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Show FOREST FIRES UNDER CONTROL 'Accurate Report Lacking as All Telephone Lines Down vrCTORIA. B. C. July 8. Several of the forest fires which for the past week have been raging on Vancouver island and which. It is estimated, have caused hundreds of thousands of dollars dol-lars damages to standing timber and I other property, were reporte under control today but owing to the demoralization de-moralization of the telephone coni-jmunlcatlon, coni-jmunlcatlon, It was impossible -to so-icuro so-icuro an accurate report I It was indicated fresh fires, boweVer, had broken out .it various points. It jwas not known how serious tho new I outbreaks were. Hallways today were again operating normally. RAIN AIDS FIGHTERS. SPOKANE, Wish . July 8. Rainfall Friday night, continuing from half an hour to three hours in eastern Washington Wash-ington and northern Idaho enabled fire 'fighters to bring in check all the I threatening biases in forests of this I section, reports Indicated today. I It was stated that while Insufficient rain had fallen to remove danger of 'further fires, present fires were not I expected to sprad. oo |