Coleridge, Nebraska Fire
May
1, 1899
STORM SPEEDS THE FIRE
Tract a Mile Wide Devasted and a Woman and Boy
Burned
Coleridge, Neb., May 1.-- A prairie fire
burning in the hay fields along the northern
tier of counties of Nebraska, ten miles from
this place, passed into the track of a tornado
and was swept diagonally across this county for
twenty-five miles, destroying everything in its
path.
The only lives lost so far as known were those
of MRS. ROLLA
LIVINGSTON and HER 5-YEAR-OLD-BOY.
A great many cattle were burned. A large number
of farm houses were destroyed and the families
escaped by seeking refuge beyond the track of
the storm. The path of fire was nearly a mile
wide.
Some of the losses are:
Rolla Livingston, $15,000;
Stanley Martin,
$30,000; David Walker,
$10,000; Isaac
Pritchett, $2,000;
W. A. Bennitt,
$5,000; Joseph
Hodgkin, $20,000;
William Weber, $25,000;
James Parsons, 300 head of stock,
etc.,
$12,000; William Zook,
large number of horses and cattle, $10,000.
The Daily Review, Decatur, IL 2 May 1899
Transcribed by Audrey. Thank you,
Audrey!
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