The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-05
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Winnipsg. Nm. Aus. s.--As q re-
snn ~ bush hrss tkat started yes
tsr1ey asd ssip ssGp for maay mi,ss,
ysnis. b. c.. n wiped on the map;
n1lshei. II miles distant. 10 In flames
ana the fate Of Posmer. oslen and
eDax~eod. Intervening towna In in
doubt - they are cut or from COM
musicstion.
= More than 100 lives were reported
lost. ~ Of them In Fernie. A terri
tory loe square miles In extent IL
. sssthinG mass of flames. Through
est II Are scattered hundreds OF ium-
bss men and prospsctors. 20 that the
aetsa1 loss Of liSs win not bs known
)@or dsys- Much property q the Ca.
nadian Pacinc and the Great North
srn rsiiwaya - destroyed. including
bridoss ana se>llns stosk harmed. 90
thst e = inpossIbls = snssr Or leave
the purnins area lnhShitants OF the
affected towns have asd 70 open
coussry 20 sssk safety. The
hallway eonpaniss have placed all
svsilAbls trains at the disposai Of
rsfuesss ana unIsss there 10 . change
sf,w1n1 WitAin NJ nszt a. hsuss shs
yop>, pe'tAs gp4eb ,ssse ~ = IN
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-, possteility Of sstimatins the loss
% ME and property which wsli result.
fer NE namss are driven by half
sais. mailing Il impossible to put mp
nght asainst their advance. The
eornasSstion - the greatest which
ever visited Canada.
40 present the nrs n following the
crest Of the mountsin above Spar
wood crest. eating down into tho VAL
lsys on either side. II 10 travelling at
. tremendous rate and unless there IL
. change OF wind win cross the boun:
dary into Montana within the next II
hours. There are thousands Of min
srs and proseectors' claims in the
track Of the f,rs. all OF which are in
psril.
rirs' hshtins apparatus 10 Of no
SvHii. for the air IL niled with frag-
nsnts ~ burning WOOD and sheets of
namss sssn, 70 isap ahead OF the con-
saerstisn - II the sir itssIf were in
aansac The heat b ,intsnse and
many of the Are Ashters have gone
down before n.
Z Dush nrss are raging from Gran.
brook 20 the crow's Nest. Tho wind
y blowing heavy gale and the avail.
able men are fshting the nre and
west OF Crsnbrook Il 10 under con-
sroi. rslesraphic communication with
rsrnis. Posmer and Michel IL cut.
-Four men lost their lives trying TO
cave the huge Great Northern bridge
10 miles west OF Miched. but Il was
destroyed. Two men from sparwood
we're taken to the Michel hospital. II
ID feared Michel also II doomed as
the nre In sweeping eastward down
the Crows Nest and unless the wind
shifts the whole Crows Nest country
viii be laid waste.
Peter Campbell. who reached Mich
eI today. says the whole country be-
tween cranbrook and Michel 10 q
seething chaidron.
The body OF Peter Miller was found
on the Canadian Pacific railroad
tracks near Michel. Posmer. Elko.
sparwood and woodtown are reported
destroyed by the nre.
The Canadian Pacific railroad Is
rushing trains with doctors. nurses,
food and clothing to the destitute.
A bulletin from Michel says:
This town is doomed unless the
wind changes. Canadian Pacific rail-
way making up special trains to carry
Inhabitants to safety"
w. w. Tuttle. mayor OF Fernie. has