The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-04
FIRE In THE GRASS.
The Flames Did the Bidding
Of the Wind.
sneking Ruins where Farm gniid-
ing< sssed Settlers saved
oniy Their Lives

-cofLASEss OAK. April Another dresss
fGi prairie IRE smegs. over the country
south OF Scotland yesterday, and ffs Path
was marked hy tie smel6ering e,nhe-s Of
MANY homes. A high wina. prevailed. The
grass was dry as Under The terrisg fusssc
Of the Ere was beyon5 description. AeSsdes
isolated farm ho1ses- barns and casseslfx
Il Is reported thar fhe town oE Olives. shs,
eoanty scat Of Hutchinson eoEsfx. wgs
nore than hall destroyed
BLTST. Dsk.. April A--The whole conn.
try a-uzEd Blcuf hAs been devastated by
prairie NTes. several buildings in suburbs
hsve been baFned. but the essy Il safe. y.
/ Richardson lost GO sheep, cattle and
hogs. Many farmers ere homeless A
strong wind arpse before the Ere. doing
considerable dsEnege
sastattng prairie IRE ever known RACED
over the prsiries west and north OF LAKE
Beasun yesterday aud last night The
wind WAS hurricane for nearly ~ Aoavs.
AID swept the FIRE along with rcsistiess
force. passing the widest fre-hrssks as
nothing and leaping nlowed fields with 4
Wild bound. Il licked up houses
barns. stock and 10 sQfne places human
lives. The greatest destruction Of property
AID loss Of life is IN Dakota. Rec Heights.
town 70 the west. ON the North western
road. Is almost destroyed. nernpsfer sssa
ton, on the Wasertown branch. Is reported
destroyed SpaRldiug's ranch. near there,
= also reported consumed. Erasssng into
Lincoln couaty, over a tract Of Land com
paratively little settled. and covered with
ts-syy groEfh OF grEss, the fire swept ON
wtsss renewed velocity. Il Is rrrng.exs thar
Henry K0arth, Mr.. Berg. q. H. Mooss aud
others near here lost neatly all their build.
Ines, with conteafs.
Af.LEa. OAK, A prtl 2-Prai fires last
night destroyed sbous % houses. many
taras, large number of horses and cattle.
AKA ieft about 40 families des ifuse In the
sonthern part OF this county. A terrible
gale OF wind adds TO the terrorx Of The sEfu-
sfIon. The loss is estimated az 80. .uka
JACKSON. Mfnn.. Apf5i S-Tne prairie
frs prove more general than a. frst BE-
lieyed. Additional losses are reported
froke al directions. an1 messengers bring
news OF stubborn light 10 save ealan-
geFed property. The BFes were raging In
every diFectios, and each seemed 10 have
pursued distinct course of Gfs own.
The dre. which would have swept
this Village from the face OF the earth, has
been traced 90 It's origin. The search eal-
this afternoon in the arrest OF
James fhavuick. When arraignei he
rieas5ed guilty and was sentenced to pay
- and costs, or IN defanlf thereof 20 spend
30 days fn jail. Much dissatisfaction is
expressed about tais sentence. Public
opinion is that justice has been too highly
tenn mrered with mercy.
ABERDEEN, OAK, April 8. - Leola. the
county seat OF Mcpherson county, - miles
northwest OF Aberdeen. was destroyed by
3 prairie fire dnring yesterdays whirl-
wind Sixty dwellings, and business
houses We're burned. entatlsng a loss of
Ii5e,eea The only buildings remaining
are the courthouse, two stores and six
dwellings c. w. 0lds and Thomas War
ieli were terribly burned, and couriers
from the demolished village say they can
not live unsil morning. Leoia Is an interior
own, with DO railroads or telegraph Office.
and further particulars cannot be OBJ
'aincxi.
Persons who drove across the country to
Nestport. the nearest railroad station, say
he surrounding country II nearly de
sastated. Hundreds OF fsrmhouses are ih
ashes and carcasses OF burned animals are
Iying along the road.
NERaLLfcs. OAK, April &--Nord reached
here to-day es very destructive prairie fires
aorfh and west OF here. Giliett's sawmill
snd so cords OF wood were entirely de-
stroyed and also several other buildings.
A number OF marrow escapes are reported.
HURON, OAK, April a.--so prairie Gre in
the history of this part of Dakota equals
that OF yesterday. In this county tho
losses are much less than in the counties
west. Half q dozen houses were burned,
and many settlers lost their barns. stock
attA t%s At va my dAiL AA4fs tft
wind blew 80 20 60 miles an hour. and sent
Sne burning embers over the piowed
ground and are breaks of several rods, set
ting IRE 10 everything In their course. The
bre came up so rapidly that the settlers
had cnly time 10 save themselves. leaving
their property TO the mercy of the flames.
In Sally and Hughes counties S20e.nn
worth OF Broperty has been destroyed.
Near Highmors Miss Sweeney was burned
10 death, and near 81. Lawrence. Mr.. Hab-
cock persshed In the fiamex