THE BRITISH COLUMBIAN FIRES.
♦ A SEETHING MASS OF FLAMES.
CHILDREN IN DANGER OF STARVING. United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. (Received August 6, 8.50 a.m.) VANCOUVER, August 5. The whole of the Kootenay country from the railway lines is a seething mass of flames. The ruins of Fe-rnie are smoulderixlgj and threaten Michel, around whifch the bush o fires are racing. Tho Kootenay Valley mining smelting operations are crippled, and 10,000 people are without work. Unless help i 6 forthcoming many children musb die. One thousand dollars axe being subscribed by Canada and the United States.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9307, 6 August 1908, Page 2
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