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Identifier: Boone_County_Recorder_Vol_34_1908 (find matches)
Title: Boone County Recorder
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Boone County Recorder
Subjects: Boone County, Kentucky newspapers
Publisher: Boone County Recorder
Contributing Library: Boone County Public Library
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er of Destruction. Cranbrook, B. C., Aug., 3.—Ninetowns on the Crows Nest branch ofthe -Canadian Pacific railroad havebeen wiped out, and many others arein danger of destruction by the fiercestbush fires ever known in EasternCanada. One hundred lives are kown to havebeen lost, 74 in Ferine alone; hun-dreds have been injured, and the mon-etary loss runs Into the millions. Both toe Canadian Pacific andGreat Northern railroads have beenbadly crippled in the territory affect-ed, and. as telegraphic communicationis almost entirely interrupted it is im-possible at this time to obtain definitefigures as to loss of life and property. The fire is raging in the Elko valley,the richest coal and lumber district inBritish Columbia. It is in the extremesoutheastern corner of the province,just north of the Montana state line. The towns known to have beendestroyed, with their population, are:Fernie, 5,000 u~ Michel, 1,500;* CoalCreek, 1,500; Sparwoodt 200; Elko,400; Olsen, 130; Morrissby, 320; Ho.v
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HH NDEPENDKNCE PARTYITS TICKET. NAME* HEARSTS KEYNOTE TALK mer, 400, and McGilttvray, 100, Cranbrook itself has suffered a property loss of ;2,000,000 and its inhabi-tants are dividing their efforts be-tween a brave attempt to have theirown town and heroic, measures tosuccor surrounding communities. Nine hundred square miles alreadynave been swept by the flames and itis feared that scores of homesteadershave met death in the deep woods. Unless there is a change of windssoon the whole of the Grows NestPass country will be left tsthe flames. For the past month forest flres havebeen raging in the mountains of theElk river valley country, hut they SANOS DIES AWFUL DEATH VANDERBILTS STEP80N DIESAUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. IN Smash-up and Explosion of Motor CarOccurs Near Stepfathers Beau-tiful country 8«at. FARMAN FLIES WELL. Successful Tests of French AeroplaneAre Made. have not been considered serious.Saturday morning a heavy , windsprang up from the west, and earlyin the afternoon the flames

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