Vancouver, July 24.
One thousand lumberjacks, assisted by sailors from the Canadian destroyer Fraser, are fighting the worst forest fires in the history of Vancouver Island. Great pillars of fire are roaring through the virgin timberland on the east coast of the Island, 100 miles north of Victoria, endangering a number of small communities, The residents of three towns have already been warned to prepare to evacuate, It is estimated that 100,000 acres of timberland have so far been destroyed, Mr. T. D. Pattullo, the Prime Minister, in a speech yesterday charged some fire fighters with sabotage in cutting the fire hose and damaging the pumps.—Reuter,
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