New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-23
-uy GREAT FIRE IN QUEBEC.
uuya,cd Families Homeless.


We find the following particulars IN relation
,ecept caiam.tous fire IL Quebec In TIE Montreal
...,i of August 10. it being dispatch iiom Que
Nc TO that papcr' ourprc. Aug. IS, 1866.
.aes.ructire Gre. which burned nom II oe.Ock iast
At,0 J4vhreaS Il Is morning, has nd waste larse
No. cf t,c pOpu'ous suburbs Of ~. Rooms. 40
x Srote cut II the corlcr 81 Green a. 'al"'s' "a "a
ue Uses occupied by NJ. j. Paqutt grocer IL
te pot asccr;aped how the flames or;s inatcd lheIe
W. xsrv little wind when t'c alarm VS. hrSt t'yh'
Tsre iIighf air was Grnp tut the Ge>iT"ci sVe io'
had found ample national in when 20 lelt! IN we
in.srse mass Of wocucl tone'ncniN ny NmeA 'He
ii.s where Il FIST rToEe ont ros Srrf uHrtc'
Hys, s flames spread with fearful rapidly most simul'
.aons,r extending up the eastern siGo o. tal0n'St
W sin Oceen.sl. In tie Ha-cs IN tle rear o. DOLE
49, streets there were plenty OF galleries sheds, STA
- a~5 woJd.riiPS Huone which tie HE acquired
IL.,sorfl and volume as IL .,Ncicd.
lsol.si.. running parallel T. plccna''' soo'
~ II, ferY breath and, ~ ~ iLci'hhy sO!. stcc o.
no hou es in X g-st.. 500 r.tiins para.ci VIA tHc
,re-i ned street. were o.. ilcmes. WITH SWIFT mo
- H. Ire ran along the lc' s!cct, ana ere an Pour
sIc,n,ci after tie FIVE. 1.9rm tie fire mad acquired
I,ysat which almost dcfrj an ciFoIis 10 kcep with
~ limits Ct the line oi D,rchpstcl-st, wich ~ Tie
-, s.ro' west Of Carou.', amt Lte sectuS tie thee
,'e,cuai ares already ~ Ioneu.
~sbou, O'Clock this morning inc alarm was at US
-, and tenants o. botsoo nm tie streets IN Wch tho
- WIS raging bar LIVING two IT three oiccSs 10 the
s.s.vsrl Lad commence O. move OFT ih'f eA,cts:
'Tbp most critical peI'r. WAS hctwged j end -
,,',rt when the blazing quadrangle W wooden
- -owcd Ike some gigantic Tn"ce. L4ort
70, seemed hOre'c7S. rg'IndrC as tie Ere WaS on
~ side by wooden Buildings. aud even The
tdalinr and energetic felt their sircaeth give WY
ser the awful heat and tie excessive fatigue OF their
ova exeTti0ns.
Tss pcicc we're early on the ground. Al the fire.
-, TOO wcro OF tneir po>t-the =. R0cls, ST. johns,
c.e B,ane u almond UNbJr. and -. SErc-r cnfnpe-
az being present. The Licn worked VIII icrculean
.reoctA and most laDdtblr courage; hut variety %!
acks marTcd their cICrs and rendered tieiT
sors almost useless r hours. he W sslre OF wafer
,.Ss obtained was fair T.. NC, 81 cicnusii'cs con.
1fred; brit "a the fire sumed large proportions y
rspecossaIy TO lay the hose 70 very great dist Acc
sget an available hydrlnt. Jae result was. iEat III
e,pOf non 10 tie necessity Tor WaIer Cesa4e more IN
r,srt the supply grew weaker. Another cardinal
tcl WAS that the FIRE brigade was not sufficiently Iu
ercrs aud that tie aQpis-ces whh "hic- they axe
5rlicd sic not equal 10 such an emergency Is that O.
Tse poce instead Of being assigned to tler proper
LIZ OF protecting properly and mai tanning order.
rs;e coz pei, d-ls they We been FOR .ua1y ycars-io
COX Ike beasts Of barLel. ASaDgirIai cOnsed
,erogd of thousands al persons iwVccct TIE move
ssrts OF those WfO were work. =. Cniers drove
ayy loeGs over the hose lie street CROSSINGS, and
rDDery was damaged, sto.cr, Ct testroyt4 IN ever!
direction. Police ard l-cilep bgth worked with com
aeIaahc energy at tleIe was necessarily Lille OF 10
Usem in their EFFORTS.
TIE district rsyaeel by the Gre is of ob!ong form
nd may bc described rs follows:
DOLtutI Ca AAr Nt,t ~ Nei O-'ftsi vi ''"t ~.
Dorchester or Old Brid.o-st; on the OoFth ~ QreeA'
IT,, and on The south by Llng-st. Down the center
9Ds richardson 81.
The frc commencing at the northwestern ANGLE.
Ely be said TO have swept lie whole ground cor p.scd
vi the above boundaries. VIII the exception 81
bI or five hoCses in Hc'aldsOr-s'.. and the south
STE Of kingst which, however, j. suited throughout.
Tie houses in tie eastern end 4 the district, t.at is
pssy on the west SIDE of Dorchester ore plTtai!
Nraed Gud partially pged down. 1ley ara al. how
yer ICd-cCd 20 IT. - chiIrcd shells As much may
said several - the hrr.ts on the opposite side Of
& same street aud Of three 81 foni at tee weston ex
synity al tue lire On tie 81 SIDE oi Cagon-st.
Vie houses totally Durcc1 o. Ic4.c-cl uA.cnaO!c
~ BE- summed up rs follows:
Knc.st north side. 10; laoharison.s: north side
south side. 3D. Queen. ncrtA side 49, south sue, Io
cror.st. east ! D0rcacs'C,, west, 3; tcal, -.
h tie whole number OF houses Destroyed there was
III one OF tl.ck. the rest t,C wood end o.. tho later
iarly al we've small tTo-.,OII tcne@cnts ci tie Kind
cr1ion in the lower pant g.; 3. EOcLs. There were
VI ucre than tx or seven tWo.s,oy TEL cwcnt louscs
tie lot. The sufferers Gre chiefly house ana stlp
rpeI..Ts win a pro- Ill'r Of ZIP yard la0crcr,
| srefs. ard Il few s'Ia.l if~Ceis.
Tie total amount al J sgru &c npon the property
neyahlc CT umOyale AZ united . couparaiiFCiy At
T. MANY Of tie victims liza lid IN ter sock q
Winters lrewool--ncNly "a Mc small pFcpu'Nrs
uo1 whom the lcss VIII ihn leatil - uoyo5les
thrge quantity was saved but IN 70 Cemactd state.
wing to tie lapid spread OF tic tIe, q c:e was u
sac eases lut i'e the 20 save, a. rOt ieW are
n entirely destitute. AbOnt 100 families have bee.
a touseless.