The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13
TWENTY DEAD IN
BURNING FORESTS
TEN COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN SWEPT
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FIRES RAGE In ONTARIO
THIRTY LIVES REPORTED LOST ~
HOLOCAUST THAT RACES OVER
500 MILES OF TERRI

| DETROIT. MICH. July 1.-THE
forest fires in Northern Michigan are
still spreading tonight, but not near
| ly as rapidly as yesterday, owing &c
| the wind dying down.
| The first refugees from Oscoda and
Ausahie arrived In Detroit this after
noon. They escaped from their burn
ing cities on a steamer which was
atire when II left Its docks.
Some definite estimates of loss of
life NOW are made. In the two burn =
ed cities there are at least twenty
known dead. Many others are miss =
ing. The loss In those two cities alone
lis $4,000. 600.
The town lates to be attacked Is
Waters. which is near Roscommon.
Appeals for help were sent out at Z
o'clock tonight, and shortly after
wards communication was lost
Dispatches from Frederic. seven
miles away. say that the town must
be entirely In flames. for the light
from the fire is as bright as though
1t was only across a street. Tine last
word from the town was that all the
lumber yards were afire.
Relief trains were started imme-
diately.
A dispatch from Ausahles received
shortly after O'Clock says that about
100 residents remain In that city. but
that every business house was de-
stroyed. About two thousand are
homeless
In Detroit preparations are being
made to send waring apparel and
other necessities
Militia to Aid Victims
Orders were issued to-day for three
companies OF militia to be sent to the
burned districts. There Is no need of
ma rtial law. however. The soldiers
will be used only for making tented
abodes for the homeless and for such
other rescue work may be necessary.
The fires now have attacked twelve
counties. though not covering any of
them completely. They have broken
OUT In widely separated localities. The
intense heat OF the last month has
made the woods so dry that the slight
est carelessness in the lumber camps
and by woodsmen will start fires that
cannot be controlled. The counties
that have been affected are Emmett.
CEeyboygan, Presiguli Montgomery.
Alpena- Altoona, Oscoda, Crawford.
hoscommon. Ogemaw and 1osco.
Fire Sweeps Ontario.
OTTAWA, ONT, July IA late
special from North Bay says the forest
fires that have been raging there for
days past have developed Into what
looks like one Of the biggest disasters
northern Ontario has ever suffered.
In many instances. notably at
Cochrane, South Porcupine and Potts
vile, all three Of which have been
practically destroyed, the fire ragged
with such swiftness and fury that
the population had barely time to
save their lives and abandoned every
thing in the rush for safety.
The. fire swept over an area 500
miles long and many miles wide from
North Bay northwa-d and within this
area the damage done Is incalculable
Every mining camp from Dome to
Whitley Is gone. Men. women and
children lack the bare necessities of
life. There are thousands OF refugees
many of them conferred at Golden
Gate. who escaped the main part Of
the flames. The Ontario government
railway IL giving all possible aid both
in shelter. supplies and transportation
to the sufferers and the towns un-
touched by the flames are also CO.
operating. Foodstuffs are mostly
neesOed.
II Is rumored from North Bay that
upward Of thirty lives have been lost
an result Of the fires and that the
losses win 90 over two million dol
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