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jcaiaA special from Phillip*, NN isconsin, Fay* that three thousand people have been made homeless there by the forest 11 ret*. Not a building is left standing in the town, and property valued at between $1,500,000 and *2,000,000 has been swept away. All day Friday the names surrounded the vitlag«*. Hundreds of men battled with the Are, hut without success. The pine forests were a? dry as parchment and the llamcs leaped from tree to tree with such rapidity that the air seemed on Ore. When the lire reached the city it swept from house to house and in an hour had wrapped the entire village in flame. The people tied to Midway where train* re standing and were hastily conveyed to neighboring towns. Fifteen persons lost their lives, thirteen of them being drowned In a creek white attempting to escape from the flames. Vigorous measures are being taken to provide the people with food.
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Rocky Ford Enterprise
Rocky Ford, Colorado, US
Thu, Aug 02, 1894
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