Show FIRES UNDER CONTROL but not until area of ten thousand square miles mile had been burner burned over toronto ont reports from north ern ontario are that the forest fires which lor for several days have swept over a section of country extending miles port hward from north day bay and covering a wide section east and west either have been extinguished or are under control the towns of cochrane south por for cugine cupine and Potts spottsville pottsville ville have bem been obliterated lite rated the fire swept cleanthe clean the townships of langmuir eldorado shaw deloro ogden mcauthur Mc Aithur and cripple creek districts the known dead total the ma bority of nhom lost their lives at south porcupine there are believed to have been many other fatalities and estimates based upon unverified reports run as high as refugees from the burned area say that it covers square miles comprising a district inhabited by 20 people from every quarter have come fugitives who escaped the flames many of them badly burned scores are missing and aro are believed to have fled terror stricken into the wilderness they possibly survived the fire but aro are believed to have died from exhaustion some of 0 the survivors tell of bling over bodies of those who had run before them and died on the way the first trainload of dead and in i lured reached cobalt thursday |