Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-10-07 | Page 1 | Death List may Mount to 40 in Forest Fires

DEATH LIST fl J,lflLTQll!l "FOBESTFIflES Property Lost, in Ontario Now Estimated at Clots $8,000,000 NORTH BAT. Ont., Oct. T (By A.' P.) The property loss In the fire which swept many towna in northern Ontario will probably aggregate between be-tween (even million and eight million dollars. The loss of life will likely' total between thirty and forty, while between 1(0 and 100 farms were burned out, according to a statement by Premier Drury today after a trip over the stricken area on a relief train, The towns of North Cobalt, Thorn-loe. Thorn-loe. lieasllp, Charlton and Uno Park were destroyed. Halleybury was almost al-most dcstroed and Engelhart suffered suf-fered considerable damage. New Iia-keard Iia-keard waa a slight sufferer. At Heasllp, John Bond, his wife, eight children and a hired man were killed when storm cellar caved In. Rescuers found the bodiee of Bond snd his wife with their arms entwined. en-twined. They hsd suffocated. Two daughters, 17 and 18. lay next, and In a corner two amaller children were clasped In each other's arms, while the other bodiee were nearby. The only aurvlvor of the family u g boy of 1 years. : Cobalt Reports Nearly 50 Dead TORONTO. Oct. 7.- A dispatch to the Toronto Olobe from Cobalt alatea that the fureat flrea have taken a toll of at least forty -eihl lives.