Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-09-24

handful OF grass burned, because they
took pains 70 keep IRE breaks plowed
around their half section. He reports
/ Alex White the heaviest loser, his losses
including about everything on his farm
except the dwelling house and four horses.
Mrs. White was nearly sulfocated and
was badly burned in trying to save the
four horses in the stable. She cut them
loose and turned them ont, but three
went back in and were burned to death.
Nearly everybody lost somsthing. but
Campbell, Sr., Alex White and Mr.. Skin
ner were the heaviest losers.
The following is from the Steele Her
ald
In our county, so far as heard from,
the following are the losers:
w. j. and E. N. Davidson, fifteen
acres Of oats; and on the McClung 3 Al
len place fifty acres OF wheat.
George and Robert Feagles, one hun
dred and fifty acres wheat about $500
bushels
Gunder Winger. three large stacks Of
wheat and one Of oats, about thirty tons
of hay, and barn.
W. L. Bedford, eight stacks (ifty acres)
of wheat.
Samuel A. Hogue, two thirds Of the
crop from thirty acres.
4 i
J. 4. Wise, about three quarters of one
hundred and twenty acres Of barley.
F. Allen, loss about $50.
G. NJ. Yates, about eleven acres Of
wheat.
Robert B. Burslem, fifteen acres of bar.
ley.
Haynes Jones, ten acres Of oats.
Mr.. McCutcheon, near Mr.. Burslem'a,
fifteen acres of fax.
Ewell and Alberts, ten acres of oats and
about twenty tons of hay.
Woodhouse & McLennan, three large
! ricks OF hay, and all pasturage ground.
Besides five ricks of nay north Of buttes.
A. A. Grow, shack and all it contained.
These are all the names Of farmers We
could get up to the hsur Of going to press
but there are many living north and west
Tor whom the worst fears, it is hoped,
will not be realized, though it is hoping
against hope, as the fire viewed from
Steele seemed to be raging IN that local.
ity, especially north
The main line of fire seemed to be
about two miles wide, and travelled with
such rapidity that it would out run Z
horse. case of this kind was illustrated
at MIR. Winger's. When he saw he stood
no chance against the fire, he was com
PEELED to turn his horses and mules loose
to shift for Themselves, and his teams
were badly scorched. Mr.. John Orner.
who happened to be in the neighborhood
with his team, unhltched and attempted
to do some plowine to stop the fire, but
it gained on him 20 fast that he had to
hitch up and attempt to get away. THIS
act he found was futile, and his only es-
cape was in facing the fire and running
through. which he did At the utmest
speed of his horses, the animals neverthe-
less. having their tails, legs, and bodies
thoroughly singed.
! Parties who were working against the
fire say it would jump at least twenty feet
across plowed land. The Messrs. David
son plowed ten burrows around one Of
their stacks of wheat, but the flames
jumped almost to the stacks very top.
Mr.. Winger had near rod plowed around
his stacks, but of no avail. Mr.. Bedford
had eight burrows plowed, but they did
not save his wheat. Other farmers had
taken as much precautlon, but it all went
for nothing.
The only accident that has been re-
ported so far comes from Mrs. w. L.
Bedford, who seems to have inhaled some
| fire and smoke, which has affected her
lungs, but to what extent We do not know
at this writing, FRIDAY afternoon.)
| All in all, this has been the most serious
mishap that has befallen our farmers.
A Northern Pacific railroad oficial says
the prairie fire on the north side Of the
track, which did 30 much damage 70 our
farming community, was started near
Apple Creek by farmer burning out his
pasture. That on the south side, he also
says, was started by some wood choppers
west of Bismarck. These fires are re-
ported to have destroyed over $l0O, 900
worth of property
The Casselton Blizzard says: Thursday
prairie fire started north OF Buffalo. and
destroyed large amount of properly;
among the rest nearly 5000 bushels of
wheat on the Howden farm-a &l,2OO
| barn on the Russell farm-15O acres in
shock for Mr.. Wylle-three harvesters
and binders for D. Andrus, and consider
able other damage in smaller amounts
A dispatch from Mandan says: In the
absence Of her husband, Mrs. William
Baldke of New Salem, was burned to
death, with her child. A prairie hre en-
veloped the premises and the house
caught fire. The woman rushed int the
house to rescue the baby, and was suffs-
Gated by the smoke and burned to cin-
der. A little girl twelve years old was
outside, unable to render any aasistance.
The house was some distance from town
| and there were no neighbors.
| One of the incest musncal neriod,cals