Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-04-10
Prairie Fires in BakOta.

wind prevailed all day and with the
Grass as dry as timdcr tie terrific
force of the fire lis beyond descrlp-
! ton. At 3 O'clock word WAS brought
! to Scotland that tH- liraIrle was ailre
northwest Of town and immediately
I n hundred mea start'-d III teams
toward the approaching tire armed
with brooms and sacks. Arriving
at Alfred Browns farm, two miles
north, all the barns, dairies and cattle
sheds were one blazing mass and the
efforts of the crowd were directed TO
saving his residence and beating the
fire out that would IN short time
have swept down upon the town
Browns residence was saved, but all
his household goods that had been
carried ont by the family were burn
ed. One mile north of Browns the
fire burned Henry Haselfry out OF
every earthly possession. HIS house,
barn and stock were consumed aud
he barely escaped with his family.
Across from Hagelfry lived d. h.
Tomlinson, a prosperous farmer, and
everything about his place except
his house was swept away. Five
! horses and several head of live stock
were among his losses. The town of
| Olivet, the county seat ef Hutchln-
son county, is reported to be more
than half burned up. The bridges
on the railroad west OF Ollyet We're
burned The losses for the last two
days viii be $4,000.
L L. a,-,,,fl Rl--,
is being devastated by prairie fires.
Several buildings in the suburbs
have been burned. J. l. Richardson
lost 500 sheep, cattle and hogs
Many farmers are homeless
A prairie fire started one mile
northeast of Rapid City at noon
Yesterday and Was driven 10y a sixty
five mile gale with destruction in its
path. Three houses We're burned.
One Of them was occupied by Mrs.
CT E Bailey, a girl companion aged
II years. named Eloise Madison, and
hired man named Ashton. The
three left the house and ran through
the flames. Mrs. Bailey and Ashton
escaped with some severe burns.
Miss Madison fell, and the fire catch
ing her clothing burned it complete
" from her body. She was taken to
& neighbor's and lies at the point of
death.
The Village of Violin, nine miles
east of Haukton, WAS entirely wiped
out last night with the exception of
three buildings 1t Is reported here
that the village of Lesteryille was
also destroyed
a number OF bridges on the
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
were partially bIrnt The prairie
fires wich caused these losses ragged
all day with velocity of fifty miles
AN hour The fires swept over the
hills north of Yankton and ragged all
tine afternoon. Three residence, five
barn and n dozen head OF live stock
were destroyed, aggregating $1,000
in value Five hundred people
fought the FIRE for three hours and
succeeded IN saving some valuable
property.
ABzRDEEN, Dakota, April 4-The
terribly story Of the complete des-
truction Of l., IN, =. crunty seat Of
Mcpherson COUNT, h..- b IN brought
il by couricrs. LII Was = i'm.
little town of 500 innulifalr-, and
the countrv for miles Wa~ AL tiled
with an industrious and thrifty
people 1t is twenty-five mile from
railroad and telegraph facilities, and
it Is difficult to get complete infor-
nation. Out Of thirty places of
business, including two banks, two
two churches, three or
four hotels, and all lines OF business,
but four are left standing, and out Of
from thirty to forty residences less
than a doSen remain. The loss Is
practically complete and Will reach
S15O,OO0. c. W. Old and Thomas
Wardell were terribly burned, and
the couriers they cannot live.
Parties who drove across the country
10 Wcstport, the nearest railroad
station, say that the surrounding
conntrv IL nearly devastated. Hun
dreds OF farms are IN ashes, and
c;trcasses Of burned stock are lying
about the road. Scores of farmers
are without seed wheat, stock, build
ings or implements to commence
spring work.
HIGHMoRE, Oak, April A de
s;ructive and cal'.mitOus prairie fire
started on the evening Of the 1st five
miles from Highmore on the farm of
James Ingram. While he was smok-
ing his pipe his barn caught fire, and
was destroyed A fierce wind carri-
ed the fire to the prairie, and the
work of destruction began. Houses.
barns and some stock were burned. !
Tuesday morning the wind reached
a terrific gale No ordinary fore
break made any resistance to the !
sweeping wall OF fame At 3 p. NJ. |
the FIRE reached Rec Heights, fifteen |
miles east Of Highmore, where thir-
teen residence III the town were |
destroyed The loss, as estimated in |
Hyde county, is $1,000. At sundown
Tuesday another fire started IN the |
norther part Of tine county, sweeping
away TX homes, burning to death |
Annie Sweeny and a five -year-oid |
baby. Eugene Rips, Mr. and Mrs. |
Tipps, Mr. and Mrs. Ruby are dan
gerously burned, the two former
fatally. Returns of losses viii reach |
many thousands.
SCOTLAND, Dakotn, April TT |
would take 100000 to cover the loss
IN this county. Twenty-Five farmers
are known to have lost everything.
BLUNT, Oak, April 4.-The stories |