Show I I I i i I I i I I i i I I I DRIVEN BY BY TBS i WIND I Flames Eames Swept Over the Country With Fearful Velocity Oklahoma City March IThe fire wu was started near the Wichita mour t ln In the military reserve an dur durIng Ing i ng the afternoon h hd d gained such suh headway that when it crossed into the eWed s country it could conla not be checked At 10 the wind suddenly shift shifted ed e d and a fearful pl gale swept pt from the he t north with Ith the velocity of a hurri hurricane I cane ane c In ate a few th the count countI country for or miles mile was vaa In RR nu atmosphere of tilling s smoke and blinding sand as the names lames I mad with the fury ury of the wind windswept wept swept s down upon the settled count country and towns to the Homes were ere hurriedly abandoned by settlers and tock stock s turned loose while all sought safety In flight Some unable to es escape escape cape were burned to dI death b but ho homan how man many will not flot hO be known until the burned district let Is explored b by relief J parties which have been sent out from Lawton Hobart Fort Sill and Ann Ana Anadarko darko I Dr ul whoso whose body bosly was found In i n a barn was caught While tryl trying 4 to tosa tove sa ve e hi his f h Lawton es in the path of the fire and AS as the d danger nger was known I Ii 2000 men placed themselves under dl I of to lire fire for pro of the dh city By dint of heroic effort the town was saved For many I miles g not a h beuse se l while I reports from Lawton state stat t at the magnitude of r the calamity ases as I details arrive More than Hum 1000 people are and penniless and many are In n need of medical attentiOn I |