The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-11
AWFUL C0HFLACRA-ION IN MONTREAL.
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Over Eight Hundred Houses Burnt.
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Three or Four Thousand People Homeless,
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From the Montreal Herald. July OIL

Herald, VI
yesterday wo had to lament Of the awful
Hagratons which has probably ever occurred in this
II took place early in the rlipg shop the st.
Lawrence Main street according TO accocns that
street Itself according to others in st. Dominique street
De that as may, tho dreadful element speedily
nicated to the adjacent premises and by noon the Who'll
Of the st. Louis suburb in flames TIE coafagra-
ton by four O'Clock in the afternoon, had destroyed
nearly one half Of the east ide of 81 Lawrence street.
the whole Of ST Dominique St. Constant st Elizabeth
sanguinet and St. Denis sucets, all running parallel to
each other from north south II had aso cleared the
whole Of Mgnonne, Dorchester and great part OF In
gaucheere streets running from cast TO west At this
time, say half past r. NJ, haG made very accurate
survey the course extent OF tho congraton and
by comparing this with the books OF the Cooperation
found ON rough calculation, that somohog like five
hundred houses had been destroyed comprising almos
the whole Of the st. Louis suburb. Upon again
going the burat district, to verify our account,
acertained that great pat Of Lagaucheorc Stree. hal
also fallen victim 10 tho dreadnl clement which ba
also swept st Denis street 0m end to end by T. M
the bishops church and the late r. delce well as tn
newly built palace OF the bishop IN flames The fire
had also extended along st. eatharine street to
destroy everything on the north side as far rs the Ayle
and on the south s,c fan Mr.. Cons tho Prothon-
oary We then prepared to make up as fun an acconnt
possible OF the WI ole occur but had hardly left
the of the disaster for half hour, when
again recalled to hu streets by tho alarm Of the Hay
House being on fra The report but too true. by
9P NJ. that magnificent ple OF iuldirgs was IN blaze
as high as the cupoa and IL continued TO burn Till
s;oly after another fen Ia This did not happcn how
until il had spread ruin each side Of H. On tho
Iouth ride 0. the street. block of house with end
fronting o1 Dalhousis square, and dividing Notrc
sparks communicated The contagion right across
the square CHE whole OF which burnt to the
ground) to the west end Of Saint diary street, fom
whence the flames continued to be propogated by the
sporks to indefinite extent till went to press. What
part CT tic Guebec Suburbs will be ultimately saved IL
hard to say The tmbe. yard and mills of Messrs
Sims Coleman went carly in the afternoon long before
the fames had reached them in bJdy-the fire being
communicated by the sparks. We had hored to gives
fuller account Of Ls fearful cnlniy but the constantly
growing character of the evil quite in exceSs of
powers add to which the fact Chat almost all Of
compoors were residents Of the burnt quarter, and of
course obliged to be looking after their property We
must plead the uniyersality of the calamity the
cuSc for shortcomings. We have already prepared
list of about five hundred houses which destroyed
by four o'clock We fear that tho st may be extended
six or eight hundred, and there can be little doubt
were last night without shelter The RELIEF OF the
sites of the poor is the most pressing ca upon
the community at this juncture Their suicrings
tally and bodily have been extreme during the heat and
anxiety Of the last twenty four hours and hope that
N eans will be taken speedily to relieve them