Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-06
FLAME SWEPT DAKOTA.
nrs AND WINDS SWEEP OYER A
ACTION OF THE TERRITORY.

MANY Towns Almost Entirely Destroyed
Iost-IncaIculabIe Damage Done to
settlements and Farms.
SIOUX FALLS. Dak., April IA terrific
.sls has prevailed throughout this section.
Rumors come that the entire population Of
Beaver Creek, Minnesota, thirty miles east,
are fighting fires. It is also reported that
extensive fires prevail in various parts of
southwestern Minnesota. The wires are
badly demoralized and rumors cannot be
verified. but the prairies are exceedingly
dry and the wind very high and grave fears
are felt OF wide spread calamity.
GIRL BURNED TO DEATH.
RAPID CITx, Dak., April "a prairie fire
started one mile northeast at noon, yes
day, and was driven by sixty-fve mile
an hour gale, with destruction in It's path.
Three houses were burned, one OF them
occupied by Mrs. Baily, girl companion
named Eloise Madison, and q hired man
named Aston. The three left the house
ord ran through the flames. Mrs. Bailey
and Aston escaped with some severe
burns. Miss Madison fell, and the fire
catching her clothing, burned it completely
from her body. She was taken to neigh.
bor's, and lies at the point OF death. The
house and contents are q total loss.
DISASTER AT VIOLIN.
YLNKroN, OAK, April 3.-There is q re-
port that Violin, ten miles east OF here, was |
burned last night. The buildings destroyed
we're the station agents residence, the
depot, two dwelling houses and large |
Touring mill. Thousands OF tons Of hay |
we're burned, and all the barns in the place. |
The fire invaded q large cattle corral and /
forty or fifty cattle were badly burned.
The rest broke through the enclosure and /
escaped. The destruction was caused by q
prairie fire, which, at last accounts, was
still burning.
special from Andover, Dakota, says |
the residence of A. Swan, about five miles /
from town, was burned, together with most |
Of it's contents. The inmates were at dir
psr when the prairie fire was seen near the
house, and all rushed for the door, barely |
in time to save their lives.
at Sacred House, Minnesota, the house
Of Charles johnson, q bachelor, was dis
covered by the neighbors to be on fire, and
destroyed, and Johnson's remains were
taken from the ruins, charred to an un-
recognizable mass.
VILLAGE ALMOST IN RUINS.
BELL, Dakota, March 3.-The village of
Mount Pleasant was almost entirely con.
sumed by reyesterday afternoon. All the
business part OF the town is burned. Every [
business house and nearly all the residences
are destroyed. The depot, together with
about fifteen or twenty freight cars and
four large elevators, are gone. The loss {
will nearly reach $50, 900 with very little {
insurance, and a hundred families are left
homeless and utterly destitute. IL
Il was caused by prairie fire which
came in from the northwest. One hundred q
citizens from Mitchell went up to fight the I
fire, but raging wind prevailed, and their
Efforts amounted to but little. A special
train carrying provisions was dispatched
from here last night.
AROUND SCOTLAND AND BLUNT.
SCOTLAND, Dak., April 3.--Another
dreadful prairie fro swept over the country
south Of Scotland yesrerday, ard its path
is marked by the smoldering embers of .
many homes. A high wind prevailed,
the grass was as dry as tinder,
and the terrific force Of the FIRE
was beyond description. Besides isolated
isrm houses, barns and their contents, il is ,
reported the town OF Olivet, the county !
seat Of Hutchinson county, was more than
half destroyed.
BLUNT. Dakota, The whole country
around Blunt is being devastated by prairie |
fires. Several buildings in the suburbs
have been burned, but the city, as yet is
Ssis. J. j. Richardson lost 500 sheep.
Many farmers are bankrupt.