:L.VENSON an nouns 37?: IN s'roEcK IARDWOOD fs Wear TIPS T0 HOUSEWIVES m"Muskoka, mostly maple, cut in blocks for furnace r cord or big box load; lose rxces. on ehvery. jg-.;. BACKTIRSM SERVICE IN NORTH` Thursgiay, December? 7, 1922 Pfovincial Constable w; Rich Tells _pf Work = it} 7 I \JUIlIIllIUIvv -- -.-. Stole F-rom the Dead _ The worst suffering, he found, was at i Heaslip, where the Bond family, the Fiem-_V I ings, father and son, and Amos `I-Ieaslip, 1 perished in the,` flames. Fifteen bodies 1 were recovered there. CopstableARich said ' that the military medals belonging to the 1 Flemings, both of whom were returned sol- I diers, were recovered from.the ruins of their home and were taken to a house Jlearby. The medals were stolen and four * French-Canadians livingin a shack nearby 4 were charged with the theft, the medals being found in their shack. Two of them were convicted and were sentenced to six months each in jail. I The entire Brentha valley had been swept by the ames and numerous stories of nar- _ row escapes were told by the settlers at that point. One family had taken refuge ` under a waterfall, in the narrow space between the rock wall and the curtain of the water, where they remained for five hours, protected from the ` ames. n......:A.....m. nmm-nencv work was done by protected from me munes. Considerable emergency work by the police in restoring lines `of communice- V tion. Roads in many sections were virt- ually impassable immediately after the (Continued from page 1) I I\___1 [ed and delivered. Fire Aurea. ure, an uunuxw -nun: u -....-_ . trees lay across the roads`,u;ndvt`h'ese con- ditions required prompt action. About. a week after the re Constable ` Rich was called out with other officers lto fight a blue in a. muskeg near Engla- her-t',_ whichrwas threatening the Al- though there had been a `snowstorm and `the ground was covered with snow, the muskeg was still burning fiercely and the fire was not extinguished without con-N siderahle difficulty. T n ,! AL- `KY-...LL _--..-- fire, as culverts -were burnt out,` fallen 4---- '--- -Ann-an bhn nnoan in!` than [Kin- DPHII4 VI nu: AVVIUIJ ! I The spirit of the people was wonderful, he said. Very few `spoke of leaving the north.` In the farming sections the ma- Jonty simply commenced to build temporary shelters as quickly as pos'sible.A Some sent their wives and families away for the time being but in most cases all stayed right on | the scene of their former home. ; | any vvua-1._ -v. vunvnu -v--_-- As to the origin of the fire, after the ' first excitement had cooled down, it seem- * ed generally vamed that`it was due to a ` combination of circumstances which could I neither have been foreseen or controlled.` The fire rangers had been withdrawn in an i iexceptionally -dry season, the farmers, al- M most to a man, seized~the opportunity to! clear their land by burning slash", a- terrifio wind sprang up on October 5 and these circumstances combined to sweep the country. It was not one fire, it was a multitude of fires. ' Some settlers still remain pessimistic.` There was a strong belief in some quarters, I ' said Constable Rich, that it was by no! r means: the last big fire the North is to ex-' - perience.` Many were of the opinion that! u the burned trees and tree trunks would dry, LIV ana wuuicu U1 \J11La.11U u. to uuu. ......... ..- -_-. O a ._pleteness of the re calamity that devastated Northern Ontario in the ear calamities we have had. before, but never such complete destruction "as this. over 1,200` square miles laid desolate, town after town nothing but a bleak expai swept bare, thousands of your fellow citizens cleaned out and thrown abruptly be against nature and her/ grim forces: re, hunger, ice and the stark northern cold. _ Coming as this` terrible re did. it with "the harvests in, with the. already preparing for the rigors 6 complete destruction wrought is 1 o`7\vercorne. \ housands of people at first had literally no place to lay their head. little to wear and nothing to eat. They had to be taker; care of at first. somehow, and then, desperately as the` days went by. \and. the cold grew more intense, ropgh but V -qerviceable standard shacks, I6 x 20 , ` Hiave been replacing tents. old street cars, packing-boxes and sheet iron---a regular food supply has been es- tablished, and rough clothing is being , distributed. ' ' DU LUCIK UUDD uavnsnuuuu ---V be taken that, the room_i3 1. d with light. `he srge is of good qut`-lit) them; I ason why it should not be Whm successfully. Warm, nqt hot, W0 beused and to every pallful Of `'3 . 1}-pint of white vinegar. Ril15 ` warm water with a few 8Pfhu:`! ar. Squeeze the garment 8t1V' ge on 9. clean cloth to 4117- , V 0` the articles up, for the. W013 0' aterl will pull the materials 0` Winter--the rele'ntl'ess foej u-s;ir':.tv:'f the; North I `L. _-_._I- _..._ [EN and women of Ontario%--it is time that - .- u 1- I -. .1 . I, ,--._-L-.] KT...-I-Lav Give 1,8(iO families (a fighting chance to Temporary relief ngilst "go on. We must rible in the autumn. [townspeople or df winter--the n the.ha;der to up quickly and go like [tinder in the event of a small-. blue, which would quickly spread to the extent of a holocaust. - - ~ A 3 1------___ -..-as AC antenna .--4-v-__.- Bpacuu UV I/any vauvvuv V. .- Instances of heroism 'were, of course,` numerous. Constable Rich was particular-2 ly struck `by the,hero_ic work` done by an Anglican`-misionary named Gosse, stationed` at Heaslip, who` went a ut amid the" still smouldering ruins after the fire, do- ing rescue and relief work until he` col- lapsed under thestrain. - . ` A move is on foot, he said, to erect a memorial at Englehart to the fire victims N ,who are` buried in a plot there. ` Criticihe Government - _ ` According to ' E. H-argreaves, now of Barrie, `formerly of Haileybury, a fire refugee who returned this week from atrip ' North, feeling against the Drury govern- Packet "says in a current issue: . 1 Mr. J. I.` Hartt haslbeen spending con- A siderable time in the North of late, a.rrang- :` ing for to the members of` the Orange order who suffered /in the big, fire. Mr. Hartt thus was brought into closei contact with the conations in. the, fire! devastated -region,` and - tells the Packet that people who have not been there can, scarcely realise what it means to have: everything swept away by fire. , In the town 1 of Charlton the only house left standing-'; was that of Mr. J. Price, formerly:9_f:Orillia. All the people now have shelter of somel kin`, however, and their cheerfulnem is wonderful. A week ago last. Stmday, Hartt attended a service in a box car, and I * ment is running high in the fire swept l was deeply moved as -he fstened to the Qarea, more particularly since the recent > tour of Temiskaming by mayors of On-= Vtario municipalities. The feeling is that] u the money expendeclon thh junket could I have been better turned into relief chan- .` nels, inasmuch as the evident intention of 1 the trip was to persuade the mayors to - have the municipalities bear the relief ex- qpense direct, instead of through govern- l7Il`leIlt taxation. ll 1.....L.... .....-...lm_- Lawn run alinrf. and at little congregation singing with great fer- vour Count your blessings." One thing that impressed Mr. Hartt was the lack of plavthingst,_ for` the children.` Their toys, like everything else, are gone. What this means was brought home to him when he saw half a dozen little 'rls at.- Chhrlton playing with one doll, benging: to Mr. Price s daughter. He found the; Church of England clergyman, Mr. Goss, Enolhnrt. making preparations to Lst Men's Snore 'lll.l1| 0|lS. UOIISISIDIB men was panuuuxnn-: theheroic work an Anglicammimionary stationed at who the smouldering ruins righ fire rescue work he col-K ~ Innaml unnr f.hn'at1-gain. ' ' fment taxation. _ A - Lumber supplies have run short andl building operations in Haileybury are at! a standstill in many instances because the `promised material is not at hand. Coupling [these facts with the original feeling that lthe government. was to blame for arbitrar- gily withdrawing the fire rangers on Sept. i 15, despite the unusually dry weather. and [it can be seen why the popularity of the 1-nun:-nwxnnf luau 1118119!` _ . [it 0311 be seen way we pupluurny ,prov-mclal government has waned. THE BARRIE` EXAMINER, Q 7-c-r-v- -~- J In the name of humanity we must see these fellow citizens through until Spring opens up the ,i land and general business activities are resumed. Money -must be forthcoming from the citizens of Ontario, from municipalities, industries, soci- ` ` -L----L.... -+.- .___nn- IVI\Ill\J 'lllIA\.rI. -any _'_ -__, I * eties, public bodies. lodges, churches. etc.--not for rehabilitation or re-establishment, but for the supply of bare necessities, "temporary relief" in fact, to the stricken North. `The. B:ihterSide of the` Pictute 'Tmporafy Relief Until Spring 4- LL..- Christfnas Cheer `for North Under the heading Christmas Cheer forl the Children of the North the ormiai "says current u. T 1' I1 ...-M, kn hnan snendinz con- k and white engravings and 95" hould be hung in a Jroom With " gs and etchings. Puty-colored W3 ten their best background angi 9` 1.- ...1-.._ 4...; H... mm is 0119 Mr. the lack of was him ...z..... 1... ....... 1..1: .. Anun littln girls at, iyour "uounr your nxeauugu. What tms was nrougut uumc w nun w n._ Ch lton beonging to _Mr. the Church Goss,` at Englh-art. making preparations lzive -a4 Christmas present to each of the children whose homes had been burnt in land around that town. M . Hartt offered to help and `brought home. he names of 26 children. and their ages. These will be provided for by the Ryerson Bible Clam, who :took up the suggestion with enthus- iasm. Mr. Hartt further conceived the idea that -the people of Orillia should we should all realize tlle terrible com- a _0ntari in the` early days of October. Fires and g expanse of Vruins, hundreds of farms abruptly back into man's primeval struggle - I ` I I. ` get on their feet. [st not fail the North. undertake to provide `Christmas presents for furnish the names and ages of H mm the `children of Charlton. He. made the children as they`care to provide for. H . proposalreto the Methodist Sundaynschool on Hartt went down to Toronto this week b Sunday and they are going to do their interest the Orangemen there in pmvidiq share. _ `The Orangemen and True Blues , Christmas cheer. He intends to go Nol have also agreed to help. To any other i next week and remain there till Ohrit organisations who will be ready to help in ! mas, arranging for the distribution 0! & 4-1.3. ......,i mnrlr Mr mu-tr. will be clad to I goods entrusted to him. LIIIVU luau {I Avvu nu uvl . Qw ...._, ..._._I, , organisation: be 1 di this good work, Mr. Hartt will be glad | goods DRY CLEANING! 7 s yfjgluu Like New: = 11-` lT S SOILED -- SEND IT `TOUS We ll save you many -times the cleaning costs by acid- ing months of service to your things. Then, too, there s` che` satisfaction of having. them always spic and span. -_ LL- T..-..L 1..-,-s L- I-`an nnnrc, BARRIE CE . % L lass, Accident, Etc- -29 Eliiabeth St. Phone 441W. lllb aauolavuuu \.ll. IlbLVlll6' Lnnvnnn an n .4. gr.` ..-_._ _ `We3*clean everything, from the finest lJaces to the cours- est vrags; Send them to us. i 5 Cl ' ing - Pressing _--- Repairing - Dyeing A trial will convince you that we are the best. ~ Goods `called for and delivered; ' Prices reasonable. OUR CLEANING PLEASES _Here is a portion of our Prowi/ince in ruins. and for the sake of the whole Province as well as for its own sake, this section must be restored to prosperity and happiness. We need the North. Iwe need its vigorous. pioneeringspirit so one and all, let's "give a hand into the saddle"--- and do it NOW. ` Money is needed`. The Relief Com- mittee can buy in large quantities, . L2,. .I: .... -..L.. .....J AFC-an fr.` mlttee can Duy Ill Iurgc quunnuuunvc, get big discounts, and often free ` gifts of merchandise from the many manufacturers V who are generously co-operating. with the Committee. The exact needs. are now known. All for `One-One far All H. ELSTON Page Seven ` g int and Egg Soft Coal d other good issues; \ Phony 1010. P, O. B08 '0 jeccniber 7. 4`. 922 _