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Show FOREST FIRE CONSUMES ALL BUT 2 BUILDINGS ST. JOHN'S, N. B., May 31. Only jH the Roman Catholic church and the home of its pastor are standing today in tho village of St Quentin, swept by mmwM forest fires of the last three days. The IH thousand-odd inhabitants are camping 1 IH out of doors or housed in nearby set-tloments set-tloments or lumber camps. The prop- erty loss is estimated at from $400,- WwM 000 to $500,000. mmu Tho priest, Rev. E. Martin, was the mWM only one injured. Relief for the home- mWM less ones was started at once by the IH government. Forest fires are raging in virtually IH every county of the province. 'jH an IH |