| Show canaba BY FORST FIRE MANY PERSONS ARE DROWNED WHILE TO BOARD SHIPS aix towns are destroyed and much camale Is done I 1 As fire eats its way through the dry timber north ray cay orest forest F fire refugees who arrived hero here thursday from nall osbury ri ported that between fifty and persons had been drowned when they were crowded from a dock where they were trying to board a rescue ship another report brought by the ret ref usco was that scores had been injured and several tr trampled to death when names flam es swept the catholic church and caused a panic mincing hundreds who had gathered there lor for safety among the refugees who arrived on the boat were michael burns burn his wit and five children who lie were res ened from their blazina home at dilall edbury they declared tho the crush at the lock was indescribable and tint many were pushed screaming into tha water at least fifty were drowned and 11 delardi de larel A P pos possibly gibly a hi hundred indred whitlock a tra veIns devires of swift and comnas com nan nany who was bad and ly burned about the arms rind and hands lie ile received the burns while working with a ascue on north C bat the T N 0 railroad d Is dA blind passa passage e to refugees who wish to leave north day cay it arees to talc ta them only so far ar as the line may still be e oni fonal to be ie paw table shouters go eo out ahead of the trains to investigate invests rate the tracks which in many places have been warped out to 0 fsharpe by heat ol of burning freight cars the first relief train from cobau cobalt arnved at north day with pas sen senders ers who were lodged in private homes C hurches churches and public institutions oth r trains were rushed to cobalt to remove the thoi thousands sands ot of homeless who flocked there from the destroyed towns the sisters rt rf r t providence hospital hosn ital the roman noman catholic anglican metho dist r find and presbyterian churches and the new courthouse of lla ley lury were burned irnel bi by the flames which ds destroyed troyed the town in less than two hours inmates of the were removed in automobiles to cobalt |
