NEW RELEASES
The Great Fire of 1922
A Centennial Retrospective
The Great Fire of 1922 left an indelible mark on the history of the Temiskaming area; 44 people died, many more injured and scarred for life, the fire burned 2,000 square miles (517,998 hectares) of land and left almost 11,000 people homeless overnight in a matter of hours. The devastation made it one of the ten worst disasters in Canadian history.
This book preserves the memories of that historic event, mainly from the first person accounts of the survivors. On this 100th anniversary of the fire we salute those who survived and rebuilt Temiskaming into the incredible place we have today.
Available in Hard Cover as well as more affordable soft cover.
Go Here for Table of Contents | Go here for a look at the Index
Hard Cover [HC] ISBN: 978-1-989615-63-8 | WMPub#1245 | 8½" x 11" | 368 pages; hard cover 160 photos and diagrams | $79.95
Soft Cover [SC] ISBN: 978-1-989615-64-5 | WMPub#1246 | 8½" x 11" | 368 pages; soft cover 160 photos and diagrams | $49.95
Table of Contents
3 Dedication
3 The Pioneers’ Prayer
4 Acknowledgements
11 Introduction
13 Early Temiskaming
19 The Days Before the Great Fire
22 October 4th: Starting at Sunrise
22 ROBILLARD TOWNSHIP
22 Dave Attwater
26 The Pummel Family
26 Liz Campbell
27 Frank Henebery
28 Lily (Tessier) Haviland
28 Captain Claude Nelson
29 JAMES TOWNSHIP
29 Elk Lake
29 Mel Giles
29 Stanley Belanger
32 BEAUCHAMP TOWNSHIP
32 Edna (Milkie) Nowry
32 DACK TOWNSHIP
32 Ernest L. Edwards
33 Ethel (Charlton) Edwards
34 Ernest Newton-White
35 Muriel Newton-White
36 October 4: Mid-day, The Wind Starts to Shift
38 Charlton
38 Mary Frances Saunders
40 Sadie (Thib) Brittain
41 James H. Brace
41 Charlotte R. Wegg
44 Grace (Edwards) Johnston
44 Vera McKenzie
47 EVANTUREL TOWNSHIP
47 Map of the Township of Evanturel as at October 4, 1922
49 Shipley And Webb Families
51 Englehart
51 Elsie (Bailey) Neal
52 Laurel Bowman
52 Walter Hill
53 Billie Weeks
56 Edwards Family
58 Brentha
58 Herb Kiehna
58 Heaslip
58 Hugh Naismith
58 Austin Houghton
60 Mrs. Austin Houghton
60 Dorothy (Bates) Fanning
61 Gordon Emerick
62 Will Webb
62 Eileen (Smith) Campbell
62 Thomas Oswald
62 Dora (Harman) Simpkins
63 Jean (Gibson) Black
64 Cliff Briggs
64 Hilda Winlaw
65 Ray (George) Frazer
65 Sid Elliot
66 Jessie (Smith) Rowlandson
67 Florence (Jack) Dudgeon
68 Estella (Nelson) Allen
68 Walter Harman
70 Arnold Edwards
70 Cameron Barstead
71 Ernest Grise
72 Earl Marshall
72 Estella (George) Marshall
72 Mrs. Alex Spence
73 Myrrill Allen
74 Merlin Black
75 Georgina (Campbell) McRoberts
76 Mrs. Georgina Downard
76 Mrs. Jim McNeil and Mrs. Wes. Shortt, Hilda and Marjorie Rowlandson
76 The Bates Twins
77 Harry Mills
77 Lizzie (Elliott) Peever
78 William Gibbens
79 John M. Elliott
80 Mrs. Albert S. Neal (May Rooney)
81 Josephine Tellier George
82 Cameron Plaunt
82 Doris (Emerick) Waldruff
83 Billie Fyfe
83 Edna (Smith) Chuter
83 Ernie Gedney
84 Eunice (McBride) Dudgeon
84 Mrs. Addie (Ed) Scott
84 Mrs. Hugh Jack
85 Mrs. Tom Houston
86 John Linton
86 Savoie Family
87 Milford Black
87 Estella (George) Marshall
87 Beatrice (Porter) Couillard
88 The Fire In Heaslip by Hartley Houston
91 INGRAM TOWNSHIP
91 Gordon Knight
92 ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP
92 Dave Barlow
93 Merlin Black
94 Yvonne (Leguen) Robert
94 Spencer Family
94 Florence (Jack) Dudgeon
95 William & Esther Semple
95 Evelyn Burns
96 Alfred Spencer
96 Thornloe
96 Frances A. Ross
100 Moddle Family
103 The Railway At Thornloe
104 Thornloe's Telephone Service
104 Sadie A. (Bourton) Horne
105 William Henry Foster
105 The Foster Family
107 Myrtle (Winters) Doughty
107 The Rice Family
107 Henry John Jenkinson
108 Agnes Edwards
108 Grace Beatrice (Edwards) Johnston
108 Mabel (Barlow) Sutton
109 Ronald Alfred Bartlett
109 Violet M. Burnett-Davie
112 The Roach Family
112 HILLIARD TOWNSHIP
112 Jean (Armstrong) Grierson
113 Lorraine (Briggs) Dixon
114 Myrtle (Edwards) Campbell
115 Muriel Ethel Rice
115 Wilmot Briggs
116 Wilda (Roach) Gibson
116 Hilliardton
116 Norman Stubbs
118 Leonard H. Tucker
119 Mae (Clement) McMahon
120 Nellie (Janes) Mills
122 The Batty Family
122 The Sparling Family
122 The Favron Family
125 Whitewood Grove
125 Campbell Semple
127 Alma (Kerr) Stevens
128 Osborne Kerr
130 Brethour Township
130 The Fire Of 1922 In Brethour Township (By Harold and Elizabeth Hie)
130 Tom Josefowich
131 Simone (Belanger) Dodge
132 Montreuil Township, Quebec
132 James Donald McLaren
132 Nédélec, QC
132 Annette St. Onge
135 Early Afternoon: The Wind Shifts Again
136 HENWOOD TOWNSHIP
136 Mandy (Sherritt) Goddard
136 Myrtle (Gelling) Sparling
137 Ernest & Eleanor Crowe
138 Kenabeek
138 Hazel (Alberta) Skinner
138 Daniel Ruttan
140 KERNS TOWNSHIP
140 Susan (Bradley) Miller
140 Bill Jarvis
141 Harry E. Jibb
141 Bill Kramp
142 Annie Bennett
142 Alice Jibb
142 Marg (Cook) Villneff
142 HARLEY TOWNSHIP
142 Margaret (McClung) Stratford
143 Cecilia G. (Black) Daley
145 Edith (Miller) Henshaw
146 Raymond Hilts
146 The Cline Family
146 The Hearn Family
147 The Jackson Family
147 Margaret Anne (Jackson) Marriott
147 Elsie (Logan) Tucker
147 Mabel (Overton) Mason
150 Dora (Foley) Field
150 Eva (Marriott) Doupe
150 Couttsville
150 Bertha (Aikens) Greer
152 Maybrook
152 John Labine
152 Hanbury
152 Don Fowler
153 CASEY TOWNSHIP
153 Mary Elsie Clara (Logan) Tucker
154 Twaites
154 Thomas Twaites
154 HARRIS TOWNSHIP
154 Annie (Snider) Proud
155 QUEBEC
155 Quinze River
155 Eugene Caza
156 Mrs. Yvonne Henri
156 Nôtre dame du Nord
156 Hilaire Damphousse
158 HUDSON TOWNSHIP
158 Marian (Campsall) Brayford
159 Isabella (Bowers) Smith-Leveille
160 Emma Ann(Morrow) Swartz
160 Jean Elizabeth (Boland) Bowen
160 Ileen Margaret (Morrow) Cook
161 Eric Clark Campsall
161 DYMOND TOWNSHIP
161 Don Gannon
161 Charles Burnett
162 The Glassford Family
163 Mildred (Robinson) Brooks
163 Henry Barr
164 The Sumbler Family
164 Margaret Jane (Barr) Scott
165 Walter Thornloe Hobbs
165 Uno Park
165 Mrs. Tom Briscoe
165 Ina Ruth (McFayden) Carter
166 New Liskeard
166 Peter & Caroline (Wilson) McIntosh
167 Sarah (McIntosh) Ruttan
167 Don McKelvie
168 Earl Walsh
168 Nora (Frisby) Carragher
169 Percy Randolph Craven
169 Frank Edward Kemp
170 Edra Beatrice Pringle
170 Hazel (Pringle) Spangler
170 Clair Shepherdson
170 Bob Beardmore
171 Coral (Welch) Edwards
173 Mid-Late Afternoon, The Inferno Increases
173 BUCKE TOWNSHIP
173 Clover Valley
173 Violet (Heard) Michiel
174 The Rice Family
175 John & Mary MacLean
178 The Olson Family
179 Merle Campbell
180 Martin Oslund
183 Helga (Nelson) Carlson
184 Arnold Nelson
185 West Road
185 Georgina Emily (Blackwall) Little
187 Rescued Union Jack
188 Haileybury
194 Adela Fleming
195 Lillian (Oslund) Soderstrom
196 Kathleen Keddie
198 Dorothy (Davis) Gagnon
198 Zaida (Adair) Wright
201 Napoleon & Melvina Villeneuve
201 Bogart Leslie
202 The Dickson Family
202 Bruce Seymour
203 Brent Wilson
205 Margaret (Dunbar) Atchison
205 Helene (Jory) Currie
206 Russ Murphy
207 Robert Jenkins Family
208 Helen (Caldbick) Brennan
210 Gladys (Anderson) Aubrey
213 Ernest Todd
214 Velma (Labranche) O'Donnell
216 Frances (Charbonneau) Kelly
216 Rose (Slywchuk) Leskew
218 Blanche (Sister Bernadette) Boivin
220 The Killoran Family
223 Margaret (MacFarlane) Ouimet
223 Rev. F. H. Hincks
224 Florence (Woods) Rennie
225 Cecilia Somerville
226 The Mitchell Family
227 Annie (Mayhew) Douglas
228 Edith (Mitchell) MacFie
230 Kathleen (MacGregor) Stoodley
232 Cy Elkins
232 Ruby (Creighton) Stevenson
234 Eva Sutherland-Burke
236 Alphonse Blain
237 Irene Vachon
238 Albert E. Morgan
238 Paul Liscumb
239 William T. A. (Ted) Windsor
239 Jim Wigle
240 Mrs. Paul A. Cobbold
240 Paul A. Cobbold
241 Charles H. Belec
241 Aline (Dupuis) Barker
242 Marion (Lyttle) Heard-Ansley
243 Melburne Doyle
243 Evelyn (Doyle) Dyment
244 Bill Scott
244 Felix Desjardins
245 Earline (Ross) Buffam
247 Mary D. (Gowans) Riddell
248 Annie Daniell & Mary (Daniell) MacPherson
249 Mrs. Florence (Laframboise) Joyal
249 Dr. Hector Joyal’s wife
250 Gilles Mayer
250 Rachel C. (Munroe) MacFarlane
251 Servais Family
254 Agnes Specht
255 Horace Whorley
256 Larry (Laurier) Gareau
256 Helen (Dolan) Fernholm-Van De Kraats
258 Una Ruth (Howard) Campbell
259 S. A. Boone
260 Haileybury, Before the Fire
262 Haileybury, After the Fire
271 North Cobalt
272 Carmen (Christo) Stubinski
272 Olga (Sirr) MacMillan
274 Gordon Davies
276 Evelyn (Grace) DeJonghe
277 Verena (McPhee) Ruddy
277 Ralph Shepherd
277 Harold Kenty
278 Argentite
278 Pauline (Sullivan) Cochrane
279 Miss Margaret Wright
282 Robert Pipe
282 Therese Muriel (Villeneuve) Despres
283 Cobalt
284 The Day After
285 Started In Potato Patch
289 Swastika Ministry of Natural Resources District Weekly Release
290 Casualties
292 The News Spreads
292 Marge Jerome
293 The Aftermath
297 Relief
298 O. P. P. STAFF INSPECTOR A. T. PAXTON'S REPORT ON NORTHERN ONTARIO FIRE RELIEF
302 Northern Ontario Fire Relief Committee
303 Rose (Mrs. Frank) Clemens
309 Streetcars
309 “STREETCARS” AGED TORONTO CARS TO BE SHIPPED NORTH Toronto Daily Star - October Curios From T. T. C. "Boneyard" Will Likely Shelter Fire Sufferers
310 Thanksgiving Dinner In Street Car Home
312 The Street Car
315 Time and Industry Are Erasing Fire Scars of a Year Ago
322 Personal Reactions
322 The Great Fire Of 1922 by Hartley Houston
324 Memories of Al Grace by Evelyn Sackrider
325 The Charlton Song by Daphne Demarell
326 We Are Survivors by Norm Abraham
326 In Each Child by Brian Beaudry
327 The Morning After The Haileybury Fire by Mary Sparling Muscroft
328 Hot Ashes And Smoke And Snow! by Ethel (Foster) Richards
330 The Great Haileybury Fire October 4, 1922 by Norman O. Webb
333 The Nineteen Twenty-Two Fire by Dave McLaren
334 The Great North Fire of 1922 by Wendy Barrick Rhead
325 The Survivors Of '22 by Dan Lavigne
336 Commemorations
336 1972- The 50th Anniversary
336 Dorothy Houston's Speech On October 4, 1972
339 Willing Workers of Heaslip Committee Members
340 1997 The 75th Anniversary Commemoration
340 The Great Fire Weekend
342 Commentary By John R. Hunt
344 Dedication Of Alarm Bell On October 3, 1997
345 75th Anniversary Committee Members
346 2002 The 80th Anniversary Commemoration
347 2022 The 100th Anniversary Commemoration
350 Bibliography
351-368 Index