The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-07-20
DETAILS OF FIRE
HORROR GROWING
WITH EVERY HOUR
Destruction of Life and Prop,
erty in the Burned District
Is Very Great.

Cobalt. Ont. July i5.-flvery how
adds to the list of those dead. injured
and rendered destitute in the fire which
devastated Porcupine district, whers
the property loss probably is more thar
81. 900, 600.
The number of dead in the district re.
mains largely a matter of conjectures
About so bodies either have been buried
or designated for shipment IN the cot.
fms now being rushed northward by
the car load. Many persons are miss.
ing from the more densely populated
townships. How many OF the hundreds
living in comparative isolation hay
persisted only days of work by the or.
ganized relief parties a reveal
A message from Porcupine early to-
been found at the Vipond mine. Their
condition made identification impos'
sible.
Bad Condition of Refugees.
Men. women and children thinly clad
ind bearing marks OF the awful fight
against flames anu sInoinering smoke,
are still flocking into the larger towns
N this vicinity and at North Bay.
Those escaping with slight injuries or
none, have gone through to North Bay,
10 be carried free of charge by the
Canadian Pacific railroad and Grand
Trunk railway to their destinations.
Those more or less severely injured
ere taken to hospitals in Haileybury,
Cobalt, Liskeard and North Bay. Ali
these hospitals are filled with sufferers.
Hundreds of people are at Porcupine
waiting special trains out. About 1000
already have left.
Bodies Along the Trail.
North Bay. Ont, July Hundreds
pf refugees are coming out of Porcu-
pine on special and regular trains and
Ill tell narrowing stories of terrific
lights for life. Many bodies are reported
strewn along the trail.
At the Big Dome mine G. splendid
Ire fighting apparatus was available
With powerful pumps n plenty OF
nose, but nothing could withstand the
flames. Two hundred and sixty men
we're waiting at this mine and it is
thought that all except 10 escaped.
When the fire struck the Big Dome,
men ran in all directions. Some went
Town the shaft, Others ran toward the
ake. One mar fell exhausted in q deep
aitch and by keeping his face covered
With mud for three hours, managed
70 save his life. Those who went down
The shaft We're s~uffocated as the shaft
house and even the timbering of the
shaft walls were burned. Six bodies
nave been from the Big Dome
shaft and 81 bodies have been recovered
at West Dome.
Twenty-Five Die at Once.
Reports from South Porcupine grow,
n horror. One survivor declares 90
people were swept off a raft on Porcu-
pine lake in the storm. Hundreds
,tood for five hours in the water where
The only breath available was close
20 the waters surface, between waves
which dashed spray over their heads.
Many sank beneath the waters and
he first search brought out nine bodies
rom Porcupine lake. Estimates Of the
number drowned range from 20 up
wards.
Seven bodies We're found or the trail
1etween Holl1nger and Mcintyre mines,
1alf a mile apart and five bodies have
been found on the Vipond property.
Relief rains with provisions, tents and
blankets are being rushed in over the
government railway II the tood sup
ply at Porcupine is now adequate and
there will be no suffering on that score
The Nighthawk district also was
@ugiiI ~ the flames and several
a%ttE.a re reported. Many are com
l4ss oerl N..th fandaged arms and heads
yuffering from severe burns and al
ell OF a fearful death roll and many
injured.
Better in Michigan.
Bay City, Mich. July l4.-Forest con
iitions were reported to lie greatly i'm
proved In northern Michigan today
Tawas and Onaway and Tower are re.
.,orted to be safe for the present. but
Sel1yville, a hamlet near Vanderbilt
IS said % have been almost wiped out
No additional loss of life has been re.
ported, the total Of deaths remaining
1t seven Oscoda and Au sable are tc
be rebuilt as one village.