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Show Canadian Northern Has i Much Property Destroyed Des-troyed by Fires 1 ! Winnipeg, Man.. July 2 The Canadian Cana-dian Northern railway announced today to-day that its loss this week by bush . fires in the Rainy river district was 125 box cars, 30 depots, station houses, freight sheds, water tanks and ; $500,000 worth of yard material. 1 Last night, Elmo. Ont, was cut off from communication and was surrounded sur-rounded by fires. Only one house remains in the village vil-lage of Miscampell. Farmers in all directions are abandoning aban-doning their homes and are taking the women and children to places of safety. 1 . |