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Continuing its story of the relief work The Advance says that from Porquxs, Dr. Hainey and W. M. Widâ€" difield went in to Iroquois Falls and \left supphes with Mr. Mahoney. They â€" returned to the Junction and proceedâ€" "ed south on a hand car and were on scene twelve hours or more beâ€" . fore any other medical â€"help arrived. ‘ Dr. Hainey put in a hard night‘s work in the vicinity of Monteith, and Nuskka, where he renâ€" ~ dered aid, with almost superhuman ‘ staying power, to: the avalanche of _ sufferers who cameé in at these points. He had high praise for the untiring . assistance given by ‘‘Widdy.‘‘ ..On _ Monday morning another train was made up and business men and others _worked : hard rounding up clothing, bedding and food for the stricken secâ€" . tions. Two frexght cars: were filled with necessaries of all kinds. A was alone in the world. He brought Lieut. Kennedy, T. F. g, Pte. Kelâ€" ly, W Gepnmxth J. Dafi%);,V Wood-. ‘bury, C Plerce, S. Mceleod, J. T. Baston, K. F. ong, B.; J. Meyers and C Woodcroft (Advance. repre: sentatlve) The relief train also carâ€" ried Godfrey Proulx, of Timmins, who had received . word that his brother, his.brother‘s, wife and three children had lost then: lives on a farm near ~There were heartrending scenes at Porquis when the train arâ€" rived.. Women and children who had ,-bomn the strain bravely enough â€" broke down after real ag that they were eafe. So many had lost loved ones in the: ifire.. â€"Rev. Mt. Allen took one young girl off the train. who had lost 22 relations and party gsccompanied the train, includâ€" ing Mayor Wilson, Rev. J, M. Allen, Dr. Melnnis, Rev. J. D. Patterson, «~The Advance had a complete‘ story ‘of the fire, as given by an eyewitness ‘of theâ€" holocaust. "‘For ‘six long weeks;"" say The Advance, ‘‘Northern Ontario had sweltered in the grip of ‘a continued drouth, and the intense heat had dried out the forest and muskeg until the experienced Northâ€" erner shook his head in omimous warning of the certain outcome of ‘this protracted spell of heat, : The bush and muskeg had been sapped dry of all moisture and the whole north country was leff ready and hungry ‘for the touch of fires Fire started in a great many different localities on Baturday last, July 29th, and as a result the best part of Cochra.ne is m4 ruins; the thriving town of Matheson is laid flat, save for the flagpole on the statlon garden plot, from which waves the Union Jack unharmed, the ensign of an undaunted race which will build anew the country so lately made desolate; Nushka, Ramoe, Kelâ€" so, and the other settlements in the radius of the fire have been wiped out so clean that when The Advance teâ€" -presentatlve visited the several scenes there was not a stick the size of a man‘s arm left to mark their former sites. Ribands of tangled iron and shapeless kitchen stoves served only to mark them as the.recent habitat of human beings. As the news filtered t}mough to‘ the Gold Camp, and the inhabitants of Timmins had partially recovered from their own miraculous escape of the same terrible fate, reâ€" lief work was got under way and on Sunday a special train was run out as far as Porquis Junction.‘‘ Timmins did not escape altogether from this fire that caused so much loss of life and property in the disâ€" trict. Onâ€" Saturday" morning,, July 29th, fire sthrted on the new Governâ€" ment road west of Timmins, and soon Among those mentioned by The Adâ€" vance as giving aid. to the sufferers and assisting in the work of relief (apart from those already mentioned) were:â€"J. A. Theriault; Gordon Lea:â€" voy, J. R. Gordon, Geo Preston, W. J. Strothers (Porquis Junction), J McelLaughlin, D. Ostrosser,. C._ Kaeding, Gordon Gauthier and Geo Bannerman, of Porcupine, E. G. Dickâ€" son and J. N. Joy, of South Porcuâ€" pine, C. G.‘Williams, A. R. Gloge and others. Many of those mentioned were on‘ the Fire Relief Committeo formed in this Camp. ; «Postmaster Watt .and Dr. Reed, of Kelso, ‘both lost their lives in the fire. When the docter‘s body was found he had saturated with chlorâ€" oform held to his nose, and it was supposed that he fought the fire until all hope was gone and then used the chloroform rather than needlessly enâ€" dure the slow and. pamful death: from smoke and fire. . e iA were recovered from the ruins at Iroâ€" quois Falls, and thirteen at Onagan close by. At the ‘‘YÂ¥"" the only thing left standing was the flagpole. Every, house from Iroquois Falls to Porquis Junction was destroyed. The ‘"‘Little Father‘‘ Gagne, of Nushka (now callâ€" ed Val CGagne, in his honour), was among those‘giving his hfe in e{fort to save others. . Miss Atcheson, a trained nuige, came in for great praise from the doctors and others for her wonderful work. â€" She was a heroine and an anâ€" gel of mercy, and was t1re1ess in her efforts for the suffering. Approximately â€" ~three _ hundred deaths occurred in the fireâ€"swept area. There were twentyâ€"eight. deaths in the Cochrane vicinity. Ten bodies Let us repair and waterproof that leaky roof before the rainy season. ‘(Parabestos Roofing‘ Paint, and Kantleek Roofing Cement For Sale " Bearch parties of soldiers ol the 228th and other parties under the suâ€" pervision of Mr. Matt. Boivin, of Timmins, .left Timmins in Monday night to search for survivors and the bodies of those losing their lives. Mr. Boivin‘s knowledge of the bush and of the country were of the greatest help, and he gave very generous and useful service. f By the way, the T. N. .O. railwayâ€" men were heroes at tfie time of the fire.. Train crews were on duty withâ€" out thought of sleep from Saturday noon to Monday night without rest or relief. They worked gallantly and without stint. One crew at Matheson took on passengers and ran the traim through the smoke to safety down the line, and then returned to pick up others. They did ‘this in face of ‘coal cars burning on the track at Matheson and the tracks warping beâ€" neath their train.. ‘The lunches of the men of the crews went to women and children and some of the railwaymen were for over a day mthout food themselives. e had saved. â€" Countless stories were told of tragic incidents of the fire. A little girl of twelve was rescued from a well near Matheson, where she and five others had taken reéefuge They were all badly burned The little girl showed the greatest bravery as Dr. Lowery worked on the terrible burns on her legs. Gilbert Lee, of the T. N. 0. railway staff, went unashamed as he told of this brave lassie. Cor. Kirby Ave. and Mountjoy St. P. 0. BOX 974 â€" TIMMINS, ONT. W. H. SEVERT BUILDING CONTRACTOR | given for the Timrams fremen. â€" The < brigade assembled at the hall, J but, as the fire was outside the town ~| limits they were not ordered to the‘fire. The firemen laid out hose and otherâ€" is at Iroâ€" Onagan nly thing .. Every ' Porquis‘ > "‘Iittle now callâ€" ur), was| in effort The Adâ€"| sufferers of relief ntioned) jlon Leaâ€" ston, W. n), J. P. ~C. D. ind (Geo. @. Dickâ€" a Porcuâ€" loge and entioned mmittee d nurge, rom the i o es 1%" [ m se Pait i of Polce Albert Courtemanche. also was of very noteworthy service. The| Advance recalls the fact that the Chief and others had to use revolvers to impress some of . the foreigners with the~necessity‘ of aiding in preâ€" venting a general conflagration. These foreigners, after saving their own effects, simply stood around in the way, and in some cases actually laughed at the troubles of the good citizens of the town. _The Chief and other citizens, howevter, were eventuâ€" tually able to impress the seriousness of the situation. A car load of dynaâ€" mite on the track at the south end of the station yard caused some anxâ€" iety but the T. N.O. rushed in an engine and hauled the explogive out of the danger zone. Some dynamite used in road building did explode in town during the fire, but did no specâ€" ial damage. Towards evening the wind changed and the fire died gradâ€" ually down. Again, the proverbial The firemen laid out hose and otherâ€" ise prepared to beattle the fire, but it was afternoon before the word was given. The fire had great headway then and before evening twenty houses ‘were burned to the ground. There was much excitement in town and for a time it looked as if Timâ€" mins might be wiped out. Householders carmed. away their goods, hopâ€" ing for safety at a distance. Others buried valuables. In the fighting of the fire, three of the brigade, assistant chief E. H. Hill, Alf Luxton and Sam McLeod were overcome and had to retire for a time. Miss Delong took them in her motor car to the Imperial Bank Pwhere th?lyMwereDc?red f)?[r by Mrs. Powier an rs. Delon ajo Wilson, A. R. Globe, Jules %mmmg Capt. Allen, Wm. Stoddard and others were prominent in the work of fireâ€" fighting and directing the work. Chief and a Torsion Balancer; new light sweight pisforis; and then a Completely Cushioned Engine, insulated and isolated by tv,lbber inountings, fotel and\ aft, from all metallic contact with the chassis. McEaughlinâ€"Buick Valveâ€"inâ€"Head engine, mcludmg a Counter-Poised Crankshaft To produce the silent power-flow in the 1927 McLaughlinâ€"Buick, McLaughlinâ€"Buick engineers have made four fundamental imâ€" provements in the structure of the famous Four Vital Engir . Immovements ‘ WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILTâ€"McLAUGHLINâ€"BUICK WILL BUILD THEM and: Alibis are usually the eggs of inâ€" competence which have been hatched by some bird who has ‘been setting on a poor excuse. f ace to‘ the existence of the town through the danger of fire. Thus at the cost of thought and effort, and money has the ‘‘Timmins Luck‘‘ in the matter of fires been bonght It 19 appropriate here to mention that the leader in securing proper fire pro-w tection for Timmins was Dr. J. A. Mclnnis, through whose persistence, patience and publicâ€"spiritedness the town is largely indebted for the fine fire protection system enjoyed. brigade hére. 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