The Irish standard., 1911-07-15
THREE TOWNS AND IL MINES IN
PoRcUPlNE DISTRICT RE-
DUCED TO ASHES.
IN ONTARIO MINING DISTRICT
700 Suffocated in One Place.-North
Central Michigan in FIRES
Grasp.-Villages
Raced.
WORK OF THE FLAMES.

WYNN W s''- IN Fv1Ss
In Ontario.
Several hundred lives believed
lost in Ontario; Property loss in
Ontario will reach several million
dollars; train carrying 600 refugees
from Cochrane reaches Toronto;
twelve mines in Porcupine district,
, Ontario, burned out; two hundred
miners suffocated In one shaft;
towns of South Porcuplne, Potts
Vile and part Of Golden City, Ont,
, In ashes; roads in Porcupine dis
trlct are strewn with charred bod *
les of human beings and animals. y
In Michigan. T.
u Fires burning in every county y
north of Mason and Orenac coun- y
ties and south of the Straits of
Mackinac, Mchigan; villages of ~
Al Sable and oscoda combined
population 1900, destroyed and
inhabitants homeless; village of !"
Waters, otsego county, reported
burning, Stephenson lumber plant, 81
valued at 100000, also attire. :"
II Many Iumberjacks believed lost;
Rovers City, Presque Isle county, X
saved by sudden veering Of wind; +
people of state aroused and pro- AZ
vision traine are being rushed to y
scene Of devastation; state fire
warden summons every available
man to help fight flames; five hun "
dred refugees from Al Sable and Il
oscoda reach East Tawas. I"
X 4
Toronto. July 13.-The loss of life
In the Porcupine district from fires is
| known to be several hundred and the
| property loss will reach several mil
lions of dollars. Only three of the
81 employees Of the West Dome mine
have been accounted for and 200 min
ers, muckers, etc. in the Dome mine
have been suffocated. The mines
burned include the Dome, North Dome,
Preston, East Dome, Vipond, Foley.
0'Brien, Philadelphia, United Porcu-
pine, Eldorado, Porcupine, Standard
"a Imperial, White Dome and Success.
The Philadelphia mines loss is
Lbout $4,000; United Porcupine mines
oss, $4,000; Eldorado Porcupine, all
buildings destroyed; Standard, about
100000; Imperial, about $4,000; Sue,
cess, probably destroyed; West Mines,
about $4,000. All reports give but
vague idea of the loss OF life as
we'll as property in Porcupine camp,
which probably will total millions of
dollars and hundreds of lives.
In four short hours, tho fire swept
from the Standard mines through to
the shores Of Porcupine lake, where
1t ate up the towns Of South Porcu.
pine, Pottsville, and part of Golden
City, as well as many small buildings
along the lake front. While some loss
Of life occurred in the vicinity Of Por.
cupine lake, the greatest havoc was
wrought around the main mines, not
ably West Dome and Big Dome
Caught in Shafts.
There the entrapped miners, cut of
from escape, were forced to take to
the shafts for safety, and penned in
by flames, persisted. This was notably
true at Dome and West Dome mines
At Preston and East Dome an untim
bered shaft gave shelter and none
persisted. The streets Of South Porch
pine are strewn with dead persons
horses, dogs and cattle. Along the
mine roads are the charred bodies Of
those overcome trying to escape.
OF the staff of 300 at the Dome
mine, but few were saved, and al
the West Dome three out of S5 EN-
ployes are known to be alive. Alonf
the highway between West Dome ant
South Porcupine, over comparative
ly open section, were found six char
red bodies.
Michigan Sea of Forest Fires
DetrOit.-With food at their dispose
and tents provided for their shelter
the thousand or more homeless sur
vivors of the fireswept villages of Al
Sable and Oscoda breathed easier thai
at any time since the flames destroye,
their homes. The known dead remain
three in number. Late reports from
generally encouraging.
The village of Waters, 107 mile
north Of Bay City, on the Michigan
Central, is reported to be burning tt
gether with the Stephenson Lumbe
Company mills and lumber yards, va
ued at about 100000. The village ha
about 200 permanent residents and
large floating populations of lumber
jacks"
The wind has 5ubsided almost er
tirely and 1t would need but it'll
rain to smother the smouldering fire
through Otsego, Cheboygan and Pre-!
que Isle counties Tho rain, how
ever, is not probable and State Fir
Warden Oates has summoned ever
available man to check the progress
p of the flames. His reports indicat
that small forest fires are burning