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MAY 17, 1895Lester, WA

A Wall of Flame Along the Northern Pacific

Wildfires from South Prairie to the Cascades burned Lester's postoffice and homes, threatened snowsheds, and forced railroad crews to fight the flames with locomotives and water.

“The railroad's bridge and section crews are all fighting the flames.”

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