New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09
SWEPT BY WIND AND FLAME.
FIGHTING FIRES IN THE PRAIRIE STALLS

sTROYED-omO TOWNS ~ DANCE

| every vcsge OF vegetation. The limits OF IN" IRE
| which has ragged during the last ten days nave ""
come almost wide, and the destruction mat was
| thought might be small has become enormous IL
| is too soon 70 GET anv idea Of how much the exact
| damage IS for the places most affected are remote
from telegraph lines 1t IS known, though mat ''"
| grain and hay store, together with many "''''
| and other outbnllding, miles Of fences dozens oil
| dwellings and many bridges have been hcReo up
| Whether any lives have been lost is not reported
| though II seems almost beyond doubt that some
| settlers must have persisted In Banner County inc
| village Of Ashmorc Is supposed to have Deem con"
plctcly destroyed Word was brought 10 iihriiSo"e
last night by the driver OF the stage that a' to"n
was directly in the path OF the fire ut O'CLOCK ""'
! that the entire population Of the village was 'n-
| gagged in a battle 10 save their homes. Inc s'"s'
driver rcportrd having several dwelinehoIS'a
| in flames and the settlers fleeing for Their N'S'
lie crossed the line Of the fire ana receiver s''
,corching Though ne j. not seriously burned ''"H''
details received last night from oeallaa, liarHSp"S
| Duning Invcrion Kcarncy, Grand Island LeN'"s''"
and Hastings give accounts OF great losses u P''p
| erty. ,Lo,
| 4 burlington railroad bridge at Dun'ns anu "n''"''
at Hastings on the Elkhorn were destroyed "''"'-
| trains somewhat. AT Kcarncy the hre bhrh'" n''''
| enough 10 town to destroy brewery loca'ed I"S' ..
| tho cdcc AT puninc an old woman named l'arie"
| was burned 50 badly she may die The e"'' SUI
sided by nightall. but the fires have scarcely "',u'
and An the threatened sections the inhabitants nav
| spcnt the long hours IN combating the h'''
region burned Is the chief grazing Secuoh VI VI.
state and the destruction OF the grass means Era"
| loss 20 stockmen in this respect as they VIII NC
compelled 10 seek new pastures. Their leeo III S''
| being destroyed and their stock sanpcdcd ny W.
fire Il will take them many weeks TO figure up WHAT
| their loss really i.
North Platte. Ncb. April s.-A disastrous prairie
fire broke ont south Of sutherland, IN 'hiS co"n's'
Yesterday Tie loss will probably reach *loo'oVo'
hy M
Never has such a disastrous prairie fire devastated
| thc Platte Valley. Everything for distance o'
twenty-five miles IS in ruins. and the wd'h reaches
from three TO four miles. The fire started sou'h VI
sutherland shortly before noon and swept every 's
before IT, travelling at rate Of from thlr'y u" "'S
miles an hour. shortly after j: O'Clock IL s'uoh 'c
| city al North Platte, and only by almost 'uP'
| human efforts the town WAS saved Inc IRE COM
pancs responded 10 the alarm rs soon rs IL WIS ko"h
the fire was raging west OF the city, but wh'h 'hcs
reached the oushrts Of the city the fire drove them
back within the water limits.
Almost everything beyond the water limits was
licked up in a few minutes by The flames. Inc
farmers and ranchcrs In this ncghborhood VIII lose
everything.
!Ninsworth. Ncb April s.-Thc most fearful fire
that has been witnessed in this county Tor many
years passed over nearly all Of the country from ''
or four miles north Of this city To the Niobrara hN
distance Of fifteen miles, yesterday, destroying much
propcrtv and inpcrling liic The wind blew gaze
People coming through the burned district say 'h'
fury Of the could not be described II swept over
the prairie at "A rate 81 forty miles an hour. Inc
losses will aggregate 10000.
St Paul. MINI. april s.-A dispatch 10 Inc
Pioneer Press from lanhton, = d.. says REPORTS
Of destruction from prairie fires continue to he re-.
cclvcd here. sparks from "A Chicago, MILWAUKEE, anu
-. Paul locomotive set fire 10 the grass Few '''
north Of YanktOn yesterday The fire swept through
two Of the finest farms in country. Other losses
sustained by praiIie fires during the past Few u''"
aggregate many thousand dollars.
4 dlspatch from Hot Springs, :. d.. says: SPARKS
from a locomotive the burlington and Missouri sci
fire 70 grass near Mnnckahta station twelve miles
west Of here. and the wind. which lad been blowing
a hurricane all day. swiftly carried the fire to the
timber. The lire has burned over IN cNpanse q.
country many miles in width and is now burning OF
| the timber Immediately south Of hero. Tho damage
will prove the greatest ever done by lire IN this
part Of the Black HIS many Sc tiers have been
| burned out be,idcs destroying timber covering an
area now twelve miles long and probably half as
wide
| \ dispatch from Sioux Falls. s. D.. says: This
city narrowly escaped "A most disastrous fire Yesterday
| afternoon While gale OF wind blowing from the
west the prairie west 81 the town caught fire and the
lazc swept rapidly toward the outskirts b,unng sew
eral small build ngs aud considerable amount ~ grain
| II nshcd through n large grove with flames thirty
| feet high and only ten Minutes distance from
street containing number q handsome houses, oc'
cupled by the wealth!cst people In the town. The
flames sulued after burning Of these houses
| and scOrchng others.
| \ dispatch 10 The DESPATCH from sioux Falls.
| :. D.. says Details have been received here Of
| terrible prairie fires near Chamberlain I'm which a
large amount II stock persisted and Two persons
burned 10 death The peop. are excited ami threaten
ia lynch whoever started IN" hfe, II they catch them.
cincinnati, ohio April a I'll, patch from Ne.
! Kinney. Ky, SAYS that terrific wind has bccn
| flowing there since early Yesterday morning. SOM
lnildnss have been unI0ofd and Others demolished.
| !oi''l IRE, are b"ihe Hr"uNN iouIht Ia lh" com
| munIty and lighted wood dropped In the town
r,c moro than thrc~quar1crS Of a mile. MANY farm
HOUSES wcsc burned with nearly everything they con
"mcs ali day end this 81 %r were rM S"u MSm y
named Roland arc reported missing, ana fears
| Reports from Liberty, the county seat OF Casey.
state that /. VA, impossible TO save the town. AZ
threatening rapldlty AID great excitement prevailed.
From Gray'9n. Ky. the report comes that forest
1 Sr, pr. @r o" wer r 49, 'a ,2narco Earn ana
| leave town i ou lighting the fire.
raging Enterprise and IInydcnvillc. The people
| OF Anlm', Il mn" village near Trimble Ohio
| are greatly alarmed the lire that
Is raging thcrc in the wood. Many
| houscs are In imminent danger Of being licked up
| by the flames.
4 telegram from IVES, Union. ohio. states that
forest fires raging with t"rribc effect IN Jefferson
| ana Green townships. I'm broke ont Friday
Ing and before = o'cloch IT Dad swept over IN area
|
doing everything la their power change II, course
George WaShburn I'm attempting cross a mountain
overtakcn ard horribly burned. Unless il rain,
| soon the entire township will he burned over TN.
| Inhabitants panc-strcken.
| HEAVY loss on WIIISKEY ~ KENTUCKY.
greensboro. KY, April Sire yesterday destroyed
| the four large warehouses Of the Gcnmorc DlstIllcry
| Company here and caused the biggest fire I'm the
| history Of the city. The building contained about
| Of O here
| about 400 barrels which the tax had been paid
| The entire loss Is estimated ut 100000. This
amount does not include the loss OF three cottages
Just above the dstillcry, which were also DESTROYED
The loss. fully covered by Insurance. Is distributed
among the following companies: American, New
| York. $4,000 American Fire Assurance Company
$4,000; Commercial Union Company, $4,000 Fire
Association. New York, s0.097 Guardian Com pany
$3.50; G"rman-American, 10000; Hamburg and
| Bremen, $3.50; Pennsylvania, $1,000; Caledonia