Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-04-04
TUESDAYS CONFLAGRATIONs
The List of Losses Grows as
Returns Come in.
Yankton County Farmers Badly
CtippIed by the Disaster.

Reports from the burned regions con-
tigious to Yenkton are not all in, but
the list OF losses has swollen to large
proportions. 1t is probable that up.
wards Of seventy-five Yankton county
homes were wiped out by the prairie
conhagratlon of Tuesday, most of the
losing houses emu their con.
tents, barns, sheds, farm
maohinery-in fact all they
have accumulated by years OF toll
excepting their farms. The fires came
upon them with such sweeping force
that they were unable to do more sthen
save themselves and their families and
there are q few instances of personal in.
juries. This was 40 ordinary prairie
fire. In It's fearful force il licked up
everything oombustible end grass and
stubble and wood broke into flame
seemingly without coming in contact
with fire. The combustion was almost
spontaneous in the dry and heated con-
ditlon of the atmosphere, set in mo-
tion by the terrific gale that
prevailed. The conditions seemed SINH
lar to those prevailing at the time and
scenes of the Chicago fire and the fires
in the Wisconsin woods, when the at
mosphere was almost ready to ignite
and butn. We give some additional
facts from the burned districts.
Roadmaster Curry, of the Milwaukee,
says seven farmers were burned out in
the Meckling neigbboshood, losing
everything in the way Of property.
Mr.. Holbrook, living north OF Yankton
a few miles, lost his house, household
goods, grauary and barn.
Leroy Jenoks lost fifty dollars wofth
of farm property.
In the neighborhood Of GAINESVILLE,
Mathiss johnson, Martin Houk and six
others lost ell their combustlble proper
ity-houses, barns, etc. Mr.. Houk's
house wal one OF the best farm struc-
lures In Yanktop county.
WhllbCo oEosueEe iAtiuB ! auo ooafci
creek country, saw all their farm build
ings and their contents consumed.
Mr. McUook. living north OF the in
seue asylum lost all his farm machinery.
Later information Is that the fire
which ran into the northeast suburb OF
Yankton started rom a ~smoulderine
straw stack on Rsgan,'s farm q few miles
north of Ysnkton.
A passenger from the west says seven
families were burned out In Douglas
county and that q woman was burned to
death.
Mrs. Kline. mother OF the district at
torney of Douglas county, was burned
to death by q prairie fire during Tues
days storm neal Grand View. She re-
sided on a farm, and fearing the fire
from the prairie would destroy the
house, she made on effort to escape
when she was o%vertaken by the burning
grass aud persisted. She was aboot 60
years OF age.
4utOuOI6 uAOUlL4C5 "a cnLhcosAAtct Aoos
his barn and grain in Tuesdays fire.
Erlck Eide, of Mayfeld, Wal a sufferer
by Tuesdays fire.
Since yesterday the Yankton insur-
snce company has received notices Of
loss by the prairie Ares OF Tuesday from
the following parties: Thomas Sekva
Tabor, Bon Homme county; Erick Eide
Theodore Momme, 81. P. Violin, Yankior
county; Hobart Hilton, Edmunds coun-
ty Gunder Johnson, Lincoln county
Michael McUarty. M. a. Lange, Jnhr
Webber, MeOook county, D. A. McVay
Kingabury county; First Danish church
Daneville, Turner county; Jacob Weslie
Clay county; Mrs. FL. 81. Miller. Hutch.
inson county. The Yankton compan,
has thus fer received twenty-four no
tees Of loss by Tuesdays fire. involving
a total OF between s. 1900 and $1,000.
Ths following is a nearly complete Lis
of those who lost their property by tb
fire in che GAINESVILLE neighhorhood