Show BILLOWS OF FLAMES Thousands of Acres In Nebraska Devastated Devas-tated by Prairie Fires OEAHA April 7The gale which swept over Nebraska today bore before it great billows of flames which swept from thousands of fertile acres every vestige of vegetation I is too soon to get an idea of how much the exact damage is for the places most affected are remote from telegraph tele-graph lines and in those that have means of communication the populace are busy fighting fire I is known though that much damage is done together with many bridges burned I any lives are lost they are not reported Banner Keith Dawson Blaine and adjoining ad-joining counties were completely devastated devas-tated by flames Word was brought to Harrisburg tonight by the driver of a stage that the town of Ashmore was directly di-rectly in the path of the fire and the entire en-tire population was in a battle to save their homes Meager details received tonight to-night from Ogallalla Harrisbnrg Duning Inverton Kearney Grand Island Lexington Lex-ington and Hastings give accounts of great losses to property Many Burlington bridges are burned At Kearney fire destrored the brewery located lo-cated at the edge of town At Dunning an old lady named Bartlett was burned so badly that she may die The gale subsided sub-sided by nightfall buc the fires have scarcely abated and in the threatened sections inhabitants have spentlong hours in combatting fires |