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Cobbold, At Haflepbury. 'wife of the visional Court Clerk, ~~ ' ck, indaw of the late Col. Hay, president of the McIntyre Mine. Four unidentified men. Mrs. G. St. George, reported dead husband, Mrs. Samuel Boone, X Missing at Haileybury. Bond, his wife, their eight children; his wifels brother, John Marshall, : Amos Heaslip, his wife, and their two sons, and James Fleming and his son. A despatch from Cobalt says: -- Rain, which began to fall about six o'clock Thursday evening, has definite- ly checked the spread of the forest fires in the district, and with the dan- ger of further loss of life at an end, organized efforts are being directed toward recovering the bodies of vie- tims and providing relief for the liv- ing. It is estimated that the property Joss will be at least four million dollars. While it will be days befors any- thing like an accurate estimate of the death toll can be arrived at, the con- sensus of opinion in the town is that at least 60 lives were lost. Already about 35 bodies have been recovered in the neighborhood of Haileybury, Feaslip, about 28 miles farther north on the Timiskaming and Northern Ontario line, and at Charlton, some twelve miles beyond Heaslip. A num- ber of the bodies are so terribly burn- oi that identification is impossible, Now that a clearer idea of the ex- tent of the fire can be gained it is learned that several small centres which were earlier reported to have been burned were not in the path of the flames. Notable among these are Eariten, Elk Lake and Gowganda. On the other hand, the village of North Timiskaming, not previously mention- od as baving suffered, is now known to. have been burned out, and also several smaller settlements north and west of the town... North Timiska- ming is on the boundary between On- tario and Quebec at the head of Lake Timiskaming. ~~ Whether there was loss of life there is not established at the present time. It is estimated that about 1,000 re- fugees have left here.for North Bay in twe special T. and N.O, trains. People here estimate the property losses at $4,000,000, which is divided, Haileybury $2,080,000; North Cobalt $500,000; and other points $1,500,000. The number homeless is estimated at | 5,000, of whom 2,500 lived in Hailey- bury, and the other half elsewhere. The areas burned over extends from Mileage 104, neay here, to near Engle- hart, a distance of 38 miles. Two of the heroines of the fire at Haileybury were telephone operators, Miss Marjorie McGee and Miss Addie. They remained ' at their posts until the back stairs of the building were on fire. The last message they got out was one to North Bay asking that a relief train be sent as soon as pos- sible. The two girls put out on Lake, Timiskaming in a small - boat and landed on a small island where they spent the night. They arrived here suffering considerably from exposure. Doubt is expressed whether Hailey- bury will be rebuilt, and' it is said by prominent residents that the towm| *% will be unable to'redeem its $250, outstanding bonds and that it is: the] stand behind these bonds with its guaranteé. On every side the opinion! is expressed that the disaster is worse than the calamities of 1911 and of 1916. I A TE a Tragic Incidénts. A most tragic incident occurred atl. Heaslip. Here Robert Bond, his wife, their eight children, and Bond's wife's, brother, John Marshall, had taken re- $i aged 45, single, brother-| [week and aceepted the position after Mrs; Watts. 3 Jimmy Ryan, a boy. Hillier Township. po Waiter Stevenson, wife and 'son. Three unidentified bodies. \ Casey and Berthour Townships," 'Four known dead, no.names, Towns and Villages Burned. Haileybury, North Cobalt, Heaslip, Chariton, North Timiskaming, Thorn- oe. i a Also several settlements along the White River. New Liskeard and Englehart partly burned. nd? Towns and villages which escaped: Cobalt, Latchford, Earlton, Elk Lake, Gowganda. ; > The fire zone does not extend north of Englehart. financier of the expedition, Scout Marr. HH ' fugé in a root house as the flames| next winter. The Treadwell Compe: approached. Searchers to-day found ! cal 35! all eleven suffocated. Other residents Which has Seo using the oo of Heaslip or vicinity who perished| is Summer with success, will employ were Amos Heaslip, his wife and two| the "tank" truck to haul silver ore sons, wid vo other men; a father and | from the Mayo mines next winter, if gon, nai leming. The Heaslip ; cable. i ts family had also taken refuge in a 15 Broees Pasties Ste ments root house on the farm mdjoining| last seasons in volume, = Most of it that of the Bonds and werp stifled|iy already mined and sacked. by the dense smoke. Nelson, B.C.--According to the At Haileybury Mrs. T. A. Cobbold,| latest report of the Okanagan district wife of the Division Court Clerk, met| horticulturist the apple crop will am- her death while trying to rescue her! cunt to 2,215,000 boxes. As the situa- ninety-year-old uncle who lived with tion now stands, the Okanagn Valley them. The uncle was taken to safety wills ship roughly 3,995 carloads of by rescuers, but Mrs. Cobbold could fruit, of which about 8,176 will be not "be reached and perished 'in the apples, 288 cars of crab appies, 96 of ruins of the home. Cobbold was him- pears, 275 plums and prunes, 162 self severely burned. Other victims peaches and 65 apricots. Of these to- in the town were: Mrs. Doon, an eld- tals a heavy percentage of peaches, erly man named Felix Des Jardines, a { apricots, and other soft fruit, will be paralytic, a patient in the hospital shipped in cans. who could not be carried to #afety;| Calgary, Aita--The movement of a young man named Rochon; a child! cattle from Alberta to the United not identified, a lad named Afllotean,| States recently has been very heavy, son of the late Jack Afllotean; a three due to the desiréd to "beat out" the months' old baby, whose body. was| prospective high duties of the per- found in Lake Timiskaming, the par-| manent United States tariff, During ents being unknown; four unidentified | August nearly 10,000 head were ship- men! two unidentified women; and two| ped from Calgary alone, whereas dur- persons whose bodies were so badly| ing July, August and September of urned thet it was not possible to| last year, only 1,136 head were ex- determine the sex. 'ported. ; ° | Morden, Man.--Melons, both. musk and water, are receiving considerable Premier Bracken Elected aiteition oi the Dominion Efpat: at The Pas mental Farm here. In his report for : lon A Shperintendent records the re- Wk sults tivation. Pwo of the six A despatch from The Pas, Man.,| varieties of water-melons tried, Moun says:--Premier John Bracken Yeas, tain Sweet and Tom Watson, produc- Sected Sor oY fre od fruit weighing 19 pounds, 8 ounces. 2 ur 1 ) an overwhelming majority. The hid The Srot named Yiekied 50 marketable tion was deferred when the general election was held on July 18 last, TO MAKE FRESH START Government Officials Sent North to Take Charge of = Relief Work. : A despatch from Toronto says:-- is now actively augmenting' the works: {of - compassionate relief amongst 'he! i | Northern fire sifferers. A represen- I tative from the Provincial Agricul- jtural Development Board fs now in {work out a scheme for Government {loans to the dispossessed farmers who | may wish to start anew, and two r resentatives of the Provincial Insure] | ance Department left in order to open an office in the centre of the adjustment of their- claims, The Ontario Government, it was head of the Canadian National Rail-| ed regions to the extent of $80, ways system, who con nanded the Bri- | which represents the I of lo tish Army transportation during the.! made to the settlers ® ot of cha war. He arrived in Ottawa quietly this ' of land, the erection of buildings, at A an the removal of ribrances. conferring with, the Prime Minister. | | conditions of ? He receives $560,000 a year: He dl The £0 stated, ese loans, turns immediately to England to rot re > sign his post with thé Great Hastern Railway. REY Emr Di ing their rebuilding operations, and ues cooked ham, 42° to dbc; ctical uid towards re-establishment . Department] {011% 28ei the devastated area endeavoring tof: pointed out, at the Agricultural de- in winter transportation in.the Yakon 4 tion will be marketing grain shortly. Authority is given in the charter for the lease or purchase of property re- a for, the Speration of the ex-|; nge, and to engage in the conduct point : of an Toattation at which graiy and] To Morabelli, of Italy, support-| cret treaty other FEodues may be disposed of | o3 General Harington, but the French| which the British: regard sas 3 Samy The delegate, General. Charpy, was non-| the way to the present ch FQ. The first prize of | gommittal, . | tion in the Near East, Barnjum contest for a)" "Ay this juneture. M. Franklin: | Mudania Conference Wa | Boullion, the special French envoy; be purely a military one, torent | intervened, declaring that he had been stood that M. Franklin instructed by the French Government | present. i ' 3,000, - ¥ aol ; tatoes--New Seis etn Dn son, reer) HE Week's Markets | doe iofoto hed and Tothill, of the Forosts Insect! ~~ + 33; vails 1% He; prints, 163 Bratch of the Entomological Depart- y | : m : > 3 Halifax, N.8--The Valley Food Products, Lid., has been incorporat with a capital of $400,000 for the pur-| Ma pose of taking over the entire plant| of the Nova Scotia Evaporators, Ltd;, erican ' corn-- ig plant | No. 8 yellow, 79¢, ; 8 arley--No. 8 extra, test . Toronto. Manitoba wheat--No, 1 Ni mum of 2,500 hands within two years. - Summerside, \P.E.I.--A new indus- try has been' launched in Summerside in the form of a factory for the manu- facture of ready-made or ready-cut fox pens. This plant manufactures standard ranch equipment, pens, dens, etc. 'To date the factory has Rr Bo 58 %, 87s. Lou 'eed--I) fontreal fr bags included: Bran, per ton. $1; ghost, per ton, $28; good feed flour, Ontario wheat--No. 2 white, 88 to 98c, according to freights ide; No. 3, 85 to ed f righ outside; No Ontario corn--Nominal. Ontario flour-- Ninety per cent. fy Oats--No. 2 CW, 52¢; Ho. 3 CV Man. si wheat 1 "oats; 90-ib. be Mr. A. G. Farrow, Chairman of the] _ Manitoba floar ~1st pats., iu cotton' J ; | sacks, $6.80 per Eb; 2nd pats., $6.20 Agricultural Development Board, is Hay--Extra No, 2, ay a] the Department's representative in the Toronto, $10; ni 3 : 3 1 s ; , $13.50 to $14; North. Ho will -assist-the- settlers in clover, $18:50 to ia 5 $0, aia the. adjustment of their insurance|lcts. A ER iad policies, endeavor to aid them in start-, Smoked meats--Hams, med, 26 to Hay, No. 2; per. ton, car lots, $1 Cheese, firiest "easterns, 16%e. B Eggs, ter, choicest creame nd ow, 1457do, 'mety. 19 od cows, 0, m Al good quality cutters, $2.25; com. li Bulidy 32 to; $2.25; os ke ; $8.00; grass calves, PO 1 lambs, good lots, $10 to $10.60; m up; sheep, $2.50. fy will report back to the 28 to rolls, 35 to pon the extent to which he believes ; al er gration by. the Soren 8 "hanala 10 480. = ment will be feasible bo" re-establish] chron he "dleat bacon, to $1225; sows, choice, § those farmers who. may. have lost| $17; Hghtweight rolls. in barrels. soa; Ff their wil and who may be left. without| hexvyweight role, $4, ~~ i insiirance. Lt! "| Lard 1 tubs, 16¢; Premier Drury i still in the North pail, . y NV try has 'been re-|to 40c; diary, ay isin a "had left! bo 37¢. Dairy, 29 to 31c. ; The wire| Dressed poultry--Spring ch was said to| 30 to, 6c; roost pas