| Show fire at ayr hyran on wednesday night or early thurmay MOY morning Ding between 12 and i 1 a golt colt came and pawed the door doof of the residence of mr niels kiels christensen knowing that all the animals were secure in the large barn he arose in a hurry and to his utter astonishment he found the large barn on fire he at once raised an alarm and a few neighbors were prompt in answering his big call and before the fire had made much headway they put it out mr christensen then went to the lowe for a short time and on returning to the barn found the fire had not entirely beer been i pu put t loutit was eating its way under the man mangers rs he su succeeded in finally extinguishing it then made an examination and found that the scoundrel who set the barn on fire had gathered a large bundle of straw from rom a largo rick near the barn saturated i it with coal oil poured coal oil on the wood and then applied the match the firebug must have been disturbed for ho be left behind him a cane and two bottles of coal oil before getting to work he had cut the halter st straps ra ps from the bogrees cut the cows ropes broke down the pen and let all the animals out hence this pet colt pawed the he door of the house and awoke the family and now I 1 come to think of it may have the fire fiend away he thinking some one was vas rapping the door giving warning ing to the family this large larga barn is fully insured and mortgaged for all it is worth mr christensen Cliris in in showing me around pointed ou out t the charred woodwork he had been only a tenant while his new house x as being built there was between nine e and ten tons of lucerne in ill the e barn rn and many old buildings and an d straw stacks close by and had they been ten minutes later heaven knows what would have been the result mr Chri granary was doss close by and had nearly three thre e hundred bushels of grain flour and other provisions which if this had gone up the poor man would have been ruined some of the neighbors gayout t before they heard beird the cry of tire fire they heard or saw a man ride a horse at full speed up the street on thursday night mr christen sens nephew watched the place till two friday morning when he called his uncle up saying lie he was going home the firebug must have been watching also and before mr christensen could crebb himself the animals balters were again cut and they with the sheep were were all turned out and the large structure was one on s mass of flame illuminating lumina ting the town the person who did this had bad taken the precaution the evening before togo to go to the he adgate an and d turn the water in the ditch and it flowed in this part of the city the says he was putting in a new he adgate and had put in a a large dam so the fiend cut cat this to let the water pass fortunately there was no wind or serious results would have occurred A large number of men women and boys were speedily on the ground and saved paved the adjoining property only the barn ten tons of hay and a new plow were burned this is the fourth fire all happening in the night time and all on insured property one dwelling house where the furniture had been removed and two barns where all the animals had been let loose before the fire and the families all sound asleep in thir beds at the time people here are wondering what all this means any one who would start such a fire in the dead of the night would not hesitate to commit c murder athe close proximity of the presbyterian church several dwelling houses and many large barns would have gone had there been a wind and who knows but what some poor soul may have perished in the flame at 5 a in the fire had burned itself nearly out but great care will have to be taken for many days and nights for the ing hay and manure C CS april 10 1896 |
