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an ideal field for Kiwanis spirit and enterprise in public affairs The years ahead would be troublesome with specâ€" jlal problems and difficultiese arising from the war and its after effects. He believed that during the war KRiwanis had materially helped to support civâ€" llian‘ morale. "We should continue to take our responsibilities," he urged, "and certainly we should not go back to that old complacence that had some part in allowing the present conflict to gather." Toâ€"day Canada stood high in the world. Canada was third as a trading nation, third in sea power and fourth in air strength. Canada had immense resources, Canada had the opportunity to hold high place and toâ€" be truly great. There were some handiâ€" caps. One of these was lack of tmlty.i He emphasized the fact that while Kiwanis always avoided party politics, this was not a case of politics but a national issue. It was futile to pretend that there was unity when it was so evident that there was not. â€"It was equally useless to suggest that the fault laid all in one place or that it was due to one cause. The remedy that he sugâ€" gested was the cultivation of a more There were 147,000 members of the Kiwanis in 2,300 clubs, the Lieutenantâ€" Governor said, and it must be admitted that in view of the quality of the memâ€" bership this made a very strong organâ€" ization. Kiwanis came into being in 1914, and the years since had been critical ones for both the United States and Canada. The fact that Kiwanis continued to grow in membership and n influence was proof that it hag a valued place in both countries on this continent, The war years had given Kiwanis opportunity for special serâ€" vice, and the clubs of Canada and the United States had done most effective work in all patriotic and community service. However, it would be necessâ€" ary soon to replace the war activities with other enterprises for the clubs, and he suggested that there might be Brief reference was then made tco the inspirational message of Interâ€" mational President Ben Day during Allâ€" Kiwanis Week. Past President Jack Beattie was then called to the front, and the Lieutenantâ€" Governor explained that it was his pleasant duty to present Kiwanilan Jack a certificate of recognition from Kiwanis International and from th lecal club. At the last International meeting it had been decided to presâ€" ent immediate past presidents with this token of appreciation for outstandâ€" ing service in the cause of Kiwanis, and. he felt that the Timmins President . in 1944 had been exceptionally worthy of the honour thus conferred. In opening his address, Lieut.â€"Govâ€" ernor McColl said that he first wished to extend greetings from the Governor of the Division, who will himself be here in the near future. In introducing the 1945 Lieutenantâ€" Governor, Kiwanian P. T. Moisley (who was himsellf first among thost present to hold this office), mentioned the record of the good work of some of the former Liutenantâ€"Governors, esâ€" pecially recent ones, and added: "they‘re getting better all the time." Lieut.â€"Gov. McColl, he noted had takâ€" en a very keen and able interest in Kiwanis, and was the first ever to serve as District Secretary before. being Licutenantâ€"Governor. President Frank Bailey was in the chair. Visitors for the day in addition to the Lieutenantâ€"Governors were Kiwanian Waller, of Hamilton, and Vincent Woodbury, of San Antonia, Texas, and Timmins, Ont. Community singing was led by F. Woodbury, with Secretary W. H. Wilson at the piano. Liecutenantâ€"Governor McColl made a thoughtâ€"arousing address, in which he urged the necessity for unity in Canâ€" ada if this great Dominion is to fulfil) its highest destiny, He explained that his remarks of necessity had to be sketâ€" chy, but he wondered if the Kiwanis might not be able to help attain the unity that was so surely needed. Some might question the wisdom of touching a question that had so many apparent political angles, but he felt that the problem was not a political but a genuine national issue that had its world influences. Monday of this week was "Lieutenâ€" antâ€"Governor‘s Day" at the Timmins Kiwanis Club Luncheon at the Empire hotel, there being three Past Licutenâ€" antâ€"Governors at the event, in additâ€" ion to the 1945 Lieutenantâ€"Governor, Alastair G. McColl, of Kirkland Lake. The three Past Liecutenantâ€"Governors at the head table were Kiwanians Stan. Gardner, of South Porcupine, and P. T. Moisley and W. O. Langdon, of ‘ Timmins. It was the day of the officâ€" lal visit to the local club of the 1945 Lieutenantâ€"Governor of the Northern (No. 1) Division, of Ontarioâ€"Quebecâ€" Maritimes District of Kiwanis Interâ€" national, Alastair G. McColl, of Kirkâ€" land Lake, where he is principal of the High and Vocational School. Lieutenantâ€"Governor of Kiwanis Division Urges All to Work for Unity Toucties on Great Work of Service Clubs During the War. Opportunity for Great Service to Canada in the Days After the War. "Isn‘t There Something that Kiâ€" wanis Can Do to Bring Real Unity to Canada?" Asks Lieut.â€"Gov. McColl. "Don‘t be Afraid to be Proud of Canada," He Added. Nonâ€"Quotaâ€"2 pair 18 inch Socks, 122 Pace Cloths. Army and Airforce Quotaâ€"z Higshâ€" neck Pullovers, 31 pair Plain Whole Mitts, 5 pair Gloves, 6 pair Minesweeper Mitts, 3 pair Hurriâ€" Attendance of workers at the workâ€" rooms diminished during the month of June but Mrs. H. W. Brown, Chairâ€" man of Women‘s War Work, stated in her monthly report that it was hoped that the women would return in the Fall, ready to carry on the immense program that is ahead of us. Shipments during the month inâ€" The following is the report of ths Timming Red Cross Branch:â€" Brandon Sun:â€"Perhaps if the right measures are taken now we can win World War 111 before we leave Gerâ€" many. Red Cross Urges Knitters to Carry On Knitting as Need is as Great as Ever Kiwanian Lorne Jowsey was the winner of the war savings draw for the week. _ _ In a neat littie address that had considerable ‘point and interest, Past Lieutenantâ€"Governor W. . O. Langdon extended the sincere thanks of the club to the 1945 Lieutenantâ€"Governor ‘or his; thoughtâ€"provoking address. A story given by Kiwanian Langdon packed such a wallop that it is given ‘n full in the editorial notes in this issue of The Advance. ind none . more so than Queb:s.| ne There should be one history for all| Oli Canadian schools. There were Canzâ€"| 192 dians fully equal to the task of comâ€"| Lib piling such a. history. The . speaker| He) thought a conference or series of 1 sonferences between leading men Ofi . all the provinces could accomplish , thi. much in this and other matters. Unâ€" 5 ity was essential to national success.| Op Misunderstandings must be clearedâ€" ypp away. Wrongs must be remedied.| ge; There must be mutual faith and trust eig!l ind friendship. The speaker wondâ€" ‘red if there might not be a worthy new objective for Kiwanis in glvlng' ( ‘eadership in this; vital matter. To those who might reply that there l different opinions in the clubs on such questions, the Lieutenantâ€"Govâ€" Of »rnor made brief referenc to the troubles through which Kirkland Lake passed because of the disunity | Y o Jetween mine managers and men. H> C had urged that the Kiwanis Clup might try to bring they men and the 1 mine managers together, but he was| ( overborne by those who felt that to take any part in such a question in 2 club that had members from both|, U i‘ides would be to disrupt the club. "°b' did not. think that the friendly| .‘ ‘spirit of Kiwanis would have succumâ€"| ;’f ‘bed. so easily, but that by friend‘y|‘" © ‘dliscussion â€" â€"and consideration of â€" all |. L4 ‘sides of the questions at issue a |Chil« more conciliatory spirit might have | 2881 iprevailed and Kirkland Lake would| 2"nd ‘have escaped much damage and bit. | Sum terness. He left the question with the| the ‘alub to consider and weigh to ses if | Hos] there might not be a way in which| ; W ‘he power of Kiwanis might be turnâ€"| and to help build real unity in Canaâ€"| adde ‘da. â€"lenat hef In concluding his addres; the Cieutenantâ€"Governor complimented the Timmins Club on the notable work it had been doing in so many worthy lines. Nonâ€"Quotaâ€"1<Plain Scarf, 1 Ribb@ Sewing Rooms to be Closed for the Month of August, Opâ€" ening Again on Sept. 4th. Wool Room to be open Thursâ€" day afternoons from 2 to 4 p.m. Only During Month of August. ¢f Seamen‘s Quotaâ€"13 pairs Seaboot This was surely something on which all could unite. He cited the case u: the United States, where, he. said, they all insisted on being just Amerâ€" icans. One fruitful source of disunity was in such matters as the teaching 3f history. Each of the nine provâ€" inces had its own history book, all of. them inadequate and different, ‘"Let us «~have. no Englishâ€"Canadian, Scottish â€"Canadian, Irish â€"Canadian, French â€"Canadian, or any other Canâ€" adian, but all be just Canadians." was the Licutenantâ€"Governor‘s adâ€" vise. He urged interest and support for Canadian arts and crafts. Canaâ€" dian literature, everything Canadian. The Sewing Rooms will be closed for the month of August opening again on Tuesday, Senéember 4. The Wool Room in the Municipal Buililding will be open on Thursday afternoons only, during the month of August, from 2â€"4 o‘clock. Knitters are urgently requested to carry on their knitting as the need is as great as Civilian Sewing Quotaâ€"25 Women‘s Blouses, 10 Boy‘s Flannel Jackets, 19 Boy‘s Shorts to match, size 6, 100 pairs Girl‘s Bloomers size 10, 30 Girl‘sComâ€" binations size 4, 18 Boy‘s Undervests, Women‘s Auxiliary Nonâ€"Quota â€" *4 pair Ankle Socks. Civilain Knitting Quotaâ€"23 Boy‘s Sweaters, 10 Women‘s Sweaters,; 7 Girl‘s Pullovers (2â€"4 years) 12 Girl‘s Pullovers (6â€"8 years), 1 Boy‘s Suit, Capture Parce!l Quotaâ€"28 pair Plain Congratulations to Hazel Chevrier, Mary Ann Mawhinney, Noreen Mcâ€" Ginn, Janet Proulx, Evelyne Robinâ€" son, Sheila Robinson, and Ledia Zardo. Kind parents and friends all reâ€" sponded and seven little girls went to bed that night tired but pleased with their efforts to help others. * They did ask Mr. Johns if th2y might hold their affair in one of the empty houses at Dome Extension, which request was readily granted. They ‘"fixed up" the room ana made ready for patrons. A beanâ€" guessing contest was staged, and lemonade was s>rved with the cookies | We are ‘told" that they ‘did. odd jobs and. earned a little money, which, added to the 26 cents in the "funds" enabled ‘them to purchase materia‘ls. For three weeks they worked . hard making little articlee knitting baby bonnets, etc., and on the day before the bazaar they made cookies. Little things â€"toys, etc.â€" were . gathered in from wellâ€"wishers for a fish. pona, but no.money at all was asked for { Dome Extension feels very proud ‘of some little girls who have a club in that community. .. Last .. Wednesday .. atternoon. | t.hese children (all under twelve) held: a baâ€" zaar entirely under their own. efforts and â€" raised the really magnilcent sum of $28, which has been sent to the fund for < the Sick Chi]drens Hospital irr« Toronto. " *- South Porcupine, July 18th. Special to The Advance. Dome Extension _ Justly Proud of Club of Little Girls Youngsters Under Twelve Stage Event to Net $28 for Hospital for Sick Children Mr. Oliver, the Liberals having eleven Seats while the C. C. F. have only eight. â€" ‘ It is interesting to note that th*rs is so many changes in the Legislature this session. Unlike Mr. Jolliffe, Mr. Grummett will not be leader of the Opposition, that honour going now tn are at least distinctions. In addition to the appointment of Mr. Grummett as C.C.F. House Leader, the member for Temiskaming Mayor Taylor, of Cobalt, has been named ‘as C. C. F. Whip, ~while the member for North Cochrane J. A. Habel, is named as the new Liberal Party Whip. Farquhar Oliver, member for â€"Grey South sincs 1926. is the new House Leader of the Liberals, to carry on the duties of Mr. Hepburn. . ~The Ontario Legislature opened this week and in the new provincial parâ€" liament soms honours come to the North. though these are not of the tpye that will be of much material adâ€" vantage to the North. Howev>r, they Mr. Jolliffe is either elected to another seat or a new lsader is appointed. W. J. Grummett, K. C., member for this riding of South Cochrane, ‘has been appointed as C. C. F. House L:adâ€" er in the Ontario Legislatur:, the C. C. F. Leader, E. B. Jolliffe having been defeated at the recent elections. Mr. Joliffe is still leader of the C. C. P. in Ontario, but Mr. Grummett wili act as leader in the legislature until North Cochrane Member is Liberal Whip. Temiskamâ€" ing Member C. C. F. Whip W. J. Grummett Now C. C. F. House Leader at Toronto TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 19TH, A AVliR , OWE CE CCC Sergt. Lachlan: Duft son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Duff, of Haewyer Farm, has served in several arenas of the war. He was in the campaign in Italy and Sicâ€" ily and more recently in Holland and . He has volunteered for serâ€" vice again in the Pacific. NP Flight Lieutenant Hedley Everard, who was reported around Christmas ,time as missing, and whoâ€" also turned up safely as a prisonerâ€"ofâ€"war, was the first Timmins man to win the D. F. C. He has had a wonderful record in the air service. His brother, Flight Lieuâ€" tenant Marcel Everard, has had a widâ€" ely travelled and adventurous Career since joining the R. C. A. F. His gallant work in the dangerous days of the Ferry Command took him to all parts of the world. Both these airmen are sons of Mr. and Mrs, E. Everard. e Kiwanis Air Cadets Attending Annual Camp at Borden Over eighty Air Cadets of Timmins No. 10 Kiwanis Air Cadets Squadron left yesterday for Camp Borden for the annual camp. The summer camp wil last two weeks. The Air Cadets from Timmings went down to camp under Flying Officer F.Woodbury and of Pilot Officer Fitzgerald, who was some months ago reported as missing, turned up safely after some anxious days for his family and friends. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. U. C. Fitzgerald, Among the groups of men coming to Timmins in recent days were Pilot Officer Edward ("‘Ted") Fitzgerald, Flightâ€"Licutenant Hedley ("Bebe") Everard and his brother Flight Lieuâ€" tenant Marcel Everard, and Sergeant Lachlan Duff. Many men are returning these days from overseas service and are being given rousing Welcome home by friends and acquaintances. These men coming home on leave after several years serâ€" vice overseas will in most cases be givâ€" en discharge at the end of the leave period, and they certainly have earned it. There are a number, however, who have already volunteered for service in the Pacific. Some Bound for Further Service in Pacific A few enemy aircraft which clutterâ€" ed our radar screen vanished without ever closing .in.. The torpedo boat, subâ€" marine and suicide attacks anticipat- ed did not. materialize. | . . ; ; { _ Other Servicemen Return on Leave from Overseas In an almost incredible move we had dashed in and swept 20 miles of Japâ€" an‘s supposedly heavily defended shorâ€" es and then withdrew without drawing a ~single bomb, bullet or Kamikaze attack. When the tactical commander finâ€" ally ordered the force eastward we were only slightly more than 40 miles from Ginza and our last exploding tarâ€" getâ€"the Hitachi steel works at Mitoâ€" was flaming beacon, lighting the skies for miles. This ship, like others in the force, fired nineâ€"gun salvoes with an occasâ€" ilonal intermission as we moved from target to target. Sometimes for as much as a quarter of an hour we hurlâ€" ed steel toward the shore at the rate of half a ton a second. For 50 consecutive minutes we swept the Tokio coast playing a 16â€"inch gun tattoo on the great industrial plants and. housing areas in which it is estimâ€" ated half a million Japanese are conâ€" centrated. From a platform 111 feet above the swaying deck of this battleship I saw red hot salvoes roaring into the murky sky destined to smash against the vast Hitachi steel works at Mito. We knocked down Tokio‘s front door early toâ€"day and bowled 2,000 tons of exploding steel down the rice plain alley that leads to Emperor Hirohito‘s palace only 35 miles away. , With â€"Allied Naval Bombardment Force 10 Minutes From Tokio, July 18â€"Ships of the vast attacking armâ€" ada including the Royal Navy‘s mighty King George V. came as close to Tokio toâ€"day as ships can get unless they tuck up their bottoms and walk on dry land. Navy Guns Knocked Down Front Door to Tokio, He Says P. M. Bardessono, one of the earliâ€" est residents of Timmins and a piâ€" oneer of the North, is making good progress to recovery of health in a Toronto hospital. "Pete," as he is atfâ€" fectionately known to all oldtimers. was so ill some weeks ago that it was necessary for him to go to Toronta for â€"treatment by Last week he underwent on operation and made ~the best of recovery and is continuing to progress towards reâ€" stored health. He will likely be in the city for a couple of weeks longer, but from present reports is now well on the way to good health again. P. M. Bardessono Making Good Progress to Recovery N.B., says that a woman there was thrown from her bed hy the force of Word from Halifax this morning says that the third of a series of viâ€" olent explosions occurred at Halifax eanrly today ag fire continued to sweep the naval magazine at nearby Dartâ€" mouth. The smoke was so vicien: that it threw to the floor two workâ€" men in the Canadian Press office at Hali{ax, five miles from the aczne o1 is won. To produce that quantity will require 500,000 donations annually in Canada and Ontario has agreed to proâ€" duce half of that total, on a basis of 5,500 donations weekly. The National Blood Donor Committâ€" ee and the Canadian Hospital Assocâ€" lation have already held two meetings giving consideration to the question of the blood donor service after the war. Canadian Red Cross bleod donor clinâ€" ics will reâ€"open next month. Mr. Russâ€" ell T. Kelley, Chairman of Canadian Red Cross Blood Donor service in Ontâ€" ’ario, emphasizing the need for continâ€" ued support of the public, pointed out; ‘"While the war with Germany is over, the war with Japan is far from finishâ€" must continue. The British Governâ€" ed. There are two big reasons (includâ€" ing that stated above) why the service ment has asked the Canadian Governâ€" ment, and they in turn have requested Canadian Red Cross for 150,000 bottles of blood serum annually until the war Halifax Again Suffers From Violent Explosions. No Official Explanation Torontoâ€"Continued support of the Blood Donor Service and urgent necâ€" essity for donors to continue their faithful attendance at clinics is urged in view of the fact that Ottawa has announced that there are to be about troops in the Pacific. Blood serum must be made available to the wounded in that theatre of war. D. S. O. in the present war. He arri\}éd in Canada from overseas on the @Queen Mary last week. B. Stock, D. 8. O., who has won high honoursâ€"for htimself and his: towh of Timmink, is ‘expéqted"home here: this: week. He is the only Timmins soldier to: win: the coveted Red Cross Blood Donor Clinics to Reâ€"open in August Week from Overseas is‘ 4 \B Major Robt. Stock Expected Home This Whether there will be further action taken in the matter by the Crown will remain for the decision of the Crown Attorney, S. A. Caldbick, who is at present on holiday. who was killed when hit by a car on Riverside Drive while riding a bicycle near his home there. After medical ev. idence, and evidence by the driver of the car, Gordon Gauthier, Hemlock street, recently returned from oversea;s; after seven years‘ service in the Royal Air Force, where he rose to the rank of Squadron Leader; evidence by a passenger in the car, the police. and some others with information in the matter, the jury returned a verdict to the effect that Jean Girouard, while riding a bicycle on Riverside Drive in Mountjoy town.hip, had met his death by being struck by a motor car driven by Gordon Gauthier. The Jury verdict added that the driver of the car had not ‘been careful enough when apâ€" proaching the boy on the bicycle. On Tuesday night the coroner‘s Jury was called to enquire into the deat‘r on July 7th of Jean Girouard, 12 years old. Coroner‘s Jury Says Driver of Car that Hit Boy Failed to be Careful Enough bish on a vacant lot that caused th‘s alarm and while there was no danger in the fire and no trouble in putting it out, the firemen did have the trouble of learning who was responsible for setting the rubbish ablaze, and a very straight warning was given not to do this again. It is well to remind the public that it is not permissible to have rubbish fires without authority from the fire hall. Only One Fire 12 Timmins Firemen had only one fire call in the past seven days and that at 742 p. m. on Wednesday of this week. The call was to the end of Rea Street North. It was the burning of some rubâ€" Only ‘One Fire Call During Week, and Thatfor a Rubâ€" bish Fire Warning Against Setting Fires Without Permit to this third violent explosion a "Aâ€"| Storm‘" of Nov. 11, 1913, she was on* val spokesman at Ottawa had indiâ€"|of the very few passenger vesscls still cated that the fire was being brought| plying the lakes. She was deliberately under control. Later repotrs SUEE®S|grounded in Whitefish Bay, Lake that the people of Dartmouth â€" after the cyclonic gale had been evacuated practically in a body! blown in all the pilot house windows and that parts of /Halifax are alao}and nearly blinded the men on the being evacuated. No official explanaâ€" bridge. A few days later she steamed tion as to the cause of the orig‘mal triumphantly into her winter quarters Sense and Nonsense:â€"A mother is oneâ€" who yearns for a 40â€"hour work week in the home. the blast. Saint John is 125 miles from Halifax in a direct line. to this third violent explosion a naâ€" The softball game between the marrâ€" ied men and the single ones ended in a tie, 12 to 12. As one bangd member said, thall is a heck of a way for that sort of softball between that sort of tzams to finish, There were races for everybody, and the children enjoyed the soft drinks and the ice cream. The annual picnic @f the Timmins Citizens‘ Band was held on Sunday at the delightful park at the Buffalo Anâ€" kerite, As usual the members and their immediate families and friends all enâ€" joyed a delightful day. Citizens‘ Band Members Enjoy Annual Picnic Captain John McKinnon, of the Timmins Fire Department, has reâ€" turned from a two weeks‘ holiday in the South. On the present trip he travelled widely and visited friends in a number of Southern centres. Among others ports of call were Torâ€" onto, Hamilton, Windsor and Detroit, and, of Course Capt. McKinnon would never go by North Bay without stopping there to visit friends. Captain John McKinnon Returns from Holiday Members of the Ladies‘® Auxiliary ard : asked to makeâ€"~note of the annuâ€" al picnic to be eld on Aug. lst at the Buffalo Ankérite: Members to mee at the Legion Hall at 10.45 A.M. weather permitting. ines, Mrs. L. Nicholson (Sr.), Mrs. W Wilkinson, Mrs. B. Richards, Mrs. L. Masion, Mrs. R. Hardy, Mrs. E Finâ€" chen. The Ladies‘ Auxiliary of the Canaâ€" dian Legion held their afternoon lawn party at the home of Mrs. R. Hardy, 6 Power Line. Ladies present were? ~Mrs L. ‘Nicholsen, Mrs. "B. Whitson. Miss Reid, of St. Catherâ€" Annual Picnic of Ladies‘ Auxiliary of the Legion At the regular mesting of the Timâ€" mins Kiwanis Club on Monday evenâ€" ing at the Empire hotel a donation of $100 was voted by the club as x contribution to the campaign to raise the millions necessary to build and equip a new and completely modern structure for the Hospital for Sick Children. Timmins Kinsmen Give $100 to Sick Children‘s Hospital Sgt. Geo. Walilngford. who â€" was «ports eitor of The Advance previous to his enlistment for overseas service is expected home early next month. He is at present in England, and his father, had a letter from him this week. Sergt. Wallingford will be home on the usual thirty days‘ leave and at the end of that time will likely leave for special training and courses across the line, as he has volunteerea for service in the Pacific area. Has Volunteered for Service in the Pacific Sgt. G. Wallingford Expected Here on Leave Next Month Nick Basciano, District Scoutmaster is one Timmins man who is special‘y interested in the burning of the luxuty steamship "Hamonic," at Sarnia on District Scout Master Recently Returned from Trip on 8. S. Hamonic Luxury Steamship, noted on Great Lakes, Rapidly Desâ€" troyed by Fire on Tuesday Morning as it stood alongâ€" side the Docks. Many Suffer Severe Burns., Some Missing. ed in Timmins, Ont., ( EVERY THURsDAY The Hamonic, trim, seaworthy, had weathered many heavy lake storms in her 36â€"yearâ€"old career. In the "Big ship," she said. "The diningâ€"room, where I was just starting my dutles, was burning like matchwood before I had hardly time to realize what was going on. In 20 minutes the whole ship was a blazing inferno, the starboard side (next to the dock) being first to go. A further few minutes and the Hamonic was but a smoking shell, drifting idly on the St. Clair River. They had tried their best to prevent the fire spreading to nearâ€"by buildings by cutting the boat adrift. For many years students at Unilâ€" versity of Toronto have worked abcard the Hamonic and other vesgels of the CS.L., and at least 20 girls were abcard the ship. Miss Beverly Echlin, Glenlake Ave., was a waitress. "The fire broke out at 8:10 a.m. in the nearâ€"by sheds on the dock, but in only a few minutes it had caught the One of the oldest passengers aboard the vessel was Mrs W. E. Wialker, 72, Detroit. "I was never an athlete,. but here I am after doing a Tarzan act," she said, after sliding 25 feet down rope off the vessel. "It was quite an experience for an old lady. I was in the bow and the fire was burning close to me. Somebody cleared the way for m# and said: "Well, lady, you get first chance to get down the rope.‘ They helped me up to the side of the ship. and T grabbed the rope, wrapped my feet around it and went down." Fears that the child was missirg grew â€" when Miss Dorothy Bure Fort William, ship‘s nurse, sald a youngster she was carrying down a rope had disappeared after she fell into the river. Miss Bure was burned on the hands, broke her teeth, and was suffering from shock in the hospital. She checked at the hospital to see iIf the child had been rescued, but no one knew there. Panicâ€"stricken passengers aboard the boat, many still in night attire or at breakfast, leaped into the icy St. Clair River or were removed from the ship at the Century Coal Company‘s dock, a few feet from the end of the freight ‘sheds, by a coal crane. Firefighters, inâ€" cluding men from the armed force:, sprayed the coal dock with water to prevent the flames from reaching ~this precarious point. Mayor Carlyle Hipple of Sarn‘a, three miles south of Point Edward, isâ€" sued an appeal to citizens to open their homes to the injured, since the Sarnia Hospital was jammed to the doors. Police guards were on duty at the hospital to prevent unauthorized perâ€" sons from entering. â€" Blood plasma was flown from Torâ€" onto in response to an emergency call; while all available medical suppliss for burn treatment were sent flom London. 60 miles away. on a fleet of cargo trucks in the freight sheds, and swept through the 1,000â€"foot structure jumped across a narrow dock to the superstructure of the steamer, and in minutes enveloped almost the entire Point Edwara waterâ€" front in flames. Fire evidently broke out from a gasoline engine used to drive an electric generator to charge battcries Word from Sarnia this morning says that a raging waterfront blaze subâ€" sided on Tuesday night and left an undetermined _ number of persons seriously burned, scores ofâ€" others slightly burned, and the steamer Hamonic just a smoking hulk Damage is estimated at more than $2,000,000,â€" 000. There are a couple smrid to be missingâ€"a boy and a little girl, A reâ€" port that there are four missing ‘s denied by the steamship authorities. There were approximately 400 on board at the timeâ€"247 passengers and 150 crew. Of this number about 150 were treated in hospitals and homes. At least four or five are thought to be critically ill, a dozen more sâ€"riously burned, and others with less material injuries. Tuesdlay. Nick just returnedg some days ago from his annual holidays on the Great Lakes and it was the Hamonic on which he travelled this year. He says that the Hamonic is one of the most luxurious boats on inland waters, and it appeared so well protected against fire that he can not underâ€" stand how it could be so badly burned in so short a time, or why so many passengers should be so seriously inâ€" jured. Fire prevention appliances seemed to be all over this ship whils means of escape for passengers apâ€" peared provided in so many places that no one seemed to be endangored whatever happened. Single Copyâ€"Five Cents dn 4 "TrQ ind The Pioneer Paper of the Porcupine Established 1912