The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-21
HUNDREDS PERISH
IN FOREST FIRES
Flames DeVastate he Porcupine Min
ing Observation-Disclosures is
Also Ablaze.

! Toronto, Canada. Hundreds of
/ lives were lost and millions Of dollars
worth Of property was destroyed in
the forest fires which swept the For
cupine mining district in Northern
Ontario.
Among the victims were Robert
I Weiss; Angus Butt an assayer, and
his wife; Capt. Jack Hamilton of the
West Dome. Capt. George Dunbar, and
Andy Gull, foreman of the United Por-
cupine mines.
The mines burned include the
Dome, the North Dome, the Preston,
East Dome, the Vipond the Foley
O'Brien, the Philadelphia, the United
| Porcupine, the Eldorado Porcupine,
the Standard Imperial, West Dome,
and Success.
The Philadelphia Mines loss is
about $4,000; United Porcupine
mines loss $4,000; Eldorado Porcu-
pine, all buildings destroyed; Stand.
ard, about 100000; Imperial, about
$4,000; Success, presumably destroy
ed; West mines, about $4,000.
The above gives but a vague idea
of the loss of life as we'll as property
in Porcupine camp, which will proba-
bly, total millions OF dollars and hun
dreds OF lives. In four hours the fire
fiend wiped from the Standard mines
right through 10 the shores of Porcu-
pine lake, where it ate up the town
site of South Porcupine, Pottsvile and
part Of Golden City, as we'll as many
small buildings along the lake front.
While part of the loss OF life oc-
Cured in the vicinity of Porcupine
Lake, the greatest havoc was wrought
around the main mines, notably West
Dome and Big Dome. Here the en-
trapped miners, cut off from escape by
flames, were forced 10 take to the
shafts for safety, and, penned in by
flames, perished. This was notably
true at Dome and West Dome mines.
At Preston East Dome an untimbered
shaft gave shelter and none perished.
The streets of South Porcupine are
strewn with dead persons, horses,
dogs and cattle. Along the mine
roads are charred bodies of those
overcome trying 10 escape.
Chairman Englehart of the T. and
n. o. railway commission reports that
the lives lost in the fire so far ascer.
tanned number fifty and that over 200
are injured The latter are suffering
intensely and are in urgent need Of
medical attention.
The Government railway is bring
ing out burned and injured people
from Porcupine TO Iroquois Falls on
gravel trains and a corps OF doctors
and nurses will meet them there with
a special train and rush them to hos
pitals
A private message from Haileybury
says that at the height of the fire at
Porcupine 600 people We're driven into
the lake and 200 lost their lives. The
report from Cobalt is that altogether
800 lives have been lost
A train consisting OF 900 women
and children was rushed out of Coch.
rane as the wall Of flames advanced
toward the village The town of $500
inhabitants was soon a mass OF fire
and is entirely destroyed South Por.
cupine and Pittsville are charred
ruins.
Detroit-.The town and counties in
northern Michigan affected by the
fire are as follows: Au Sable. wiped
out; Oscoda wiped out; Millersburg.
nearly destroyed; Onaway, thickly
settled portion destroyed; Metz, wiped
out for the second time in three years:
Posen, wiped out for second time ia
three years; Larocque. wiped out:
Tower. reported entirely destroyed:
Alpine. loss Sl.000,0oo Cheboygan.
threyened but safe; Trowbridge.
threatened, part saved