Show jowls N BY 1 FIDES one hundred dead and thousands homeless in crows nest district of canada six towns in the path of the flames are W ped out the terror stricken residents fleeing to the open country for their lives cranbrook B C six towns on the crows nest branch of the canadian pacific railroad have been wiped out many others are in danger of destrie tion over lives have beben lost thousands are homeless and a property loss I 1 into nto the millions has been caused by the fiercest forest fire ever known in the history of western can ada the fire was in the eiko elko valley the richest coal and lumber district in british columbia the district Is sit bated in the extreme southeastern cor ner of the province just north of the montana state line the towns known to have been de strayed together with their tion are pernie ferrite 5 michel 1500 coal creek 1500 Sp arwood hosmer crows nest 1000 1 one hundred square miles have al ready been swept by the flames and I 1 it t Is feared that scores of homesteaders have met death in the deep woods the inhabitants of the towns have fled to 0 open pen districts in the vicinity in the hope of safety the railway companies have placed all available trains at their disposal for the past month forest airs have been raging in the mountains os of the pk r river valley country but they haye h a ake not been considered serious sat arday morning a heavy wind sprang up from the west and early in the aft ernson the flames appeared over the crest of the mountains to the west of fernie this an down the mountain side and anh before a fire guard could b organized had entered the town with in an hour the town own was doomed ano the inhabitants nought safety in flight leaving their all behind them town after town has been attacked and destroyed by the flames and many lives have tees been lost in an en deavor to check the flames or save personal effects |