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Show Boy Starts Fire; Tons of Hay Burned Twenty tons of hay, a stable, harness har-ness and fences were reduced to a.-.hcs at the farm home of Cannon Jensen at Axtell Tuesday morning, entailing a loss of more than$500. The firo-was firo-was first discovered at about 11 o'clock o'-clock Tuesday morning and it'gaincd headway in the stacks before a fire fighting crew could be mustered to- 'gether. Due to the lack of water and inadequate facilities for subduing the flames, all efforts were fruitless and only about two tons of second crop hay was saved. The origin of the fire, it is thought, i was due to a small boy and matches. Donald Jensen, between four and f've, j was about the stacks during the morning morn-ing and it is believed that he hail matches which he had taken from the Jensen home, and . while playing, set ! fire to one of the stacks. The flames ; quickly spread and the barn, fences and all went up before the fierce blaze. j The hay, it is said, will be a total loss. Small insurance was carried on the barns and corrall fencing;. |