Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-14
DEATH LIST GROWS
Every Hour Adds to List of
Forest Fire Victims.
COFFINS BY THE CARLOAD
News Lacking From Hundreds in the
Isolated Districts.
HOMELESS ARE IN FLIGHT
Railroads Giving Free Transporta-
tion Ont oP fho Porcup{ne Dis
COFFINS BY THE CARLOAD
HOMELESS ARE IN FLIGHT
Railroads Giving Free Transporta-
ton Out of the Porcupine Dis
trict--Hospitals Filled.

COBALT, Ont, July 14.-Every passing
hour adds to the list of those dead, in
jured and rendered destitute in the fire.
devastated Porcupine district, where the
property loss probably is more than
S2,OOOOOO.
The number of dead in the district
remains largely a matter Of conjecture
About ninety bodies either have been
buried or designated for shipment in the
collins now being rushed northward by
the carload. Many persons are missing
from the more densely populated town.
ships
How many of the hundreds living In
comparative 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 condition made identifica-
ton impossible.
Flocking to the Towns.
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 railroad and Grand Trunk rail
way to their destinations.
Those less severely injured are taken
to hospitals in Haileybury, Cobalt, Liske-
ard and North Bay. All these hospitals
are filled with sufferers.
Hundreds of people are at Porcupine
awaiting special trains out. About 1000
already have left.
Farmers Abandon Homes.
SELLWOOD, Ont, July 14-Serious
bush fires have been raging for three
days along the Canadian Northern rail-
road from Sudbury to Sellwood. Mil
lions of feet of timber have been de-
stroyed and farmers, with their families,
have abandoned their homes.
Many fed toward Sudbury. Along the
railway they found several bridges burn
ed away. The fire at one time reached
the outskirts of Sudbury and threatened
It's destruction.
The total loss here is about $3.50 OOO.
No loss of life has been reported.
Narrowing Tales by Refugees.
NORTH BAY, Ontario, July 14-Hun-
dreds of refugees are coming out of Por-
cupine on special and regular trains, and
all tell narrowing stories of terrific fights
for life. Many bodies are reported strewn
along the trail.
At the Big Dome mine a splendid fire.
fighting apparatus was available, with
powerful pumps and plenty of hose, but
nothing could withstand the flames. Two
hundred and sixty men were working at
this mine, and it is thought that all
except ten escaped. When the fire struck
the Big Dome men ran in all directions.
some went down the shaft, others ran
toward the lake.
The man fell exhausted in deep ditch,
and by Keeping his face covered with mud
for three hours managed to save his life
Those who went down the shaft were
suffocated. as the shafthouse and even
the timbering of the shaft walls was
burned Six bodies have been recovered
from the Big Dome shaft, and twenty
seven bodies have been recovered at West
Dome.
Reports from South Porcupine grow in
horror one survivor states that twenty
two people were swept off a raft on Por-
cuplne lake in the storm.
Hundreds of people stood for five hours
in the water. where the only breath avail
able was close to the waters surface
between waves, which dashed spray over
water. and the first search brought out
nine bodies from Porcupine lake.
Twenty or More Drowned.
Estimates of the number drowned range
from twenty upward.
Seven bodies We're found on the trail
between Hollinger and McIntye mines,
half mile apart, and five bodies have
been found on the Vipon property.
Relief trains with provisions. tents and
blankets are, being rushed in over the
government railway. and the food supply
at Porcupine is now adequate.
Hundreds are coming out Of the fire
zone. and North Bay is crowded with
refugees awaiting trains to their former
homes.
The Night Hawk district also was
caught by the flames, and several deaths
there are reported. Many are coming
out with bandaged arms and heads suffer-
ing from severe burns and all tell Of a
fearful death roll and many injured.
Days will pass before anything like
accurate estimates Of the dead can be
made.