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Guthrie, OK area Prairie Fires, Oct 1891

Posted November 30th, 2007 by Jenni Lanham

FIERCE PRAIRIE FIRES

SWEEPING OKLAHOMA AND PEOPLE ESCAPING WITH THEIR LIVES.

GUTHRIE, O. T., October 27. – The sky was lit up in every direction last night by prairie fires. These fires have been burning three days, and have done a great deal of damage. Hundreds of farms have been swept of crops, and in many cases houses and barns have been consumed. The stock is perishing, and the people are escaping only with their lives. In Iowa county the fire has gotten into the timber and will burn for weeks. It is feared a number of people have perished there. Cymarrom City, a small town northeast of here, has been entirely wiped out, the people escaping by jumping into the river. M. P. Emery, a stage driver to Candler, and Perkins, the mail carrier, were caught in the fires and both terribly burned.

The Columbus Enquirer-Sun, Columbus, GA 28 Oct 1891
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Transcribed by Jenni Lanham. Thank you, Jenni!

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