Last Saturday, Steve Dunagan, accom-…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

in the hole. As there was no ladder the man had to stay there until about three o’clock in the afternoon, when he was dis- covered and pulled out. He v/as pretty hot and swore to be revenged on his partner, who, how- ever, kept out of his way until he had cooled down. Last Saturday, Steve Dunagan, accom- panied by his wife and sister, left the home ranch in the Animas valley and went to a ranch several miles away where he was shearing sheep. When they came back at night they found the house in ashes. The fire probably caught from some embers left in the morning. Mr. Dunagan estimates his loss at about fifteen hundred dollars.