Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-24
FIRE SWEPT WEST.
Several Towns Reported to Have Been
Wiped Out.
IMMENSE DAMAGE TO CROPS
l,5 2 Vide Stretch Of Country Laid Waste BY
be Eamss-Forssts Ablaz' and People
Fighting for Thsir hOm-s-Ashss
and Bsrni9g Leaves Cloud
the Atmosphere.

FNCKLEY, MINI, September ga
r,rest fires are raging all around here,
and the village would have certainly
haze, swept out Of existence yesterday
sr- for the heroic and untiring efforts
~ -be FIRE company which has been on
E--v continually for the last thlrty-siX
t,rrs. The dense smoke and heat
5-ove many of the citizen from their
homes on the outskirts. Finiayson Is
-sr,rted destroyed, and all the women
,ri children Of that place were sent
down here on the ST. Paul and Duluth
limited Yesterday afternoon for protec-
,t,r Sandstone is I'm imminent danger.
Farmers throughout North Dakota
have suspended threshing operations,
and all are buSily forming FIRE breaks 10
r-1rect their property. In some IN
..arcas farmers nave been careless, and
fr irving 10 protect their own property
have started fires which have done great
demsge 10 others. Most OF the fires so
far started have been from this cause.
Tberailroads are also taking every pre-
caution TO prevent spreading.
OAKrS. y. D., September ga dis
as-r1us prairie fire started east or this
mace Monday. The damage TO shocked
and stacked wheat is very heavy. The
area covered by the fire amounts 10
thousands Of acres. The fire Is still
burning. One man has been burned
fatally. -,
BRADLEY, s. D., September 23.-The
whole Of the business portion Of the city
one hotel and one residence burned.
Loss $4,000.
PINE CITY, y. D., September 23--The
forest fires are now raging in north
western Minnesota, over $4,000 worth
oitimber land having been destroyed.
The loss 10 farmers Will be high. Sew
erll homes and farm building have been
burned and the owners obliged 20 leave
the devastated district. Two school
houses we're destroyed yesterday, the
pupils barely escaping with their lives.
Tae ire is approaching Pine City.
ST. PAUL, MINI, September ga
Heavy timber fires are raging on the
Red Lake reservation near Milaca ana
E,terbreeS. A great Northern crew
has been sent out on a special train 10
fznt the flames. The country is sparse
~ settled and the farmers are COM
pIstely at the mercyof the flames.
DULUTH, MINI, September "a
Every since yesterday afternoon there
has been falling i'm the city fine ashes
and burned leaves, while the sky IS col
o-ed and the sun 50 ObScured that the
government whistle at the harbOr mouth
has been forced TO blow 20 guide In yes
sells. An along the line of the st. Paul
and Duluth road fires are raging.
At Baruum, MaYtOw, Stirgeo Lake
and Kittle river fires are doing
damage TO whatever OF value
there is. In the standing timber near
the railway on the line of the Minnesota
North of Hinckley considerable valuable
timber has been ruined and fires are
still raging on the Northern Pacific
east toward Ashland The fires are
doing immense damage 20 settlers and
crops, besides wiping out vast Quantl-
ties Of standing pine. Near Iron river,
thirty miles east OF this city whore there
are many settlers, they are losing yalu-
able property while working hard TO
save their homes.