The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-27
Twenty-Five Hundred Dwellings, Factories, Mills and
Stores Swept Away by Fire.
The Property Loss Will Reach Twenty Millions of DolarsThe
Town Of Hull and Part of Ottawa Were Burned-Con-
fIagration Started from Blaze in a Dirty Chimney.

public buildings and newspaper offices, is
one mass of ruins.
The population is almost entirely COM
posed OF people who work in the mills or
who derive their business from those
works.
The fire crossed tho Ottawa river In the
afternoon, took hold among the lumber
piles on the brink OF tho river and OK
tended to the lumber yards and mills. The
result is that the whole OF that part Of
Ottawa known as the Chaudore flats sur
rounding the Canadian Pacific railway sta
ton, Is nre-s swept. From tho 1sts the
fire extended across the Richmond road
on TO Roehesteryille aud as far as the cN-
perlmoutal farm Westerly. the fire took
In Huntonburg and Mechanlcsyile SO that
on the ottawa side OF the river there is a
larger area covered by fire than on tho
HUH side.
II is estimated that at the present time
the number of people homeless in the two
cities and suburban towrs is not less than
$4,000 and u may reach 5000
The government has given the drill hall.
and the city the large exhibition build
lngs to accommodate the sufferers. All
tho institutions IN the city which have
any accommodation at all have lent
H.
dustry left standing In Hull Is the Goul-
mer and Houston lumber mill, Just beyond
the city limits, and Il IS still In danger.
The large Roman Catholic cathedral is
etill standing but the flames ara sur
rounding II. Nothing can he done TO stop
the FIRE II VIZ burn itself out to tho
waters edge
The Hui Lumber company's mills the
extensive works Of c 3. Eddy, bath match
oil Vegt-
dencei are all In ruins, as well ms the
Inter Provincial bridge. which connects
the city al Ottawa With Hui
On the OTTAWA side Of the river the loss
is still greater Thefe are in ashes the
Bronson and Western Lumber company
mills. the J, n, Booth lumber mills the
Mckay Milling company the ottawa elec-
trio railway power house the Martin g.
Warneck mills tho Victoria foundry, the
Ottawa Saw Works, the Ottawa Specially
company, the Pain planning mills. and sov-
eral other Industries. There are also some
fine residences included IN this area.
among them that of j. r. Booth, which
was value AZ 800 900 the residence OF
his SON in-law, s. W. Fleck; thai Of Hon.
George Foster. Lewis Runuell and others
out Of which their owners we're not able
to take anything, so quickly did the flames
extend 10 them
As soon as tho members ~ the govern
ment saw that the Arc was to be dis
astrous one the acting minister OF public
works telegraphod to Montreal, Peterboro
and Rockville for fire appliances and all
assistance that could be sent Although
they arrived speedily they were Of no
avail. Nothing could stop the ravages OF
the fire. which leaped over whole blocks
and broke out ia all directions
The Canadian Pacific railway station. a
large wooden structure, which ls on
Chaudiere fats, was among the hrst
buildings TO go.
Tho large cliff which extends from the
ottawa river back near Christ church land
St John the Baptist church on to Roeh-
estervllle was the only thing which kept
the whole city OF Ottawa from becoming
a prey TO the flames.
Shortly after noon the wind. which was
blowing previously in northwesterly d.
rection, changed to a snutheasterly di-
rection, and IN THE way what remained
OF ottawa was saved.
II Is almost Idle to talk OF losses now
while the FIRE yet burns and with a change
Of wind II would certainly sweep the city
but a moderate calculation would be
somewhere between $15.Q0O.OO0 and $780,
100000.
The government had the military called
out and adjourned the house OF common.
until Tuesday on account OF the fire.