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Show IMPOSSIBLE FOR SETT1ERS TO OUTRUN RACING FLIES Pewle Were Tr pped by Forest Flret, Hundreds Losing Their Lives and Thousmds Delng Made Home-lets. Home-lets. Wlnnlpej;. Tho destruction of Ufa and property ln tho flro which has raged ln cast Kootonal slnco Saturday Is rlmply itppnlllng. From 6,000 to 7,000 men, women nnd children, ln flight from tho flnmo swopt region ot Crow's Nest torrltory, aro enmped ln Crnnbrook nnd on tho surrounding hills. Relief ot food nnd colthlng is anxiously awaited. In Pernio tho loss Of llfo wns greatest great-est In tho west, and tlioro tho flames spread so rapidly thnt It was Impossible Impos-sible for tho Inhabitants to outrun tho approaching heat. Searching pnrtlcs anvo been sent out for thoso who woro overcome Bodies aro being brought in evory hour. Vnncouver, B. C. This city awoko to n full sonso of tho completeness of tho destruction around Rornto, on Tuesday. According to a competont authority, tho loss will exceed $10,000, 000, and tho death list total will novcr bo known. It Is now believed that nt least 200 havo perished. Vnncouver wired $5,000 for relief nnd n trnlnlond of supplies went out. Winnipeg dlspntchod a spcclnl train, with nurses, doctors, hospital Btoros nnd provisions. Loggers to tho number of eighty In tho camps of tho Ely Lumbor com-pnny com-pnny hnvo perished In tho flames nnd Bottlers with tholr fnmtllcs, who lived on tho lino ot tho railroad butween Pernio nnd Michel, hnvo disappeared. Tho dentil totnl will probably grow largor, and a special dispatch from Winnipeg doclnres thnt It will rench 400. When tho flames woro consuming consum-ing Fcrnlo all tho prisoners, with tho exception of flvo "Black Hand" suspects, sus-pects, woro released. Later thoy woro recaptured nnd sent to Nolson. Crowds of refugees hnvo nlrcndy nt rived nt Nelson, tho overflow from Crnnbrook. Those aro holng cared for ts much ns possible, but their condition condi-tion Is pltlnblo. In their flight they brought nothing nwny but tho clothes they stood in. |