The New York herald., 1850-08-29
The Lare Terrible Confiagration at Mont
GREAT DESTRUCTION or PkoPERTY-oNE HUNDRED
HOUSES DESTROYED.
From tho Montreal Herald Aug. 281

.GREAT DESTRUCTION or PkoPERTY-osE utrypRen
HOUSES DESTROYED
From tho Montreal Herald Aug 2S1
About half pas ten o'clock Friday night the
hrr commenced on the premises of Mr. Shepherd,
livery sable keepT, m Iralg street; and, in very
few minutes, spread, with iuCuncrivable rapidity
among the wooden hOas-s surrounding has ard
In ftw minutrs more, Mr.. DE Chanta's block of
cut stone houses, forming the corner OF Craig aud
~. Urban streets, were m blaze, the iainatrs
having barely tmr la escape with their lives, aud
leaving the greater bulk of their furniture and
other properly Il prey Ia ihr devourlng element
The lire, aided by brisk br, rZr, now ragged with
fearful energy, aud had, IN half an hour, extended
along Craig stTrrt to the Nj street of the 81
Lawrence suhuihs, ana up the Man street and 81.
Charles Bauoumor street 20 VItrs street, on both
sides of these notwithstanding in its progress
MI. DE thautal'~ hiuck uf bindings, Mr. Mcln-
tosh's hndry, Mr. McPhrrsuu's music store, Mr.
Closes plumh'r and mtchiut~ts' establishment
and many other valuable properties 90 Crsig aad st
Charles BaffuuuCr stfreis. Ca reaching the VI np
street, up which. fT Nurr street, II extended
90 both sidts, thr scru- was most appalling; those
who had removed thtIr Furniture To mat locality
seeing bow in"ftcud hid hrrn their efforts 70 save
n, were, wlih redoJhis driluu, in all directions
Carrying whai We most profitable 10 the Champ de
Mare Men, women aud children, who had hardly
csCaptd with ~ ~ iivss aHd with no coverings he.
yond her nightdr-sses, wrIr dislractediy RAINING
about M seaTch IT shelter. some succsf ded IN
p.ac'ng theif fuuitute and gunds m safety on the
Champ d. Msf~; but W. rtgrt To cay. the great
mljoniy Of thr suii-rcrs hIst their all--not only
u
bouse.. hut whai They hat ~ the r-t instance re-
moved 10 the hUurs ut their nrighaors ia the hope
thai The couilsgraiiun would not reach them.
Atisr destroy Ing, en- -. Charles Bouomee street,
the housts uccuwed ~ Mr Gillespie. Mr. smith.
Mr. Prce, hlr ~hsuey. Mr. helly, Mrs Metre
ecr, Mr Rry ynoids. aud their Heishnors ON eiiher
sitt NJ The street, h hrr spresd 10 Nitre street,
hnd "a less than halt an hour the whole property
ON both SIDES o The Ma,u street. frum Ntre 10 Craig
street, was one uninterrupted blazing mass. The
residaHrc of The MaNor. ~ the cuuer of Craig and
the Maine stitc. being detached, and " cut stone,
with tan ruui md uun shutters, was alone saved,
by The exertons of the frnrn. of sll the Surround
ing houses No human pUwer 'O1ld now iOretrll
how iar ihe raging element ight extend, the neigh
bOrbood hrirg surrounded win wo@den haidings
On the afuvai oi NJ military, after consultation
with the Mayor and magistrates. ~ was decided
that the obly hop Oi ausstng it- progress was by
blowing up with guuio~der some Of the inieryen-
ing houses Is, thi= time the fire had reached 81
Dominique street, aud speedily both SIDES of this
strset, "a the range of the hre, we're reduced 10
ashes One ot eur city councillors, Dr. Hall, now
took upen hims'i the responsibility Of authorizing
Capt. Wright. ~ the Royal Artillery. 10 blow up
the range 81 hficL buildings IN Pruault's lane in
line With - Gahuel str.sf, snd thus, " possible.
prevent the further eX'ension of the hre 70 the
eastward THIS however. from some mismanage-
msnt. We hflevr, in arranging the fuse, was not
prCmJaly effected the circumstances demanded.
anu before the hnildng was LAID low. the wind hsv-
inF subsidized. The conh,grston was hstgily arrest
ga by IN. eNerfious of the iirrmep.
We believe that about oGe hundred houses have
been utterly destroyed, hestdes many partially in
iured end rendered temporarily uuinhsbiable -
Thus, HUNDREDS ~ our fellow citizens are, IN one
night, rendered houssiess. many amongrhemsie-
priyed Of ths al-of the iraits Of years of indus
Try and frGRaiy-sn nrccsssrly thrown. Cor the
time being, utuu the hrTevulrucr Rnt charity of
their more ioftut ste fsloW-citizebs Not few Of
the sufferer, ~e are informed. are among those
who were recently burnt out in Gnfliniogn
The following names ~ the lsr ies burnt out we
have obtained iiom he Corporation lists We add
- A.. "a a. NU.r
insurance companies " j. ptohahle that there are
some omissions m the hst OF losses u WIS ru-
pofed IN the morning that an inreEditry had been
discovered end arr sed; hui On adniry we Learned
that no such charge had b-cn entered 90 the police
sheet -
~ U,bafa arof- Osopyiers and Progyteiors
LOUIS Cbsntal. him-sii; George Armstrong Bry.
Hon & F,ruer; Mauhew Ksliuch. - D~mer-e; Tao
mas THAN. - Duplessis; Serephin Tarcotie, HIM
self
Cyo,g street james Mason, w Macpherson,
A Dehsir; Mrs. Turner, Mr.. shepherd, De-
meres; Thomas Mnu0tsin. Jus~ph Humphrey, r.
r. Eeuber, Louis D-Chsniel; Apnet Lambert, w
r.. Gafepy; joseph Pullsu, A Deli-le: Joseph
Laneeyin. l. 5. Martin. Morcau ~ Leblanc, P.
Moreau
ST Louv,nos street DIR. smith. himself Y.
Rancour, Mrs smith; d GiIsnde, bemorschond;
;. Cempinn, = Perrin, Agnes Houcow;B II Ga.
dore, Levi Bodginson, J Donexana: Augustus
Cardinal. himself; John Craig. Do; = Tavrrnirr,
do. B Iedoux. - Duffesne; Mrs LamontaVne.
herself; Susan Cirsrd, do: A Chevalier. himselG
Mrs Droei. herself; p. Durocher, himself va
cant, Emma Boum. Vslle.
Sfit tharies Bayowyles street -Syhlls Madengar,
Timothy Reynolds Msdengar; Joseph Quelch
Charles Devhn. - Turcotte; Thomas Kelly, Pat.
nck Connolly, MichHsi Shsnl~y. =. Mercure; p
Losson, - Dufresne; James Gillespie, Wm Ben
sett, = Gsnepy; Josis Cirard Bernard Close, =
Girsrd; HuheIt Pare, p Gagnon. vacant, James
Tory, Psrr; Mr. MqcGrewor Mrs Lsrnoptagpe:
VIM Korner, Joseph Wright. Sasan Girard; Nj
ckael shelly. Mrs Drolei; vacant Ssncprrr: -
Woodley, Agnes Laiirrty, Jsherty; Chrisepher
Esiinger, Adam Stevenson.
~ Dsrssrgps svssf Louis Msrchand, John
Bower. Denls s~p@csl, M-d Terroux; Mrs Zen
nedy, bemorochopd; Jams Young, Aanrs Htond.
lev; Mr. kennsd,, -; Mrs. Gihsos, -; va
cant. Ausustue P~rrault; Louis Benoit. de-.
Psvsuu's Cowf.-- --- Csulomh, - Page,
AuQ,ietin Perranlt, Perrault ID. Scott, Vacant lot