The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-14
DEATH LIST GROWS.
Property Loss in Porcupine District Is
Estimated at $2,OOO,OOO.

Cobalt, Ont, July 14.-Every hour
adds to the list of those dead, injured
and rendered destitute in the fire.
devastated Porcupine district. where
the property loss probably is more than
S2.O0O0OO. The number of dead in the
district remains largely a matter of
conjecture. About 80 bodies either have
been buried or designated for shipment
in the coffins now being rushed north
ward by the carload. Many persons are
missing from the more densely popu-
lated townships. How many of the
hundreds living in comparative isola-
tion have perished only days of work
by the organized relief parties can re-
veal. A message from POrcupine early
today stated that seven bodies had Just
been found at the Vipond mine. Their
condition made investigation impossi-
BILE.
Men. women and children thinly clad
and bearing marks of the awful fight
against flames and smothering smoke,
are still flocking into the larger towns
in this vicinity and at 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 and Grand Trunk
railways to their destinations. Those
more or less severely injured are taken
to hospitals in Haileybury, Cobalt,
Liskeard and North Bay. All these hos
pitfalls are filed with sufferers
Hundreds of people are at Porcupine
awaiting special trains. About 1000 have
left.
Brush Fires Raging.
SeIlwood July 14--Serious bush
fires have been raging for three days
along the Canadian Northern railroad
line from Sudbury to SellWood. Mil
lions of feet of timber have been de-
stroyed and farmers with their fami-
al
fled towards Sudbury. Along the rail
way they found several bridges burned
away. The fire at one time reached
the outskirts Of Sudbury and threaten
ed its destruction.
The total loss here is about S25O,OOU.
No loss of life has been reported.
Train Load of COffins.
Toronto. Ont, July 14.-COincident
with the arrival of many survivors of
Porcupine's great disaster, early this
morning, a trainlOad of $50 coffins left
for the north country. Survivors
brought additional stories of the hor-
ror and recounted many miraculous
escapes The foreigners were put to
work stamping out the smouldering
fires at Golden City and Pottsville. one
was shot at Pottsville when caught
going through the clothes Of a dead
r. H. Webber of Lockport, N. Y.
one of the survivors, escaped from the
Dome mine, where 100 were burned to
death, by wading into the lake up to
his neck The wave of heat sweeping
over the water burned his face badly.
There were 400 people standing in
the lake. said he, ''and saw 20
drown
Several thousand dollars in currency
was saved by J. J. Moss of Reno, New,
by canoeing far out into the lake.
A. H. Champion and Joseph Heaiy,
manager and superintendent of the
Imperial mines, escaped with 10 en-
pIoyees by run of six miles around
The lake They stumbled over bodies
along the road, and saw a woman pick
up a skull and put it in her hand
bag.
George Lisl1, prospector near the
West Done, saw his brother and part
ner burn to death. Penned in on all
sides by the flames, they sought safety
in 2. small stream. AS the fire swept
over the stream Lisk saw his two com
panions die, while he rolled on ms
back in the shallow water near the
bank.