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Show Iiiiuieuic Cuiilluurttliou. i (Jitawa, Out., 17. Tiio ?buh tires aljut h-re arc boo .mm very alarming. alarm-ing. The vilUge m Avhner ie threat-irn(d threat-irn(d with deslrilelion, :i:.d all tlie male population aro lii.tlny ihe fire. There is a larf tin inl'io w.is tour : tiling aljve Lilt chy. l-.n-iii'- and ' mt-ii iuve --"'ii w:ii m'li iier-. til render a--istaiie-. Tnv Jionopbtrre is liii.-d silli sui'tkf. aud :ne w:nd is iiluwing harl. loiter lhc d.Biructiv.' lif rag-ling rag-ling in the vicinity of Ottawa are a repititi1111 "f the ' deva-ling tires of l,s7o. 'J he most di-a-tr-m.-i scene it 1 in the dinvlum uf Aylnu-, wiiere !lhe tire is three miles in length, and m making rapid progrixi towards , ihu tiesne. One of the OtUwa en-1 en-1 jgincs and tire brig.ide was sent to tight tne lUmcs near Skead's mills. Tne citizens are hard at work righting 1 the element. Business operations ''weresu-pended in Ottawa Jthis after-;noon. after-;noon. The city is enveluped in a fjcloudof smoke and ashes. Many iuro packing up their valuables prc- ; paratnrv to tbght. CJrillia, Canada, 17. Extensive bush tires are raging in the tenth and eleventh conccsaious north of Orillia. The t lames arc spreading so rapidly th it great fears are entertained by the settlers. |