, 1880-09-12
FIRE RECORD.
Further Details Of the Destructive
Bush Fires in Canada.
Nh Hope Of Their Cessation Until
Copious Rains Fan. -~
Measures to Be Taken for the Reliet OF
the Stricken Inhabitants.
List of Losses by Fire Elsewhere
Yesterday

CANADA BUSH .c1hE9s
Special Dispateh to The Chicago 11tbuEt
MONTREAL, Sept. 1l.-From Upton 9illaes
1t is learned the fires continue Win anaoateo
yigor in those sections OF the country III
which the soil is Of q peat bog descllptlon'
and only requires a stiff breeze to WORK 1tesh
mischief, if not disaster and death. Inc
drought is very marked, and people WHO
have good wells are compelled to 20 IN some
instances twelve miles to get. water for tneli
CATTLE Several additional" houses "ln 81
Simon and on the Little st. Helene koaa
have been, burned recently, some thtr-
teen or: fourteen in the. former ana
seventeen lin the. latter section. 20
one has been seen or heard OF from WILSON'S
Mills except one man, who says ne lelt on
Monday and has not been back since. From
st. Valarien the list of losses IS large. Mr..
Morin lost his, house, barns, and mill, and
even the mill-daul, which was burned down
to the dry bed Of the river. The rest *of the
parties burned out are: Thomas Coach'
Dame Laplanme, F.. MORN, Alphonse LIZ
tour, Oliver Emile, Dr: Joseph Beau
dry, Onesime Beaudry, Toussatnt Ph!l-
lippe,: Etienne Menard and broth
efs, and; others not yet heard from.
The fires at ST. Dominique have DESTROYED
SeYErAl lu1luos tAu " ~ AuoJ 1eo1 - r.
was s III mile from the village, but there has,
been no news since. Acton, the, district
around st. Juillanme, is also enveloped IN
the smoke, and the tlres 3re not by any means ~
abating. The Hon: Mr." Mousseau has ie1t
Montreal with authority from the Chapleau ~
Government to draw upon them Tor l,No
for the relief Of the sufferers; He Is
TO- organize, q, Relief >Committee Of
The reverend cletgymen OF the par
ishes and the Mayors, and will then
ash for subscriptions Of money In Montreal,
Quebec, and elsewhere. He places the loss
at much higher figure than has yet been
mentioned, and says that the number Of fam
families burned out must be about 15o. : He
is also apprehensive that unless the rain
comes quickly the country will witness still
greater destruction froM the flames. Much
Of the land is dried peat-bog, WHICH accounts
for the fire burning deeply into the ground.
He will ask the Dominion Government TOT
assistance, and has no doubt whatever that
he has in view. He solicited subscriptions
in Montreal from few personal friends, and
in q few minutes raised SOL, Passengers py
the Grand Trunk Railroad this morning say
that the fire at St Libofrre Station had ap-
pfoached verynearly to: the railway track,
and caused extreme caution to pc used BY the
railway officials. The measures for reliet,
By the people with hearty generosity and al
ready St. Hyacintb has come forward ltber~
ally. The Mayor Of. Upton, Mr.. Fortln,
however, showed very: little spirit in this
matter and had, the Inauguration OF relief
committees depended upon him the inhab-
have starved Rain would be most welcome
in the, fire parish so sadly in need OF It, and
and wish is that it will. come heavily and
plenteOu51y. s-s-.. -