New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
CALLS FOR AID NET.
MANY Tosrns Sending Supplies
Fire More Deaths.

r-snh-eok. B. c.. Aug. 2-W. Carswell, as
sistart Superintendent of the Great Northern
Railway arrived here tonight from ternle'
having made his way out at great FISK farI
Of the trip was made on a handcar ana tHe
r..t on foot the railway line being destroyed
Every stick Of timber along the line is gone
and not living thing is left
The bodies Of Scott Miller and Louis ffatiiie'
/. section hand, have been brought In ana 1our
dead Italians have been found beside the track
Mr. and Mr. Fcreseter and twenty-five men
, have arrived at CampbeTs Siding having oeen
forced to give up their fight to save the Spar
wood Mill Five members of the party dleo
nd the others escaped only with the greatest diff
eea,lt,. They travelled all night by the light Of
,be burning forest making their way in places
along the bed of the creek, where the water
protected them in part from the terrible neat
They are not yet out of the danger zone. and
Locomotives will he sent in for them If possible.
The whole population of the region is clearing
ans Fire is not the only danger which the
people of the burning area have to face star
walton has been added TO the terrors When the
,,eorle left their homes for the protection camps
few provisions were taken. and now there are
some six thousand on the prairies with nothing
to eat
The Mayor of Fernie has sent out calls TOT
assistance which are rapidly being answered.
This afternoon a special meeting Of the Council
of Cranbrock was held. and within an hour /"
car vas loaded with provisions, clothing and
tents The Canadian Pacific Railway has To-
con,otive ready and the train viii be pushed
1t TOD speed. Other cars will follow as rapidly
as they can be loaded.
Word has been received from Vancouver,
Calgary. Medicine Hat and Lethbridge that
cars are also being loaded there. and several
of them will be at the end Of the undestroyed
railroad by morning Calgary is sending two
cars. Medicine Hat two and Lethbridge one
Mr.. srowrnIee. general superintendent Of the
Canadian Pacific Railway. is on his way TO the
scene. and has left orders that all provisions
and supplies are to he rushed. The call for
assistance has been sent east as far as the
head of the lakes. and dispatches indicate that
they are being readily met The main dlth-
Guilty is the distribution.
From the border of the burning area to the
destroyed towns there is no means of communl-
cation except foot or by mule team The
bridges are down and the trails are hemmed in
by the burning forest. Distributing gangs are
being organized. and these will 60 through as
soon as possible The Canadian Pacific Rail-
wav line is open TO Michel from the east and
TO Morrissey from the west, leaving a gap OF
sixteen miles.
Extra gangs are being rushed forward by the
railroad company TO make repairs, and the COM
pany has telegraphed to all agents to accept
consignments Of provisions and supplies free Of
charge
Il is hoped that a train will reach the site
Of Fernie by daylight tomorrow It has been
made up and will carry doctors and hospital
supplies for the injured, of whom there are
many Telegraphic communication with the
head Of The burned area is cut off Rough esti-
mates place the financial loss at S3,00o,000 and
the loss OF life at more than one hundred.