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PANIC CAUSED BY FERE IN NEW " YORK SUBTERRANEAN RAILWAY Gas Fills Ten Cars in New York Tubes 75 F eet Below Sur- face with 500 Persons Aboardâ€" 160 in Hospital. A despatch from New York says :~ Fire, smoke, carbon monoxide gas and panic imperilfled the lives of more than 850 men and women trapped in a short-circu-ited Inteq‘borough subway express train, 50 feet below the sur- face of Lexington avenue, at east 59th street, shortly after 11 o'clock on Thursday, and 125 passengers were overcome by the choking gas and smoke. with several burned or injured by falls or trampling, and three the men hurt in effecting rescues. Government. With the Goverr fall the road will be left clear fl conflict between Royalists, ain the rewtoration of the Monarcl ertremists, urging Communism Prime Minister Lloyd George is seri- Y th ousJy alarmed at the portent in private‘ 5}: advices from British agents in Ger-'m many. He is now conferring person-" or ally with Foreign Minister Schanzer' er 01 Italy regarding the measures the_ ar It is impossible at this time to un- cover all the ramifications of the plot because state officials themselves pro- tect the conspimtors. There are not enough contraband arms, it is believed, to cope with the Reichswehi', if the Reichswehr mmains faithful to the Republic, but with the simultaneous arming of monarchists in various sections it was hoped that local ‘g‘arrlsons could ‘be won over. Berlin on Friday.‘ It is stated that Germany is hovering on the brink of financial disaster, which is almost cer- tain to entail the fallof the Republican Government. With the Government's fall the road will ‘be left clear for open conflict between Royalists, aiming at Eighty-seven persons were attendâ€" ed in Bellevue, Flower and other hos- pitals in the central section of the city for partial asphyxiation. Of that number 57 were able to go to their homes after being treated, but the condition of thirty was so serious that they had to reman at the hospitals. A despatch from London says:â€" The Times states that Lady Wilson, widow of Field Marshal Henry H. Wilson, will be invited to stand as Unionist candidate for Parliament for North Down, her late husband‘s conâ€" stituency. The comfortably filledv ten-car train, bound uptown, had just left Grand Central Station, when passengers and guards smelled smoke. The train's next stop would ‘have been Eightyâ€" sixth street. It dashed down to the lower level of the subway tunnel at terrific speed. Just before it reached Fifty-ninth, street, where there is a Berlin, July 9.â€"â€"The monarchist plot was of greater proportions and is com- ing nearer to the persons of the ex- Kaiser and the Crown Prince than was previously suspected. Deutsche Volkische Gruppe, of the Deutsche National Volkspartel, which has constantly advocated the Kaiser's restoration and is known to 'be in con- tinuous touch with Doom and Wierin- gen, was caught redâ€"handed preparing arms and ammunition caches in the region about Madge‘burg and about Hamburg. The murder bund, which was responsible for Rathenau’s death, is also involved. That all the Deutsche Volkische group knew or approved of the as- sassination plans is extremely unlike- ly, but that all were prepared for a counter revolutionary move to restore the Hohenzollerns is ‘borne out by the large quantities of arms found, which evidently comprise but a small por- tion of those hid'den. About Mad‘g‘eburg were found 600 rifles, 16 machine guns and several large cases of automatics and hand grenades. There was sufficient am- munition for several weeks’ fighting. It is also known that there are other caches that have not yet been dis- covered. i REVEAL BIG PLANS 0F MONARCHIST PARTY Nearer to Persons of Ex-Kaiser and Crown Prince Than at First Suspected. WGRLD PERIL SEEN IN IMMINENT * COLLAPSE 0F GERMAN REPHBLHC and There is no immediate probability of rain that will halt forest fires which are sweeping Vancouver Island and coast districts at present, according to ‘F. Napier Denison, Superintendent of Gonzales Observatory here. The baro- [ meter dmrpped, but rose again yester- day morning. Rain, however, has fal- len in the Okanagan district and in AV, local station, and the express tracks are depressed ten feet below the level of the local track, there was a flash of fire and a loud detonation. Clouds of smoke rolled up from burning insulation as the train came to a stop in darkness broken only by small storage battery lights at either end of each car. Guards played the chemicals from small emergency hand extinguishers on insulation ablaze be- neath the three forward cars and one fire in the emergency motorman‘s switch box in the front of the third car. The smoke, occasioned immediâ€" ate discomfort to passengers throughâ€" out the train. As the tunnel filled with smoke and the noxious gas, alarm grew into panic. More excit- able male passengers fought frantic- ally with guards who refused to open the car doors opening above the deadly third rail on one side of the train, and against a solid wall supporting up- town local tracks on the other side. Calmer men used their fists to subâ€" due’others who were howling over Woâ€" men and children alike, breaking winâ€" dows and seeking to force their way to escape from the choking fumes. allies may have to take when the crash comes. Diplomatic correspon- dence also is passing between Downing Street and Quai d’Orsay on the same subject. The tentatively arranged con ference between the British Prime Minister and Premier Poincare for the end of July will now be held im- mediately, if conditions warrant. The menace of a chaotic Germany, without a government and with the and Re the Vet CALL BUSH WORKERS TO COMBAT FIRES vage Bent-Governor of BC. Issues Proclamation for Lumber Camps. Courtenay, B.C. July‘9.â€"â€"â€"Two men are missing and camp No. 2 of the Comox Logging Company, comprising headquarters and 14 houses, was toâ€" tally destroyed to-day when caught in the om‘ush of forest fires which destroyed Merville soldiers’ settlement. So fast did the flames travel that the residents had no time to remove be- longings, and the fourteen families are fleeing to Courtenay,» where the Mervi‘lle refugees are quartered. Premier John Oliver, on his return from the fire area, declared there is need‘for public aid for the sufferers, Victoria, 8.0., July 8.â€"A special proclamation b)? Lieut.â€" Governor W. C. ‘Nichol issued this afternoon calls for the cessation of all logging operaâ€" tions on Vancouver Island and main- land coast districts, the last-mentioned district embracing the territory from the international boundary as far north as Ocean Falls, B.C. ‘ The fire is burning fiercely in al- most every direction, but it is be- lieved that Courtenay is not in dan- ger. No further loss of life has been reported. The purpose of the proclamation is to enrol bush workers to combat the fire menace. Several thousand men employed in their scores of camps will .be released from regular work and turned to fighting the flames. Many logging camps have already abandsoned work. ‘nt’s su en fever iv from catin‘ British 1 of the tearing test in re- peria iovern- up lFree State Trooper Invest Blessington, Ensuring Se- curity for Dublin. REBELS CHASED FROM HILL REFUGE [ The Government will assist any of Hhe settlers who wish to rebuild. The Government firefighters in every part of the province are work- ing under maximum pressure. Aero- p‘lanm are ’being' used to rush pumps and' supplies to the fighters. The total number of fires so far this season is 1,038, which sets a re- , cord, according to forest officials. will not des them farther whither the ‘ Dublin, July 8.~â€"â€"â€"The investing of Blessington by National troops took place at 6 o’clock this morning, to the intense delight and relief of the popu- lation, harrassed by irregulars since the campaign beg-an. The‘il‘regulars had seized two banks, using one as their headquarters and the other as their transport centre, and leaving furnlture This 51 both her structior and appealed to the people to supple- ment the aid which the Government is ready to give. He also announced the Government will co-operabe in the re- storation of the so-ldiers’ settlement of Merville. ashes, camp fires, fly smudges, railway locomotives, slash-burn- ing operationsâ€"human carelessness of some kind accounts for 97% of the forest fires which every year add further devastation to the northern areas of this province. CARELESSNESS with matches, cigarette butts, cigar ends, pipe ls success 11 of the the south liars a )ere ugh DON‘T take any chances with fire in Ontario’s forests. DON'T throw away cigar- ette or cigar butts, pipe “heels” or burnt matches until you are dead sure they are out. DON'T neglect to drown out your fire with lots of water. DON’T build your camp fire against a rotten log or stump; nor on windy points; nor near moss patches; nor at the base of a tree. Build it in a former fire place, or on a flat rock, or on a spot cleared down to the true soil below, or by the edge of the water. DON'T forget that the upper - layer of ground in the forest consists of partial- ly rotted wood which will burn. 3% niafigfg Ffimsts means the rlddn' menace of an a The scattering o prevents cement the army autho DON’T lney the but Wit-L have fth They’re Yams A deslpatch from ancouver says:â€" The forest fire situation in British Columbia this season is the worst ex- perienced for many years, it was an- nounced at the District Forestry Of- fice here on Friday. From all parts This morning’s SUCCESS was the refiDuinn suit of a cleverly planned operationlbeen f from the couth of Dublin and Curragh,l It 11 culminating in an almost perfect en-‘de Va circling movement around the Brittas,’ Blessii Blessington and Kilbride greas, whith-l er large numbers of the irregulars reâ€" ' Tgml.‘ of the province reports have been re~ ceived that fires are burning, and in some districts, fanned by strong winds, the flames have got out of con- trol of the fireâ€"fighters and have done serious damage to towns, villages and ranches, as well as threatening to de- stroy valuable standing timber. tirec S‘ch weeks of dry weather and warm sunshine has dried out the underbrush; Practically no rain has fallen at many BRITESH CMUWE Mo arg ments capture than 100 prisoners Wer'e taken, g leaders Andy Macdonnell and oiand, the latter a brother of Harry Boland, one-time Dail Here are typical cases picked gt random from last year’s Fire Rangers’ yeports: The rangers on the Ombabika to Fort Hope canoe route in the far north on July 4th found an area 10 miles long by 4 miles wide which had been swept by fire since their previous trip. A camp fire left ‘on a portage was the cause. A prospector on the Montreal River started a fire on July 7th which burned over 4,800 acres in Baden Township, destroying 1,000,000 feet of pine and 9,000 cords of pulpwood, and which required attention for a month. A A party of fishegmen {ampch on Porcupian Lake, Burt6n~ Township, Parry Souhd, were respénsible for a fire on July 10th, which burned over 25,000 acres and 2,000,000 feet of timber. ' ' Indians smoking moose meat started a fire on June 26th, which ran through 1,700 acres of young jack pine trees. Careless trappers on May 7th caused a fire in Head Township, which burned over 2,280 acres, half of it young white pine. Ontario Forestry Branch Parliament Buildings - Toronto, Ont. The best way to fight forest fires is to prevent them .m LUMBEA SWEPT BY DISASTROUS FGREST FIRES 1 was woun f the Nafio n5 prisoners to retire pain-ts since the first of June. These conditions have added to the menace of fire. One known dead, several persons missing and ten houses destroyed is the early toll of casualties in a fire which descended on the soldier settle- ment at Merville, on Vancouver Is- land Thursday night. A change in the wind brought into the settlement 3 fire which had been raging in the bush near here for two weeks. Many settlers fled in a panic, and no cheek has been possible as yet. Meantime citizens of Courtenay, nine miles away, are fighting the flames, along with the soldier settlers here. Timber District Near Regina Destroyed by Caterpillars de Valera B‘Iessington A despatch from Regina, Sask, says :â€"’Caterpill'air5 have eaten up fifty square miles of timber in the Kipling district near here. Scarcer a green leaf remains and the district presents the stark appearance of a Winter scene. forestry officials say. reme is a grander thing t vmbered than to be not ha( an ile< 1( been reported that Eamon was with the rebels at ends, pipe slash-burn- :counts for ition to the un-ag In this they have