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DESTROYED BYIIPRAIRIE FLAMESFanned by Heavy Winds Fires Burn Up Thousands of Ti ill s,of Hand Hundredsof Grain Stacks—Clandeboye, Estevan, Portal and North Dakota District ResidentsAreSufferers.gf -aIM*stables and ailWest Selkirk, Man., Oct. 23.—Yesterday the southwest winds blew th** prairie fires from the south Into the lt;’Iandeboye district and the following losses are reported to-day.I. Matheson. most of his hay s tacks.Alex. Cummings, stables and all hishay stacks.J. McNabb, all his hay sacks.M. O'Donohoe, one hundred tons ofhay.Millidge Bros., 150 tons of hay.Harry Cummings, ai. his hay stacks.Donald Cumminhay stacks.Started «u E«tcratuPortal, X. D., Oct. 22.—The whole country north of the Great Northern railway is one vast sheet of flame as' far as the international boundary line! and north, covering hundreds of miies. and doing untold damage to farmers and grazing land. The majority of the farmers are taken unawares, causing great loss to property, such as grain, , buildings and the winter s feed forstock it is impossible at this time to estimate the loss. It Is thought the s tire originated near Esteven, Assa., in I the Northwest Territ iry, Canada, andwas driven by high winds across into; the Dakota si tie, where it has brought loss and suffering to thousands.! .!• I. Didsts ! t.struetive prairie fire destroyed many hundred tons of grain and reduced the pasturag? acreage southeast of Janie:town. Among the losses reported are William Farley, 1U0 tons of hay; Eofot. Marsha.1, ..» toiui Mrs. A. Gordon, d) tons; George Bronson, 50 tons. Thewind was not heavy or the losses would have been much greater. Who set the fire is not know n.'1 iu*»t S«jf f« r* Sr verjj,Minot, N. D., Uct. 22.—Fire start.'! along the line of the Great Northern west of Minot and destroyed several thousand tons of hay and hundreds of stacks of grain. The fin* started Saturday night and extended over a wide stretch of territory. It is Impossible to estimate the damage.METHVEN FARMER'S LOSS.I II ot i 0»r§ Oil S ahlrs, firann Im| 1 m ots ana Stlt;* kf to f h# f t n oi IlJCO.i-stable*Jaxncsio A n, X. D., Oct»•*A d *nmMethven, Man., Oot. 23.—A serious fk-e occurred on the premises of Mr, A. J, Ei«i tt, a mile south of by whilt;« h.s granary and were consumed, along with severhorses, rhrce h .id of cattle, all hitfowls, a quantity of wheat, Implements at id other goods. The loss i; estimated at $2,50u; insurance, £l.2»*»i he tire was d. . • . ve rv d at 3 o clock this morning and the cause is ua•known.
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Manitoba Morning Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Oct 24, 1901
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