THE BRITISH COLUMBIAN FIRES.
• : — ■ . United Press Association — Byy.Electrio Telegraph— Copyright ■■■•■■ VANCOUVER,. August 6. All the mines in the Crow's Nest region are shut' down. Relays of miners are fighting the bush fifes. Many inhabitants of Fernie are seeking refuge. The Canadian-Pacific Railway coke ovens at Michel are ablaze. The town of Coal Creek, where there are ,1500 people, is aleo threatened by fire, which is within three miles, and cuts off escape by the west s except for two Indian trails oarer 1 the mountains, which are impossible for women and children to traverse.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9308, 7 August 1908, Page 1
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