Rock Island Argus., 1900-04-27
Destruction at Hull and Otta-
wa Exceeds Earliest
Fears.
BUT IS NOW UNDER CONTROL,
The Number of Buildings
Lost and Estimate of
Damages.

Ottawa, Ont, April 27.-At this
morning the fire which ragged here and
in Hull since IL yesterday was under
control. The total number of build
ings destroyed was $500. entailing a
loss of $4,000, 900, and between II, =
900 and Is. 900 men, women and chill
dren are homeless, and four lives
were lost. The summary of the stu
alton:
Ottawa-BuiIdIngs destroyed, 1000.
HuII-Buildings destroyed, 800.
Total loss to both cities. SEQ, 100000.
Total Insurance In both cities, = 2,OOO,-
900.
Ottawa, April 27.-The govern
ment at cabinet meeting today, de-
ciied to give 800, 900 for the relief
of the sufferers of the fire. The city
council gives $40,
Ottawa, Ont. April 2T.-Five square
miles of territory burned over; more
than 900 dwellings, factories, mills,
stores and other buildings destroyed.
entailing a loss estimated to reach
100000 900 and between Il. 900 and I5,-
900 men. women and children home
less, is a summing up of the havoc
wrought by the fire which ragged
at Hull and in Ottawa from IL o'clock
yesterday morning and at midnight
WIS not completely under control
Some estimates of the losses reach
$4,000. 900. Insurance is estimated ut
81 100000. Most of the lumber piles in
Ottawa and Hull have disTppearedaHdI
are now mere heaps of charred wood
and ashes. Half Il dozen churches and
schools. n number of mills. the Hull
waterwOrks. the Hull court house and
jail, the postottice. the convent-almOst
every business place and about 1000
dwellings and shops in Hull have been
destroyed. Indeed. practically nothing
of Hull is left but a church and n few
houses beyond it.
Where the Blaze Got Its Start.
The spot where the fire originated IS
about a quarter of a mile from the
main street of Hull. and as Il gale was
blowing from the northwest right III
mills on both the Hull and Ottawa
shores of the Ottawa river and Chau-
diere Falls. il was soon seen that the |
fire was almost certain 10 be Il large |
one BY half past IL the fire had got
a good hold of Main street and the EN-
tire street with dozens of cross streets |
was burned. Practically there is not
n house left in the street.
Two Fatalities Are Reported.
The casualties so far reported are
Miss Cook. an old woman who lived on |
Wellington street near the French |
church and who was burned i'll her |
house TO crisp. An unknoyn man
was found dead on the Canadian Pa |
cific railroad track. james Mavan. of
Queen street west. is reported Ia be |
fatally injured. and some pieces of |
timber fell on james Merryfeld who |
was taken to the hospital. The govern |
ment is supplying blankets and doing |
all in its power for the comfort of the |
sufferers.
No MiIIionaire> in Hull.
There are Il few houses standing in the |
suburbs of the burned city. Hull has |
n population of about 1900 people. |
and more than half OF them are home
less. The entire business part of the |
city-including the court house post
office. public buildings and newspaper
offices-is one mass of ruins The pop
uIation is almost entirely composed OF |
people who work in the mills or derive |
their business from those works. The |
fire crossed the ottawa river in the |
afternoon. took hold among the lumber |
piles on the brink OF the river and eN- |
tended 10 the lumber yards and mills. |
sweep of the Fire in Ottawa
The result is that the whole OF that
mart of Ottawa known as the Chaudiere
flats. surrounding the Canadian Pa
cific railway station. where the lumber |
mills are all located. is fire-swept. The
only building standing in the whole |
area iS that of the Ottawa carbide fac
tory. which is newly erected and nre-
proof. ON the Ottawa side OF the river |
there is a larger area covered by hre
than on the Hull side. 1t is estimated |
thar the number OF people homeless IN |
the two cities and suburban towns Is |
not les than 1900, and il may reach |
15.pOO.
DEyASrATES ST. MARY'S VILLAGE.