The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-04-20
BELLOWS OF FLAME
SWEE' OVER THE STATE OF
NEBRASKA.

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tiio Acres Licked Up-Dwen,ngs, Barns.
Fences, Bridges, Crops, Etc, Con
sumed
OMAHA, April 8.-The gale which
swept over Nebraska yesterday bore be-
fore it great pillows of flame, which
swept from thousands of fertile acres
every vestige Of Vegetation. The limits
of the fire. which has ragged during the
last ten days, have become almost State
wide, and the destruction, that was
thought might be small, has become
enormous. Iti too soon to get any idea
Of how much the exact damage is, for
the places RI ost affected are remote from
telegraph lines. 1t is known, though,
that much grain and hay in store, to-
gethcr with many barns and other ouL-
buildings, miles of fences, dozens OF
dwellings and many bridges have been
licked up. Whether anv lives have been
lost has not been reported, though it
eeems almost beyond doubt that some
settlers who are located away from easy
assistance must have persisted.
In Banner county the VILLAGE Of Ash.
more is supposed to have been con
pletely destroyed. Word was brought to
Harrisburg last night by the driver ola
stage that that town was directly IN the
path of the fire at 4 o'clock, and that
the entire population of the village was
engaged in Il batlc to save their homes.
The stage drivar rep >rted having seen
several dwelling houses IN flames and
settlers lleeing for their lives. lie crossed
the line Of fire and received a severe
sCOrching, although he is not seriously
burned.
Meagre details from Ogalla, Harris
burg, Duning, Inverton KearneY Grand
Island, Lexington and Hastings give
accounts Of great losses to property.
The Burlington railroad bridge at Dun
. ming and another at Hastings, on the
c Elkhoru, were destroyed, delaying
r trains somewhat. Al Kearney the Gre
n burned near enough to the town TO de-
il stroy brewery located Just at the edge.
s AT Duning an old lady named Bartlett
d was burned so badly that she may die.
y The gale subsidized by ulghtfall, but
C the fires have scarcely abated, and in
l certain sections the inhabitants have
C spent long hours in combating the fire.
Il The region burned is the chief grazing
q section OF the State, and the destruction
Il Of grass means great loss to stockmen
ID in this respect, as they will be co.n-
1T in store being destroyed and their stock
e stampeded by the fire, it will take them
1t many weeks to figure up what their loss
y really 10.
= NORTH PLATES NARROW ESCAPE.
c NORTH PLATTE, Neb., April S.-A
y disastrous prairie fire broke out south
: OF Sutherland in this codntY yesterday.
The loss will probably reach 500 900.
3 1t Is claimed that the fire was started
8 by passing engine, Never before has
2 such disastrous prairie fire devasted
r the Platte valley. Everything for dis
} tance OF twenty five miles is in ruins,
and its width reaches from three to four
miles. Everything, corrals, barns,
fences, haystacks, is in ashes. The
tire started south Of Sutherland shortly
before noon, and swept everything be.
fore 1t, travelling at the rate of from
thirty to lity miles an hour. Shortly
after II O'Clock 1t struck the city of
North Platte, where only by almost su-
per human efforts the town was saved.
Ihe lire company responded to the
alarm as soon as it was known The fire
was raging west of the city, and when
LIey reached the outskirts of the city
the fire was upon them aud fought them
back within the water liL.lils. Almost
everything beyond the water limits was
licked up in a few minutes by the fl 1Amps.
Farmers and ranchers in this neighbor-
hood will lose everything.
FURY OF THE FIRE.
AlNsWORTH, Neb,, April 8.-The
most fearful lire that has been witnessed
III this county Ior many years passed
over nearly all of the country from three
or tour miles north OF this city to Mio-
brara river, distance of fifteen miles,
yesterday, DESTROYING much property
and importing life. The wind blew a
gale. Parties coming through the burned
district say the Jury of the fire could not
be described. 1t swept over the prairie
at the rate Of forty miles an hour.
TERRIFIC WIND STORr1.
MINNEAroLIs, April GA special
TO the Tribune from Deadwood, S. D.,
says: A terrible wind storm has
prevailed here for the past forty. eight
hours. Telegraph and telepone wires
are Frustrated. Many buildings have
been blown down and others unroofed.
Piedmont is partially destroyed. All
trains are tied up. The velocity of the
wind is seventy.ive miles per hour,
| Damage cannot be estimated.
Honoring BeaureGard.
| CHARLESTON, $. g., April I2.-The