FIRES IN CANADA.
ENORMOUS DEATH ROLL.
(Received July 14, 1.10 p.m.)
TORONTO, July 13. j. lie fire in the Porcupine district is the worst in Canadian, history. The death list numbers over 300, and,the loss of property witi run into many millions of pounds; • A great wall "of flame swept the mining casmps, closing it with startling suddenness. In Golden City men refusing to fight the flames, they were forced' to act at tthe revolver* s point. Frenzied foreigners attempting to rush the boats on which women and children were being removed to safety were held back by armed men.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10287, 15 July 1911, Page 5
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100FIRES IN CANADA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10287, 15 July 1911, Page 5
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