The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-12
DAKOTA PRAIRIE FIRES.
rcrribIe Destruction ~ Property ana Some
Loss 81 Human I.ifr ~ iicrce yrsfss
Tire-. Famed by sixty Nile winds 90 "a
kota.

Terrible Destruction ~ Property ana Some
Loss Of Human Life y, i3crce yrs.f,s
Tire-. Famed by sixty M'ie winds 30 "a
kota.
SCOTLAND. Oak, April "a noiher teri
riblc prairie fire sweep. over the conn'rs
south Of scotland yesterday afternoon.
lnd it, path T. marked w fhr shoulder
Ing emhcrs of many homes. Ihe wind
"a, blowing AZ The rate ~ fully sisiy
miles an hour. and with the hisi.. Grass N
irv as finde. the terrific force w liir tire
wa~ beyond description. AZ fhrrr o'clock
word was brongh; ~ town that
lie prairie wa afre northwest a
town. ana Immediately hundred men
started In teams tpw ard The approaching
Are. armed with broomS and SACKS
Arriving at Alfred Browns farm ~"
miles north. all his barns. dairics ana
catfle-sheds were one blazing mass nni
the efforts ~ the crowd We're directed ~
saving his residence. ana beating the hre
ont that would in short time have swept
down upon the town. Mr.. Browns resi-
,lencc was saved. but all his household
goods. that had been carried ont ~ ine
family. were burned. Ono mile north ~
Browns the fire burned out Henry Hagei-
frv. and he barely ESCAPED with
his family. Across from Hageifry
lived ID. X. Tomlinson. prosperous
FARMER. ana every thing about his place
except his house was swept away. Five
horses and several head 81 livestock were
among his losses. BY seven o'clock last
evening TIE IRE ia the west had been *
,Ingnished. but the fire was still raringin
the southeast. The town ~ Olivef. the
county seat ~ Hutchinson County. eight
miles north. j. reported - be more Than
half burned up. The bridges On the raul
road west az town were burned The
losses for the last TWO days will be fully
5000
I yAxErox. Oak. April 3.-The village q
Violin. nine miles east ~ Tankion- wa
entirely vii ed out last night with theeN-
ception " three buildings. Among the
buildings destroyed were the Chicago
\ Northwestern depot. the school house.
and all the dwelling houses ~ tiir town.
Two thousand tons Of hay and 4 large
rrisi mill were also destroyed. Ialf less
will foot up >io.0o.
1 II II reported here that the village "
Baskerville was also destroyed ana iha'
Elk Point was partially destroyed.
number IL bridges On the Chicago 4
Northwestern road were partially nnrhrh.
The prairie fires. which caused ihesr
losses. RACED all day. tanned ~ VIM
with velocity ~ nifty miles az n"nr.
Tho fire swept over the hills north m TOWN.
aad RACED ali tie afternoon. Three resi.
dnr,.s. fys. barns and dozen head of
liye-stock were destroyed. aggreyaiins
= ooa II value. Five hundred people
fought the fire for three hours AMI sue
ceeded in saving some valuable property
RAPID CRY. OAK. April s.-A prairie
Are started one mile northeast u Rapid
CIV Al noon yesterday. and was driven II
I s,utheasterlv course BY gale - wind
sixty miles an hour Three houses Were
burned. The second was occupied by
urs- q. y. Bailey. E'oise Madison and a
hired man namel Aston. The three let'
the house AM ran through the flames,
Mrs. Bailey and Aston escaping viii
some severe burns. Miss Madison fell
aud the fire catching her clothing. burned
il completely from her body. She wa
taken to neighbours. and lies AZ az
point Of death.