The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-01
The BURNING Forests Of Canada.

The EsgAT ming kOEesSS SE bttisaIa'
Making all due allowance for the exager
ations of newspaper correspondents, we are
compelled to believe that a fire OF uuprece>
dented magnitude has made widespread
ruin in Canada. and is yet ragingsin the
neighborhood of Ottawa, the capital OF the
dominion. This FIRE has been burning for
several weeks. bat ii seems to have reached
its height in the woods around Ottawa, on
the 18th, when the citizens feared lest the
whole town might be laid in ashes. 1t was
dangerous to be out of doors on account OF
the furious blast of smoke and cndeFs that
swept through the streets.
The condition of the city, indeed, as de-
scribed by eye witnesses, recalls the darkness
and terror Of Pompeii, eighteen hundred
years ago, iust before the lava stream Of
Eesuvus poured down upon its devoted ir
habitants The light of day had been ob-
scuied even while dav yet fingered. and
after nightfall the dull rec glare from the
blazing forest was only Iitfully seen through
the dense smoky atmosphere. We can well
believe the volumes Of smoke to have been
binding IN Canada, when il is asserted and
possibly believed by some that last night
they reached Long IslaLd Sound. and made
it so muIkv as to retard the arrival in this
city of tie Fall River boats.
The loss If life attending the fire is already
known to be considerable. and the distress
Of the Canadian country people and the de-
Sructinn Of property occasiuned by II must
be great Two thousaud persons. We are
told. have been rendered homeless, ar;i the
value Of The barns, crops and farm h"uses
consumed is estimat cd at two millions Of
collars Nc,c York Ecening Post.
OTTAWA, August 24.-Larec sums have
1 = 1 4.
ers bv the late fires. and the government
will, probably, grant assistance. Large
numbers If pepple are living under tents
loaned by the governor.
Sir John Mcdonald, whose health is CONS
pletely restored. is expected here in a few
days.
MoxTREAL. August Immense fires
are raging in the woods back of the village
of Ashton. The village has been saved by
cutting down trees to make gap between
the woods and the village. The devastation
IS great between Ashton and Statcsviie.-
O1ly one or two houses are left uuharmed.
ST. JOINS. y. B., August 24.-Iieavy
fires are raging N the woods along the bOan
Diary of New Brunswick and the State of
Maine. The kaTbor of ST. Andrew, last
night, was Illuminated by surrounding fires.
Several villages II Charlotte county are also
severely suffering.
According TO the latest reports, the fires
are still burning The two villages Of Bcli's
Corners and Mauch Ciruers have been en-
trely burned. as probably, are Buckingham
md others; hundreds of people are home
less and ruined millions cf property are
destroyed. Morse than ali, it is feared that
many persons have been overtaken. and
have peri>led in the flames ''The whel9
Ts,.. :. &
one blackcned wilderness Of desulatiUn."
RFMARKABLE CASE cF ParRlFAcrIoN-
a writer fom Reading to the pittsburg
Christian HadirGI relates a remarkable and
apparently well authenticated case Of petri-
faction Of human body Mrs Catherine
IIiplle died at Monrovia. Kansas. on the
22l of February. 1866. in the 65th wear Of
her age. She was buried there on the 24th.
In December. 1868, her husband died at his
nld home III fremont. Schuylkili county,
Pennsylvania, requesting that his wjfe's re-
mains be brought and buried by his side in
/ fremont Cemetery. On the Goth Of Februa
ay. 1869. three years after the mother had
been buried. the grave was opened, aud after
! the removal of the covering Of the cutter cof
fin it was discovered that both coffins were
! hiied with a dark culored water, and on
raising the coffin to the surface If the earth
they found it to be remark ably heavy. The
1 coffin was emptied Of the water. and on cx-
animation OF the body it was pronounced by
those present conap}etelyp pekIfei The coor
/ of the face and hands was, perhaps. two
| shades darker than natural and somewhat
I resembling a varuished sulface The fea-
lures were as full and perfect as when she
/ was alive, so that all who hal known her,
and came to see her remains, instantly re
/ cocnized the well-remcmbered couuteuauce.
( Tue body remained exposed to atmospheric
! influence f,r four days in order to ascertain
! whether any change would take place prep
aratory to its ira deportation eastward. No
! change whatever was manifest. The remains
were roughly handled at all transfer points
! were transported fourteen hundred miles by
/ rail, and before the burial at fremont the
1 body was again examined by DR.. Provost, oi
! that place, and found to be thoroughly pet
| rified, and in the same condition as it was
/ when taken out Of the grave.