The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-08
CANADIAN FOREST FIRES.
LARGE L0sSES IN THE SouiHH"'
PtRT OF THE DOMINION
III. cir. Area. Arc Near tho boundary Line
in southeast Manitoba aud pet" een Moh,-
reni aud ottawa. south OF me o''A"N
R,,.r. nIapy Lives Losi-Fircs EIHe"h"re'

rb. fire Areas Arc Near tho Bonnusrs i""e
n. Southeast Manitoba nnd be'wee" y"
reni aud ottawa. south OF the o''H"A
river. 1Iany hvca Losi-tires Ei"""n"re'
DULUTH, Minn, oct. 7.--kcpor's RECEIVE"
here from tho Canadian border where 'ne IorcsV
and prairie Ares have been raging say th"t tHe
flames are spreading and that lhere Is s'e".
danger of their reaching the thicEiy popu''cu
settlements. So far ten persons nave 'ost tnclr
uves. Thousands Of dollars worth Oh 'ihlo'i
10, hoo, DESTROYED, and many persons have lost
their homes and crops. Settlers nave Dceh
erbtine the flames night and day for over a
week. The sworth line between the United
s,otea and Manitoba has been completely
ob,i,cro,cd. Strenuous efforts are being made
n preyept the lire from getting a start on the
American side of the line, but grave fears are
entertained, Near White Mouth n trappcr by
the name Of Laundry was burned to DEATH "A
German woman living in n small house near
where the fire was most furious yesterday is re-
portcdIto have been burned to death and the chill
dren are missing.
A despatch from whitehouse says: Tho
fire is spreading rapidly. A Mr.. Jorgenson
Lost a new house and stable and several settlers
had close calls for their lives. A heavy wind
struck here this morning, and shortly after noon
all was in darkness because OF the dense
smoke"
At Beausejor. Manitoba, seven persons
were burned to death, and at Morris, Manito-
bs, one family of four persons is known to
have persisted. Several bodies have been
recovered near South Indian. Three villages,
South Indian. Casselman, and Cheney, are
known TO have been swept away by fires. De.
tails are mcagre and hard to obtain.
CAssELMAN, Ontario, Oct. "A quarter OF a
million of money Is the estimate put upon the
loss by fire in and about this place. South In
Upward Of 1000 persons have been rendered
homeless and most of them penniless as well.
The charred remains, of five persons who per;
ished in the flames have been recovered. and
1t is feared that others who are missing have
also been burned TO death. One woman died
from exposure yesterday. after giving birth to
The names, OF the dead are: Mrs, Cunning.
ham Of Casselman, So years of age; Mrs; Frank
two children of Mrs. Leveille, aged 9 months
and L. years respectively; Miss Stiles, aged
so, a sister Of Mrs. Leveille; Mrs. Lacroix OF
Casselman.
The missing who are feared to have been
lost are Miss Julia Lautin. aged %, house:
Mrs. Desorais. who lived in this Big Gully on
the Casselman road. Many are seriously
mans station on the Canada Atlantic and eX-
tends east OF C~asselman. a distance OF fifteen
miles. II also extends southwest almost to the
the Canada Atlantic road. over all this dis
trict, besides the three villages burned. scores
or 1armhOOseS nave been wiped out ana ami
mails are lying about everywhere, and the
fields and .charred trees help to make up the
desolate picture. The suffering people are be-
ing taken to Ottawa and cared for in the few
farmhouscs yet remaining.
Survivors say i was a tornado Of flame, and
a few hours sufliced to work the havoc that
has been done. No one who passed through the
fire seems able to describe its swif. work OF de-
struction. 1t rushed upon the farmers from the
woods and in a few minutes all was in ruins.
In the villages the flames leaped from one house
TO another: The fire sped through the forest.
and only blackened stumps remain to mark its
course. Food is much needed by the homeless
people. who to-day are suffering much from
the searching cold wind that prevails. Such
an experience is unparalleled in this section.
and the magnitude of the loss has rendered the
people almost crazed over the miBfortunes that
have befallen them.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Oct. O. Forest fires are
so numerous here that almost the entire State
is painting under a cloud of SMOKE.
CLEVELAND. o., Oct. This city is over
clouded by smoke from the burning forests OF
Ohio and Michigan, and navigation from this
port is impeded. Several vessels have come
near ~colliding with the pier while entering this
port or have anchored outside the breakwater,
waiting for the smoke to clear away.