getting better.
James Walters lost three quarter Of Il
mile Of fence. Loss $3.50.
d. Chausse had all his pasture fence
burned. Heavy loss.
The timber on the old Turgeon farm
along the Sioux was burned. Loss very
heavy.
Isaac vanPe lts lost some timber, all Of
his hay. aud $50 Bushels Of corn.
James Halliday lost about Que hal
mile Of oak post aud cottonwood board
fence.
A Frtnchman al that time st fire o.
the south side Of the railroad near the
fasm Of Mike'Ryan, and this fire like thu
other RAIN east towards McCook. and
burnt Mrs. Edwards stabiing, sheds, hay
aud corn.
G. y~radcnberg lost about $500 wortl