| Show HAD FIRES IllES Cause Catte Three Deaths and Great Toss Loss Toss of ff Property Loomis Neb March A prairie fire In is II raging through title this section of ot the tho state and already deaths aro are reported while a 1 number of farmers ore missing I Lories In houses housel and stock run far toward the 00 mark and the tho the continues with unabated fury tur August Olsen an on ni aged tanner farmer In is II known to have been burned to 0 death baum and niti RII two of at his hands itro missing Janice Lewis and William Anderson ranchmen are also dead lead A number of ot cowboy Cb 1 are arc reported missing front from lit dif different IJ ferent directions The he flames ore are past all ni con control control anti are arc leaping laping across the thc prairie nt at race horse horto speed burning every everything everything thing In 10 their path The Burlington has hn edit sont a n special train lh fire Ilio flo fighters from to assist the ranchmen t In saving the lie small towns In the path of I the tha e ame Irom From Loomis to 10 time the Platte PinHo river 15 miles nilles time tho whole country y will undoubtedly edly ethi lU be swept vicar by time the Fur Furher tImer her to the thu W went ft t toward which the blase is III s sweeping the country for tor or near nour 00 unItes miles I les There TitHe are no streams of note oto along his country thiS the fire may mi sweep to he tho bend b of ot time the th Platte river In that di dl direction 11 ch March A praIrie UP lK Ignite Hed the n Platte latto river bridge today anti amI partly de tie It I Bassett Neb Nel March 3 A praIrie Ire fire line lel bean benn maging In Hock county since Inco lre early this morning Tho The tile IUa orl landed nate l In ioup county cOUlt anil driven by b a abight bight wind minted burned a n strip from live five 10 to In Inen ten en miles wide from the th south fouth line lino ln of 01 tel he time county to 10 the railroad lel umen Nt port lort n a distant distance o of ot 41 4 mulleN mile of oC f tons of bay liny many out 01 oil t I buIldings mill 1111 tutu stock have been de cle The Th fire continues and nut an un imy of ot much men and anti teams team Is IB fighting t It I |
