The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-08
THE FIRE RECORD.


Many Nsbrasks Villages Devastated
Other Conaagrations.
OMAHA. April IA gale swept over
Nebraska today and bore before it great
pillows of flames which swept from
thousands of fertile acres every YES
tigs of vegetation. 1t il too soon
to get an idea Of how much the
exact damage 10. for the places most
affected are remote from telegraph lines,
and In those that have means of commu-
nication the populacs are busy fighting
the fire. II il known that much
grain and hay. together with many
bridges were licked up. Whether any
lives were lost has not been reported.
Banner, Keith. Dawson, Blaine and ad-
joining counties were completely devas-
tated by the flames.
Word was brought to Harrisburg to.
night by the driver Of . stage that the
town Of Ashmore was directly in the path
OF the fire, and the entire population of
the village were engaged in . battle to
save their homes. The stage driver re-
ported having seen several dwellings in
flames and settlers fleeing for their lives.
Meager details received tonight from Ogal-
lala, Harrisburg, Dunnlng. Inverton,
Kearney, Grand Island, Lexington and
Hastings give accounts Of great losses
of property. The Burlington bridge at
Cunning and another at Hastings were
destroyed. At Kearney tho fire destroyed
. brewery located at the edge of town, and
at Cunning an old lady named Bartlett
was burned 80 badly that she may die.
The gale subsidized by nightfall, but the
fires scarcely abated, and in threatened
hA tvSh ho~A
hours in combating the fires.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., April 5.-This city
this afternoon narrowly escaped . most
disastrous fire. While . gale was
blowing the prairie caught fire and
the blaze swept rapidly toward the out
skirts Of town, burning several small
buildings and q considerable amount of
grain. The flames were subdued alter
burning one house in the city and scorch-
ing others.
IRoSroN. o., April THE Yellow Pop
lar Lumber Company's plant burned here
this afternoon, and the trestis of the Nor
folk & Western railroad was also de.
stroyed and the passage of all trains
stopped. Thirty dwellings were burned,
catching from sparks from the burn
ing mill, and twenty-five families lost
their houshold goods. Mrs. Brush. an
invalid confined TO bed, was burned to
death. although the creates. efforts were
made to save her. The Norfolk & Western
road lost seventeen cars. The foreman of
the mill places the loss on the property at
$4,000. The loss on dwellings will reach
S.oou0. and go persons will be thrown out
of employment The ire is still burning
and should the wind change the rest of the
town will go.
VANCOUVER, II. c., April The resi-
cenee OF J. Il. Budlong. OF Noun, Pleasant.
was totally destroyed by fire early this
morning while Budlong was at dance.
The Key was found In the front door and
some articles were missing. so it is assumed
that burg AIRY was committed and then
the house Tired 10 hide the crime. The
house was insured tor 81, 800.
The wholesale grocery house o. ". D. Clevc.
Gkna Il 90. burned in Boston on April :. Ioss
$isa.0o, insurance, sli00uo.
The village of Clifton. ". Va, was almost
completely Destroyed by fire On April :. twenty
five houses, three stores and the salt works nay-
ing been consumed. Lose ysDaa
prairie IRE ~ Hot springs. : D., on April :.
burned over an expanse of country several
miles IN width. and the damage will prove the
greatest ever done by IRE in that part of the
Black Hiils
prairie Ere, originating from q locomotive
spark. Lear lansion, :. H.. ~ipsd out the build
sng, on the Dies MeGregor farm, causing .
Vice." loss. se': destroyed other property TO the
amount d se5.lo1
Az 0wsnsooso. Ny. on April :. the Glenmars
whisky warehouses, owned by X Monarch,
were wholly destroyed by IRE. together with
)s.ss7 sarre.s OF whisky stored there. Loss,
81 .oso; fully insured
Babies kxci ud ed From Tacoma Theater.
TACOMA. April Especial. There was
scene at the Tacoma theater tonight
when The management refused TO admit