, 1876-06-03

THO Terrible 1slro of Tunstlny Lat,

QuYBEc, May 3t.-Aluut ) O'clock yrstnrlnp
nttcEp,u1> MI nlarm was Gtalntlcsl from H.A t;'
anil rupeatrd acyernl tImrE. A large n0tulrr n
people repaired to The spot, nlnl il wss fn,;ul
lln,t Tire l'ad bEnkcn ont III the Etal,ly u,
Leon bolyln, :. ea1!er hsfnE H. Nut
inys viii, iiatrirx. i'm, lad 1t!c.y s.t1'I :,ra T
|, several l,u,,sen adjoining. There WA Il t,u,,t
westerly wintl blowing at the tTlnt, ind th,,
hcrycd 10 carry thr Intnut tu tito ro,fa u Tie
s. nsss"r'ns , ho1'srs 1r;,. An ,,,,'. %ls y T. nnr
iinngtiletl with what fearful raphlity tlc cIy I,y
sprsal ln1nense mems; tlo,,ls "f GI'.si; ,runhs
prcsarf! tnt", srrrcp, mud thc residents cs,n,
mrbcc,l moving their belongings Nau.Alu
articles u fur,ljtllr9 wrrc iliruwn fr,Hn tIr
windows or hauled through dnarxays, rat.i,y
hlor1ine up TIC p,yr'''ents anl Ir'r' Eons oi thu
streets; and through all hraviiy-lndsn hnlsrs
wrnictt their wny, whipped nrd urged ~ lr,
tlalffranttc drivers, cuIlttiuG with vehicles anl
household effects, and tdtxtr; III trrrIilc et,.
tuslnn With men and wo!!len rushing wildly
hither un,l thllllcr.
John street md the lower suburbs were
crowtfcl with effects saved anu tco ,itrl MI III.
sidewalk ansi IN every vacant sl'asc. # Louis
street @ an1 ts :rsSs' .,; 's 'e, a'sg Mes' ItA
night looked like IL foreground IGe
]HltcG were early on the ground, us wurc
also The fire hrigHtte fn ful! strength; tut, as
The Lexis steam engine |a7 kindly offered liz
the Mayor OF tIInt town When IL appeared Tilt
tho eoniagratton. w;s .,t,sunin{ ,lnngerol,
proportions, mud il did .xc,ilcut in yirc
during tie evening IN checking, the spread Of
the ir'' in ST. Es,staele street, r'.wns tlu su,,.
ply of water fran tho well from the est,Isnu,,
ind projecting 1t through llrtwceu .&,UAJ atmi
'',oW fcct ri rnbb!r bo=e. 1isc thy stealn irr-
St. Jol.n's Cllurl,, but it iii not sctm to gys M
Into proper working order until Tic cycl,in. wit,
somewhat advanced, owing lo The scarcity II
gateF.
1l,e 'lre llavEns once got hcaiway It vas in.
possible fur nhy power to materially cheek its
progress, RsNl II had To lc icfs 10 lake It's s,tisse
driven Us It was by the westerly wind, llIG #.
forts Of Tho Firc Drigasc, Provinela! Pulc aud .
Battery, Who had alsoarriytl tlic snrse,
br!ng limited to lighting; tlit Ilancs "i,er.yrr
un opportunity offered OI coniint,:; thrlI With,
narrower circle Tie row nl b;t;kli:.ys ll.t,n.
the trashio Alice, though III great f|:nser 1T
tllc TING, was saved. It may Ii. stntrd grrr-
niy that the w.iole district confined within tle
space, bounded I'm tho Gust by st. i;.,sta: :iIs
street, from tic triekut field, down a. far If
The soutl. sile Of Artillery street, iellivu; u,
the west by Claire Fontainr street; III the
lot til by Artillery street, usld ~, the south by
the tira!lla Alice, now Tenlains Int fnrt>t u
| chimney stacks and sinoul,icslng ruills. Thu
strccts wholly ur Imrtia}ly destroyed, mag iu
briefly cnunleratca as follows: Claire, Fer ;sse,
BaEtSn' Provost, rlc1s!s, Scott, Icvolst, M:;As
Anal'!e, Darltgny, Artillery, st. Cfox
FL; snstaes sst At '. one AaSS:' tsc ssc ' !Sc en- m
hers were carried by tlc w!nl G,ld$'ti IN :En2r,
l,ouses hut, fortunately, In alt t.ses. tho ,1lne
| were bpecdiy oxtlngulsicl. After nj: :.Lt,;.lt.s
,wml ltllletl somewhat anl tic cuh;l,: :l..1ua
gradually burnt itself ont I'll tie lnrsi 81. Lis.
..$,, Ill r
owing to the Fortunate intervention III till
point pf the H1acis iclll ,.'4l l:splan.nlt.
It w,s reported last iI..55!!lt t'la w'llan wa4
missing, also U child of Alr Cs,Ic, Joiner, Eeris
TIC faec md hands, antI ulso one ;2o .',..'.
chllcrcn whose nanrs It was 'tts3+&!"is ID
| ascertain. It ts .lso stuffed ths, unr II ,!.u
nir,a Of tho Good Shepherd C,,1y".',
III Il drlirntc state ii nealth rcv. ..yv.i
suci II nesvo.la sl,ock tint death eissued. !
woman nn1 cIsild were III fhtnrent Il ,1!g.: ii
the third story Ut hou+t wlltn ,wo ntn,
rruacl and FL Dccry, volunteered to s1ys
them, Tie fient 0f the flames w"s frlrHy
latcaisc, but thy ancn sucveelc'l ~ iowt,Irss
the eI,fll III Ills arms, nlis! there hr!'. nn
other cu,lrsc open n him Jumped franz tr ri
dow. Ito fell o'l his batk uni f'rotn It. t:>n's
almost immediately. TIE c:,il,t WITS H.:st /.
saincd ttic ground Il, shi':tyt though h1ytltly
burned about the ha's ntnl llcr Dumas Fist
died from the clFttt Of burns.
Notwithstanding ttie watcItfui1:rss of the ~
Ice there was necessarily II considerable au'lnt
Of t!Iferng, owIn, 10 The eatent D. ::rpual
over wlxli tic gootls OF tic sufferers ~s, SAT-
tered. Through the Intervention III :ia:' Mayer,
the riling-se,lool ,lr!l.shed, ar~;'Irr. md
Jesuit barracks wcre ohta!ucti i:l the
authorities as places ot retire, !,'cn
Mas ordered during tug .'..s.,;s t,oa,
Mtssr+. llett,erlns mil McCorl;ei aud :ta:
with teu served t. satisfy some ot the fa!<':
o,les fnr tin. snomrut. Similar u'e,s,.r.'s :Tr'e
also taken this n,urlli,g, mid putltr r,cr'irs
wis held this Afternoon, ns,i largely at:em!v'.
Some vi tl1c speakers blamed t!A' C.ir C,'1lhea!
for perl1ittin. tho l.sc uf wn1llen roolin.+ "il
the erection If wu>ttrn building. Aro.il't;rs
WIS appointed to take steps to procure su5seilir
tions.
Careful inquiry Shows TINT the iirst cstinlato
,,latc uf ilsc number ot huaacs destroyed drins
the iire WIS greatly exaggerated. Tlc tn'nhet
Ut streets burned "ver WIS seventeen, the .ietlti
number IT l'u,Ats .lsstrdycd helnl: atoui gov
Tho loss III s.usy will nut full st,tlr nf SSt..
u0t,: Tile following Is the amount vi usurlI.csa
L., fur us can br aseertalllel:
QUEBEC, sG9. ll1n.
Htadaconn. $50, 900.
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