Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-16
QUEBEC'S FIRE.
A Scene of Midnight Horror
People Dazed with Fright-The
whale fIfy LII nm.

nisht ana was only got ulaer controi at
o elocN INNS morning. ine hrs1 alarm
was from tile corner oil ~. oilVier ana ~.
Ciair streets III /" minutes oe,ore !
O'Clock. "A ieW minutes iater liie peiis
from hhsiiict, ot. Johh anu ot. hoch
Chufehes rang oiI seeohu alarm anu
the wlole force OF the hre prl8aue was
soon upon the GROUNDS.
me rehectioh vi tne hah,es was 50
Vislpie tiiat IN a snort tiine nan the Guy
appeared 10 ne attracteu 10 the scehe' anu
by li'3o o'clock AL the avenues around
ana leadlng 10 the nre We're SO completely
packed WIN people that ~ was next 10
,mposslole TO iorce way through them'
lie scene IN the vlciiiity Oh the eonna-
grafton was one oi utter c"hiusion' halio o,
those present seemed panl3-stricken ana
three-iourths OF the Others only added 10
the CONFUSION ny running asalhs, eau'i
other ana really contributing 10 the de-
strnclioh OF property While pelieVihe ehty
were helplng To save IL: Parents parttaliY
clothed hurried along III every dlfertioh
WIN infants wrapped III oea ciotilihs III
their arms, cows ana horses iet loose iron,
burning staoies fusheu i,ai, i'',.',ieiie'' ~,
through the crowd or stood dazed ny the
me hre originated IN stable on H., 9e'
.il'ie' 'tiee. ''e"r os' Maih' s.,oo.. ~: nv
iiaihes qmlckiy spread 10 .iie surrounding
wooueh buildings an" 10 'h9 streets aoose ".
ana below. ~. oiVler, hatoureilt, ot'
Marc ana hlchlieu streets Were H"ickiy
mass Oh nre ior some hunuiei roe. vi
eaci Ill extent, tiie haiheS RON Viie otner
SIDES oi tne streets Overlapping III me
ihiuaie ana completely CLOSING ''ieh' 'o aii
tralii''
Inc scenes common 10 aIl great hres
Were readily dlscerhapie AT inns stage.
hVeh the poiiee an" ilreileh were' 10
great extent dehoraii~eu' paring i ROD,
pefy was carried on freely Ill iuii SiSh' VI
everybody. Liquor stores an" private
dwellings, attacked ny the htnieS were
rahsacked Tor lhiuor' Whieh was openly
drank by the low characters VINO ihiese
the locality.
me SPARKS Wiiicli every whele i.e'. rom rom
Viie burning %oo'ieh puiioihss wore .iie,i- ~,
serves terfinie source Vi oahsei W '''e
rest OF the clty' IL was no uhoo'i,i''oi
siSht !" see men coats anu ia.s aniaHe ,:n
from the burning pieces oi siii'sieS winch
lighted upon theih'
ne ilre pri9aoe "iiese wa. ''ui "oo'ei' ,i'
houses were iouiid OH nre ny 'nei', Nhen .si
they arrived upon the scehe, anu WIN
water aoSeh' anu uiiaet't'n"pie iui ao,,io
twehty minutes, IL was iihpoSsip"' ioi
them 10 OBTAIN the mastery
Nothing was saved OF et.Johh ohnrch
but the sacred vessels anu soiae oi tie
most valuable OF the plate and furniture
OF the sanctuary. The hre hah possession
| of the noble structure III almost less
space of time than 1t takes to read OF II
and the finest and largest church III IN the
city was doomed to destruction. The
church was worth at least Sloo,ooo upon
which the Insurance. amounts to only
Slo,ooo.
At the foot OF Jupiter street, below
| Bertheot Market the ilames mad crossed
from the lower side OF st. John street,
and from this point they rapidly pro
| gressed westward along that ilne avenue,
keeping pace with the other division OF
the eonflagration opposite.
Nor was the fire now confined to st.
John street. At Jupiter street 1t spread
southward to Berthleot Market ilace,
| destroying property on Gabriel and ST.
Patrick streets as far out as there were
buildings to he destroyed. A lower Held
alone stayed the progress of the lire.
At Scott street the fire ran upwards
toward Grand Alice at terrible rate OF
speed, there sing no water, men, hose OF
other appliances to stay 1t. only agar
covered by the recent conhasratioh mere
stopped the total destruction OF the wlo'e
street.
1t is impossible to describe the spfea''
of the hames on every SIDE bflehy
summed up the streets consumed are
knnnlng east ana west, hiciiihohi IL
ellie, st. Olivier, kiehelleu, paqullon
and ~, JOINS ward III Mohtcalni street
Gabriel, Nouvelle and Breton running
north ana south the pfiheiPal streetS
We're sutherland, Delishy, ot. oiair, 81
Marie and St. ueheVleve, HesC que
besides Jupiter street III Moitcalil war"
also west aide.
Among property destroyed on ot. som
street were large number OF handsome
buildings used as stores ana private resi-
dehces' battery was culiet o'V am
rendered efficient ald III saving property
and iii keeping order.
III Is computed tiat there must Se
loss ot S2,ouu,uuo between the buildings
stock and furniture.
over l,aoo families are rendered nome
less ny the collllagfalloh'
AT least SUI buildings nave beeh de
stroyed. 1t is impossible TO give tul
and correct list OF sufferers ana INSURANCE
losses at TINS moment, put an the liisur
ance companies dong business IN III
city VIII probably be heavy losers.
The fre brigade aud apparatus wa
quite unit to cope with such a llre and I
its weakness and the wretched waite