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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1908
Page
4
A vintage sale ad lists numerous white dresses in Persian lawn India linen and Victoria lawn, with discounts from $4.95 to $32.50. Items include kilts of lace, embroidered bands, Maltese insertion, kimono sleeves, and full skirts. jackets and suits also marked down. Numerous price points show dramatic savings on elaborate gowns and nets.
In a telegram to Premier Menride of British Columbia, Premier Laurier requested timely military and police assistance to manage the Fernie disaster. General Macdonald instructed to deploy dents and military buckets as needed. News from Cranbrook reports rapid fire damage across Fernie, with many homes and businesses burned, bridges destroyed, and residents fleeing to rivers and trains for safety.
A garbled report discusses potential shutdowns of mining and railway operations affecting Fernie and surrounding areas. It mentions Canadian Pacific and Great Northern shelters, screening and transport works, and possible delays in the Pacific division. The text references Michiel and Coach Crook and speculates on broad effects on mining and regional supply chains.
The French aviator Farman performs three flights, described as swift as a swallow, while the Arc’s green wave rolls eastward beyond the Canadian Pacific route. Ash and fire sweep forests, with sections a mile to three miles wide, signaling danger as towns fear loss of life and homes.
From Grow Nest district reports a death toll near 62 likely to rise to 7 or 8 hundred homeless. Widespread destruction includes Fernie Silchel and CAA Creek areas, with housing wiped out and refugees totaling in the hundreds reaching here.
A Fernie lumber yard fire destroyed parts of facilities with preliminary losses estimated between 200000 and 460000 dollars. No workers were harmed and insurers expect coverage for the damage. Separate reports confirm Hugh G Campbell and family survived an earlier disaster misreported as fatal in Minnesota.
New York detectives say two men linked to a $60,000 bank fraud were nabbed in Brooklyn. Authorities identify suspects as McVicker, 2, of Brooklyn, and Charles Grhes, 5, from Mantitiny, charged with fraudulent use of funds in a wiretapping ring.
Taft plans multiple speeches reproduced by phonograph for a Virginia rally. He will address listeners from a porch near a hotel, with Mrs Taft and legal officials attending a bar association meeting.
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