Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-15

A-PENA. Mich. July A-Heavy rain
that began both at Au Sable and East Tawas
Is expected 10 be general throughout the
forest fire districts Of northern Michigan.
COBALT. Ont. July lA-Every hour adds
TO the list OF those dead injured and rem
dered destitute in the fire which devas-
tated Porcupine district where the prop
erty loss probably Is more than S2.0Oae0o.
The number Of dead in the district re-
mains largely a mater Of conjecture.
About ninety bodies either have been
buried or designated for shipment In the
coffins now being rushed northward by the
carload Many persons missing from
more denseiy populated townships. How
many of the hundreds living in compare
tive isolation have perished only days OF
work by the organized relief parties can
reveal A message from Porcupine early
today stated that seven bodies had just
been found at the vipond mine. Their con
dition made Identification impossible
Men. women and children, thiniy clad
and bearing marks of the awful fight
against flames and smothering smoke. are
stiil floeking into the larger towns In this
vicinity and North Bay. Those escaping
with slight injuries or none have gone
through to North Bay. to be carried free
of charge by the Canadian Pacific railroad
and Grand Trunk railway TO their destina-
tions. Those more or less severely injured
are tsken 70 the hospitals in Haileybury.
Cobalt. Liskeard and North Bay. An these
hospitals are filled with sufferers.
Hundreds Of people are at Porcupine
awaiting special trains out. About 100
already have left
Terrific Fights for Life
Z NORTH BAY. Ont. July lA-Hundreds
Of refugees are coming out of Porcupine
on special and regular trains and all tell
narrowing stories OF terrific fights for life.
Many bodies are reported atrcwn along the
trail.
At the Big Dome mine . splendid fire
fighting apparatsas. VAS ayaiiRale with pow
erfui pumps ana aplsniy Of hose. but moth
sns ceuld Withstand the f1ames- TIVE hun
ared and sixty men were working at this
mine. and-it IL thought that all except ten
escaped.
when the IRE struck the Big Dome men
ran in all directions, some went down the
shaft. others ran toward the lake One
man fell exhausted In deep ditcn ano Dy
keeplpK his face covered with muo TOT
three hours managed TO save MS NE
srhoaa who went down the shaft were SUI
focated as the shaft house and even tne
.,-.,,.-,,, ~ the shaft walls were burned
ESx bodies have been recovered from the
ne Dome shaft and twenty-seven bodies
hav. baen recovered at West Dome
Reoorts from South Porcupine grow II
horror one survivor declares twenty-five
vaople were swept off a raft on Porcupins
80 An the storm Hundreds OF peopk'
800 for e,ve hours in the water where
; the only breath available was close 70 the
waters surface between waves wnier
DASHED spray over their heads Many SAM
n.n.ath the waters and the nrst seareh
brought out nine bodies from ForeuP'h'
lake.
from twenty upward
seven bodies were found on the pr~h
,~.eu Boliinger and Mcintyre mines nan
mile apart. and five bodies nave pee
sound on the vipond properly. rem
$50. with provisions. tents ana oianN7u
-. ns,ng rushed In over the goyernmen
-.uxav and the food supply At Poreupin'
- .dsoua4e. and there win be no SUI
ferfng on that score
tsu1dreds are coming out OF the tire ~oA'
.nd North Bay is crowded WIN
-.-.,,tng trains to their former homes
rns Night Hawk district was also eAush
~, IN. flames and several deaths ws1s 70
norted. Many are coming ou' Win -. -
sa~sa arms ana heads, suffering rom =
- burns. and all tell Of fe@rtui oe~e'
sDp,-Sn and many injured