Show firemen save crops in blaze at hansen farm fire started from a th threshing machine in operation at the P C 9 hansen farm north of richfield morning destroyed stacks of straw from which grain had just been threshed but through the efforts of the richfield fire department the grain and hay stacks as well as the threshing machine were saved although it is not definitely known it appears that a nail a bolt or possibly a match got into the threshing machine separator and resulted in sparks being lighted by friction and blown from the separator to the straw stack the firemen spent three hours at the farm before the fire was completely extinguished plenty of water was available to aid in confining the fire to the straw firemen were called out friday evening to a fire which however burned only an old shed in win morrisons Morria Morri ons sons back yard the blaze was soon taken care of |