Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-23
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FIRE DAMAGE
IN TWO DAYS
Nashville, Tennessee, and Tulsa,
Oklahoma, Suffer Great Con
Aagrations.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
LOSS TWO MILLION
Boy Threw Ball of Yarn Into the
Grass and Caused Heavy
Damage to City.

Augusta, Ga. March 22.-flre
which broke out early tonight in the
business section of Augusta, caused
damage estimated at half million
dollars at 8 o'clock, and still was
spreading before high wind.
The Lyre bank building was among
the structures totally destroyed, and
the Union bank building, the West
ern Union building, and the building
housing the Augusta Chronicle ana
Augusta Herald were among those
damaged. Fire companies with equip
ment were rushed here on special
trains from Macon and Atalanta.
The damage is estimated at more
than 100000 in the downtown Sec
ton, and at late hour was eating
it's way unchecked down Broad street,
where the city's principal business
:houses are located. Ten blocks had
been destroyed or were burning and
the flames were threatening to spread
to the RESIDENTIAL section. Shortly be-
fore midnight the flames were car
fied by the wind into the residential
section, where a new confiagration
was soon making headway. The out
break was a distance Of four blocks
from the blaze in the business sew
ton.
Fear was expressed that there had
been loss of life in the lyre build
ing, where the blaze started. but it
was impossible to learn definitely,
Buildings along Eroad and Jackson
streets burst into flames at $3.50
o'clock tonight.
"Cotion row." where $5,0OO,OOO
worth of cotton was stored, seemed
doomed.
Soon after midnight. the fire ap,
reared to have burned itself ont.
Oil Field On Fire.
Photographic reports from Tulsa,
Okla, say prairie fire, started by
burning waste oil and which burned
over four sections of land in the heart
of the Gushing oil field last night and
,, this morning, was under control this
afternoon. although several tanks OF
oil still were burning. Fifty-iive rigs.
EWusSCOlc lullNo vi VII, itiiSiiso III
size from 250 to 1900 barrels, filled
with oil, one 55,00O-barrel tank, par
TALLY filled, two school houses, sew
eral bunk houses, one pumping sta
ton and one boiler house were de-
stroyed tonight The actual property
loss was estimated tonight at $780,
900, although loss through shutting
in of nearly 100 wells will increase
this figure.
Underground in the entire field is
as dry as tinder over ground soaked
with infiammable OIL The condition
of the high wind that was blowing to-
night makes the situation one of con.
siderable danger.
Nashville Loses $1,5o0,000.
A ball of yarn lighted and thrown
by boy into dry grass in a vacant
lot started a conflagration in Nash
vile at noon today, which was not
under control until late this after.
noon, after 35 residence blocks had
been swept by the fire. The loss is
estimated at $1,5O0,000.
A twisting, coiling wind driving at
80 miles an hour famed the burning
grass into a torrent of flames, which
quickly caught a planning mill and
leaped from building to building un-
til at least 600 residences had been
destroyed. The East Nashville sub
postoffice, the big Warner public
school was burned down and several
churches were reduced to ruins.
Three Thousand Homeless.
Tonight it is estimated that at
least 5000 persons are homeless as
a result of the conflagration.
National Guardsmen, called out by
Gov. Rye, went on duty in the fire
zone late this afternoon and will re-
main there for several days to aid
in relief work and to prevent looting.