Carlisle Patriot 23 April 1880 23 April 1880 Great Fire in Canada

23 April 1880 Great Fire in Canada

800 HOUSES DESTROYED 40,000 PEOPLE  HOMELESS. OTTAWA, Wednesday. A conflagration broke out to-day in Hull, situated on the bank  of the river opposite to this city. Eight hundred houses - forming half of the town - were  destroyed, rendering 40,000 people homeless. Several lives were lost, and some  persons are reported missing. The Great Lumber Mills were saved. The loss is estimated at  5000,000 dollars. The Governor General has offered his assistance to the  inhabitants and, along with the Princess, visited the scene of the  disaster

 

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