The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-03-04
FIRE
CAUSES MUCH Loss.
Oklahoma Visited In Law.on
Section by Terrible
FLAMES, DRIVEN
BY FURIOUS GALE.
Area Bnrned Over Is Thought 70 BE
twenty-five Thousand Acres.
ONE THOUSAND
RENDERED HOMELESS.
Financial losses That Have Been
Sustained IL Is Estimated Will
EA Foot Up Fully Two Hun
dred Thousand Dollars.

nres that swept over large portions Of
kiowa and Comsnche counties wednes-
| dav afternoon destroyed hundreds Of
buildings and much livestock Two
deaths are verified. All property loss
estimated at 100000
Or Harmon. SIX miles from Lawton.
body found
Unknown boy found on pralds near
I.awton. burned beyond Identification.
John Harmon and q daughter of Mrs.
Henderson. living near I.awton. IA
tally burned.
A. ii Crawford. near t.awton. seri-
ousl3 burned
Mrs. Henderson. widow. three miles
from I-awton. and two daughters. Sc
riousiy burne". cannot live
The report says that more fatalities
are expected, as the reports. from some
districts are meager.
~ Hobart, the county seat of Kiowa
county the fire. approached from the
east, destroying the stables on fifteen
ranches. fifteen residences two bust
ness houses and various small build
/ ings. Spreading 10 the southwest. the
fire swept 5000 acres ~ government.
military and timber reserve and Indian
3 hooi reserve destroying several In
dian houses and forty head Of govern
ruent cattle. Spreading westward. the
flames covered miles OF the homestead
district. destroying houses. barns and
utnHE II "a an a.
persons were reported 20 have perish
ed In attempting to protect their prop
erty The names NJ three have been
learned They are Dock and job
Harmon. brothers and a man named
/ Fisher. The other two were women
and their names have not We, been
learned Late at night the fire began
moving southwark toward this city.
A. midnight 5000 peopI. Of the city
we're up 20 battle u tn the approaching
monster Ut destruction. The advance
line OF the FIRE was fully two miles I'm
length. and coming tn a semi circular
form A thousand men turned their
Efforts 70 checl.Iug the flames in the
grass borders Of the reservation Ar the
city limits Water from every source.
carried In every conceivable way. was
N'Ft' tRsANA NsRAsA AftlH tAfFs e#H8 carried
. ali around the city limits This served
the purpose Of checking the advance
Of the FIRE bus WAS OF little avail in
hIndarjng The continual rolling Of the
fire brands into the streets Of the CITY
In more than lee places flames arose
from dwellings,. barns and outhonSes.
rut wherever blaze grew men were
present ~ quench IL with water As a
result Of the cool judgment Of the
fighters. the cltys loss was only $40
GOO
Stories are coming ir OF how families
Law on the prairie throughout the
freezing night after the storm had
passed. with only the thin clothes on
their backs as reminders Of the once
prosperous homes Hundreds Of people
are destitute and are suffering intense
~ from the cold and with excruciating
pains oeeastoned by their burns.
/ Clothes. medicine and physicians are
being cent from all the cities and towns
OF the district TO relieve the suffering
Cavalry from Fort SIN and Officers
searched for missing men. women and
children.
/. c. Strickland. sexton OF the Law
ton cemetery, and his wife and two
children were seriously burned The
mother and one little daughter may
die. j. Denny. farmer. seriously in
| iured r. f. Trosper. living three miles
out OF Lawton. lost all his property a
herd OF cattle and was burned seriously.
| but with his entire family In night
| clothing. escaped TO ploughed ground
and reamined In the cold night air un-
| til dawn.
A report has been received at Fort
SIN that an entire Apache village was
swept clean. The report has not been
| verified.
The soldiers at Fort Sill were order
ed out TO fight the flames. and render
| ed great assistance.
Al Anadarko many buildings were
| burned. No lives are reported lost. but
there were numerous escapes Women
and children. scantily clad fled to
ploughed ground. while the men re-
manned In an endeavor TO save prop
erty