The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-06-10
LATEST TELEGRAMS,
A HOLOCAUST.
Terrible Fire In Quebec.

StallVer and st. Clair streets. A
1850 a second alarm soon afte
called out the whole fire brigade
Half the city appeared on the street
by 11.30, called out by the brillian
flames, and the avenues leading tx
the fire were SO blocked with peopl,
| that passage was impossible. Thu
confusion increased, half the people
were panic stricken and the res
| wild and incompetently tried to rem
der assistance. Parents partially
| clothed, hurried along with children
| in their arms and leading others
Cows and horses from the burning
stables rushed half maddeneC
| through the crowd.
The fire originated in stable
when the flames spread to the sur.
rounding wooden buildings and the
whole neighborhood was soon a mass
| of flames, for some hundreds of feet
the flames from the other sides OF
| the streets overlapping in the mid
die and completely closing them.
In almost less time than it
takes to tell it the finest and largest
! church in the city was doomed
Next after the church came the
Friar's School, opposite, and still the
fire swept on. Trusting as if conf
dent thatSo majestic an edifce could
never fall a prey to any of the ele-
mentS, the neighbors around had
carried household goods to the front
of the church and there piled them
at the very door of the sanctuary.
All was lost. The church was
worth at least 100000; insurance
only $4,000.
At the foot of Jupiter street, be-
low Berthlot Market, the flames had
crossed from the low side of
st. John street, and from this
they rapidly flew west along that
fine avenue. keeping pace with the
other division of the confagration
opposite. At Jupiter it spread
southwark to Berthlot Market
Place, destroying everything on St.
Patrick street as far out as there
were buildings to be destroyed.
The lower field alone stayed the
progress of the fire. At Scott street
the fire ran upwards towards Grand
alley, at a terrible rate of speed,
there being no water, men, hose nor
other appliance to stay it.
Four wooden houses were found
on fire by them when they arrived
upon the scene, and with water alb
sent and unobtainable for some
twenty minutes, it was impossible
for them to obtain the mastery.
The hydrants threw good streams
when the water came into the ward,
but too late to be of much service.
When the fire spread, as above de-
scribed, the men of the brigade lost
all control over any portion OF 1t.
They necessarily Sub-divided into
many parties and were weakened.
The flames swept onward with al
most lightning rapidity. The fury
of the devouring element knew no
bounds, but at the city outskirts they
swept all before them. A great
part of Doquillon West and Gene
we've streets had been destroyed,
when flames appeared in st. Johns
street, further out. At o'clock the
bells of St. Johns Changed in rapid
and alarming tones, which told OF
the danger of that property, and
summoned assistance. The whole
efforts of the fire brigade were i'm
mediately bent on saving the sacred
edifce, but to no avail. Nothing
was saved but the sacred vessels
and some Of the most valuable plate
and furniture of the sanctuary, ere
the fire had possession of the noble
structure.
It is impossible to describe the
spread of the flames on every side,
and will perhaps be more satisfac-
tory to give an idea of the bound
aries of the burnt district. The
only thing that the firemen sue
ceeded in doing was to curb the fire
east of GeneYeVe street, and here i'll
fact the wind was blowing from the |
east and northeast. From the latter
street up nearly to John street, the |
westerly side of the street had been
swept away. To the north, the fire
extended as far as Richmond street.
The western limits are little be- |
yond the street car stables, at
Mount Pleasant, near the city
boundary. The limit south is
at Boston, near Scott, and at
Gabriel, which has been already
mentioned. Briefly summed up, the
streets consumed are: running east
and west, Richmond in part, thence
to Palace south-Oliver, Richelieu,
Daquillon and st. Johns Ward, i'll
Mont Calm, st. Gabriel, Naville and
Briton. Running north and south,
the principal streets were Suther-
land, Delinquy, st. Clair, st. Marie
and st. Geneveve. West side, beside
Jupiter Street, Ward in Mount Calm.
the property destroyed on
John street were large number
Of handsome buildings used as
stores and private residences. A
battery was called out and rendered !
excellent aid in saving property and
keeping order. Several remarkable
were caused by the
fire. Men were in some cases
lifted off their feet. On the
lower field where the most
burnt out people had camped with !
their saved goods, the fire followed
the unfoTtunates and burnt up most