Show hal outbuilding IT tt CR ciuc il f 8 S I 1 ARM thursday afternoon today the hay and outbuildings at dudley crafts farm across the river bu burned completely with nothing saved the men had just fini sched put ting up the third crop of hay and it looked to the men figh fighting ling the tire that the granary was full of grain which also burned the origin of the fire Is unknown though it Is thought that a group of small boys seen playing about the place might have been lighting matches and accidentally started the fire e the fire started high up on one of the stacks and rapidly swept ov er all the stacks of hay taking the derrick pole and everything with it in the way but the brick house the fire engine was called from delta and a lot of men tried to stop the fire but it had reached a point be yond control and it was impossible to get close enough to do anything the fire will mean a very serious loss to mr crafts as the entire crop of the year was consumed by the flames and it is doubtful it if there was sufficient insurances to cover the loss |