Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-07-13
HUNDREDS DEAD
IN forest FIRES
MINERS ARE SUFFOCATED IN
pORCIPINE DISTRICT
Loss REACHES MILLIONS
Flames Garry Death and Destruction
As They Sweep the Country
side.

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by Associated Press
Toronto, ontario, July 12,-The
loss Of life I'm the Porcupine District
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olgNt. four cWplpNes OF the west
Dome mine have been accounted for
and two hundred miners muckers.
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suIl"cated' Ihe mines purheu Ihc'u"e
the Dome, North Dome, Preston East
Dome Vipond Foley O'pricn, Phil
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foi'uplhe' Sl'nUa'u' I"'p''''" "'S'
Dome and Success. The Philadelphia
mines loss Is about $4,000, United
por.uot,, o,,ut soo ana Eldorado
Io''uI'"'' "H "ul'u'"s' u'''' co.
Standard, about $2OOOOi imperial
about S85. 900: West Mines about S35-
ono An ronorts giye but a vapue
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forouPIhe Lake Vho B'eateS' ~" Wv
was wrought apout the man H'I"oS'
notably West Dome Ihere the MN
ers were forced to take to the shaits
for safety, and penned in by flames
pcrished The streets of South Por-
cupine are strewn with dead persons,
horses. dogs and cattle. Along the
minc road are the charred bodies OF
tboso overcome trying to escape. OF
tbo etorr Of thrca hundred at the
Do,,, lut rcv vero eavod Along
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"lorn'"S "'e "''''''a Ga" 80
CLOUDS OF SMOKE 10 tne Sou'l"eS,, :,
They gave no h''d' Later sillul'
blaze started in Lake view oil the
Porcupine townsite, but 1t passed un-
noticed. 1t was not until noon that
the dense smoke clouds began to roll
over the Porcupine district and the
CAMPS took on unusual activity.
shortly after noon the fire had COW
cred an area of twenty-five miles in
length and two miles in width. When
the seriousness of the situation was
apparent the fire call was sounded
with the Dome mine whistle. Miners,
women and children scurried about
I'm the dense smoke, packing valua-
bles In half an hour the flames were
RACING on the spot. Hundreds ran
before the flames The smoke hung
low and many fell exhausted and suf-
focated I'm the flight.
Twenty minutes after the flames
struck the outskirts of South Porcu-
nina II was in ashes. All who es-
copod the flames made for the water
where All sorts of water crafts were
prosscd into service. Women and
children were first hurried into the
boats and started OFF for Pottsyille,
and Golden CITY. where they we're
temporarily free from danger.
Panic and chaos prevailed when the
nlght by water from south Porcupine
began. Men fought with each other
for places in the boats for their fam
ily. Police Officer Murray had to
stand OFF the panlc-stricken foreign
ers who rushed for each boat as II
came In. Many we're hurled into the
water md many rushed in as the
only place OF safety. Twenty launches
and twenty canoes soon had tho wo-