Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-07-14
AWFUL FIGHT
AGAINST FLAMES
Men, Women and Children
Endure Indescribable
Suffering
LOSS RUNS INTO MILLIONS
Porcupine District in Canada
Now Is Picture of
Desolation.
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jured and rendered destitute in the
fire-devasted Porcupine district, where
the property loss probably is more
than 100000.
About 80 bodies either have beer
designated or embalmed for shipment
| in the coffins now being rushed nortn
ward by the carload.
Many persons are missing from tre
densely populated townships. How
many of the hundreds living in com
parative isolation have perished onls
days of work by the organized re
life parties can reveal. A message
from Porcupine early Today stated
that sevene bdies rad just been
that seven bodies had just been found
at the Vipond mine.
| Men, women, and children thin;y
cad and bearing marks of the awful
fight against flames and smotherins
smoke are still flocking into the larg
er towns in this vicinity and at NORTH
Bay. The hospitals at Haileyburg
Cobalt, Liskeard, and North Bay are
filled with sufferers.
| Farmers Abandon Homes.
Sellwood, Ont, July 14-Serious
bush fires have been raging for three
days along the Canadian Northern
R. r. line from Sudbury to Sellwood
Millions of feet Of lumber have beer
destroyed and many farmers with
their families have abandoned tn Ill
homes.
The fire at one time reached the
outskirts of Sudbury and threaten ed
! it's destruction.
The total loss here is about $260,000
No loss of life has been reported.
Bodies strewn Along Trails.
North Bay, Ont, July 14-Hundreds
cf refugees are coming out of Porcu
pine on. special and regular trains
and all tell narrowing stories of ter
rife flights for life Many bodies
are reported strewn along the trail
| Al the Big Dome mine splendid
fire fighting apparatus was availrbl+
with powerful pumps and plenty ot
hose but nothing could Withstand the
flames. Two hundred and sixty mer
were working at this mine and It Is
Thought that all but ten escaped.
Fearful Death Roll.
/ Relief trains with provisions, tents
and blankets are being rushed in
over the government railway and the
food supply at Porupine is now ad-
equate
The night Hawk district also was
caught by the flames and several
deaths we're reported.
Many are coming out with bandag
ed arms and heads suffering from
severe burns and all tell of fearful
death roll and many injured.
Days will pass before anything like
accurate estimates of the dead can be
made.
| Killing Was Justified.
| Ottawa, Ont, July 14.-Mrs. Napo
letano, who killed her husband on
April 8, alleged at her trial that she
killed him because he tried to force
her into an immoral life for his f1nan.
cial benefit.
She was convicted, despite her
plea of justification, and was senten
ced to be hanged on August next
about IL days after she expects to
become a mother for the fifth time.
| Much pressure was exerted on the
Ottawa government to prevent hel
Execution.
Covered His Face With Mud.
When the fire struck the Big Rome
mine men ran in all directions. Some
went down the shaft, others ran
| toward the Lake. One man fell ex-
hausted in deep ditch and by keep.
ing his face and body covered with
mud for three hours, managed to
save himself. Those who went down
the shaft were suftocated as the shaft
house and even the timbering of the
shaft walls were burned. Six bodies
have been recovered from the Big
Dome shaft and twenty seven bodies
have been recovered from West Rome.
Reports Grow In Horror.
Reports from South Porcupine grow
in horror. One surveyor states that
TWENTY-FIVE people were swept or a
raft on Porcupine Lake in the storm.
Hundreds Of people stood for i've
hours in the water, where the only
breath available was close to the wat
er's surface, between waves which
dashed spray over their heads. Many
sank beneath the waters and the
first search brought out nine bodies
from Porcupine Lake.
i Estimates of the number drowned
range from twenty up. Seven bodies
were found on the trail between Hol.
linger and Mcintyre mines, halft q
lmiie apart, and five bodies have been
found on the vipond property.
\ Rains May ExtInouIsh Fires. y
I Alpena, Mich. July ia heavy
rain that began this afternoon at Au
Sable and Tawas is expected to be
general throughout the forest lire dis-
tricts Of northern Michigan before
night.
Michigan Reports Seven Dead.
Bay City. Mich, July 14.-Forest
fire conditions were reported to Be
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