Show SIX TOWNS BURNED i IN FOREST FIRES I J I I Over a Hundred Are Dea Dead d. d U in Crows Crow's Nest District Canada f THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS Valley Valey a Furnace and a Over Ov r- r Hundred Square Miles Mies in 44 Q 4 f t M H M H- H 4 BULLETIN 4 4 B. B n C C. Aug 2 r rf f Sixty one men and two women omen f 4 were burned to death at nt No T 4 camp of the Elk River flyer Lumber Lumbe o 4 company 44 4 4 Tho The camp was wm surrounded by 4 4 fire fre and not a 3 single sincle person n es es- es f The total fatalities G T iU iU V 4 Vf f run between between- n and l O. O V 4 cJ 0 4 H u Cranbrook B B. B C. C Aug 2 Six Six towns townson on the tho Crows Nest bran branch h of ot U the e Canadian C Ca Ca- r nadian Pacific railroad have havA b been n wiped out man many others aro are In ho hoof t l of o destruction over ocr 1 lives ves ha have v wen bea lost thousands are arc homeless an anA am a 0 property l lOss sa tinning running Into the has Imas hl been caused by th the fiercest fo lire fire fre ever p er known leown in thic history cC western Canada The fire Ore Is ra raging l In the Elko va a. ley the thu richest coal cal and lumber lumb- ds' ds let u-let In Columbia The district j Is situated In the extreme t SO southeastern southeast southeast- eQ t- t ern u corner of or the province Just jut of or th the Montana state nn line J TO Tow D Destroyed The towns known to lo h have been d- d tp with wih their population tio are aie Ternie Fernie 50 Michel Miche 1500 Coca CO Creek OO e. e Crows Crews ro ros ro's s 's Xe Nest t 1000 Surrounded b by flames anti and ald in m t tat tat-i orm er r or of d destruction tire th tb t towns of or l n. n f y and Qed MeG I I I itself Isel In ts threatened b Yx but it a Its Inhabitants are arc neglecting thc U tUc-U- own interests flu Id flu arc rc devoting them them- me to succoring centI communities com cent cor- cor I which have bo bon bon n area stricken One hundred nar d square urn miles s h mme ha-mme e 8 ai- ai air r ben be been n swept H t l ty ly y tho s tt nd az arvd It U IH Ilk otti-d otti tl that B oC ot h hp hn 4 rt In In th thi th 4 For Tor the Ute past pal week hu brush h D P j hn between and I i j motion ti-motion to them do t great great- reat- reat to fro growing growing- JuS timber Te- Te T- T fanned by a n raZe Kalo tt row tin the thc flames flame w t d. and anti soon toon the time Inhabitants of at Fernie saw that th their lr were ere doomed Appeals Ap peals were nieCe made to 10 th the CI Pa- Pa eWe chic railroad for help and trains nuts were ivere rushed to th thy the scene h r T Tol 1 ol die o h l tho time trains arrived d the town I was surrounded by flames flame Ian Many Many- Many Many-erf o the Limo citizens however ho refused t to to-aban- to aban- aban don tiomi doll their homed thinking thinking- perhaps perhaps- a 0 change C In tho the wind woUld pro prevent the prevent tua tbt destruction of oC tho the town rhe The women and and children were removed to safety and th the men yet set at worle woric to the thames flames Their flick herol heroism m was vas In rain however r for during during- the the aught the town caught and when dawn n broke tod today y c small shael shacks on the time banks of or the Elleo lico river the time offices ofie-es of oC the tile Crows ClOWS Nest Co Coat company and amid the warehouse all that remained buildings in all was of the Pt prosperous town J t thou thou thousand sand antl people Hole are homeless hi Ferni alone rout from rol Kelson A conservative clement element 1 wh which Ich Is fairly aim well in t touch with th thin situation this timis c tho the death in Fernie alone will ivill reach leach seventy Before Defore the tIme SIte fire went down own Mayor ao of r F appealed Jo fot Y AV Y rutt e rutter help to mayors s of Winnipeg a aan Vancouver Van Van- couver Victoria ictoria Now New ew ter imd other cities Iraln Iu add Alt AH day duty tho time great Northern cl Canadian Pacific roads have been rushIng rushIng rush rush- Ing inS r relief trains as 39 near to the ittu-icim- ittu t.- t. I proceed en town as it was possible to Tont Tonight ht ho whale Ih lc valley valle is a L Ing inS furnace Driven by the tho 1 h e winds the fires are arc leaping miles at al iii e. time and are continually breaking out opt ot at unexpected ll points Towns villages mining arid and lumb lumber stations anti a railway c camps mills yards and other property f are re being being- destroyed estro cd like hike tinder ce bridges arc are burned railroad acl tracks ar nr arn warpe warped tramped und and twisted t tel telegraph viree are aro literally melted and for Cor mites miles no not X it pole Is 19 standing Die Ule Jn- Jn Sating Ilu At t Michel rO lr our m men n died striving t to t. save time the bl big Great Grent Northern bridge Near ar Elko Elleo Peter Miller was overtaken overtaken over over- he as-he h ho fled t tn taken ken by h. a wall of flames R as as' uton along tiong thc the railroad tracks and burn burned d to death Hundreds of Injured and Ind hont t s persons are being brou brought ht Into Cran Cran- brook S SA A territory of ot square miles mUes is jim a amass amass amass mass of flames lames The inha inhabitants of or the towns to hays hav In iii the country neil 1111 to open opt n districts In n the hope lipe of or safety safely Four towns lowns th time west vest of or Fernl Ferni t and to 0 tIme the ea east Inhabitant al' al are aie escaping as R u as possible |