Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28

the past two days and are struggling
with the great task of formulating
their financial loss. the mother country
| sends her condolences and the cities
of the provinces and Dominion join
with those Of the United states N OK
prcssions Of sorrow ana an expressed
| desire 10 aid the suffering and afflicted.
| II is now established that TIN loss ~
life viii not exceed seven. Tie closest
| that it is possible to estimate the loss.
| tonight. II to place it between $1,000
| 900 ana $l1 900. 900 with an estimated
| insurance Of half that amount
A relief committee hl+ ben
formed By the citizens. ana this.
NTH the catholic archhislnp= If Otta-
VA ana Montreal. win mai, an appeal
far relief Of the country The fire
III entirely ont. The devastated area
| ~ OTTAWA city IS very large. ID JIM
dudes = great pant az Victoria and
palhou-ie yards. and il is cs,imtaod
thgt over 1000 houses have been De
stroycd. In the catholic parish # St
Jean Eautistc. Gn0 families arr. home
| loss The. value of lumber DESTROYED
reaches s. 600 600. j. l.. Booths loss is
estimated ut S2Ooo.o T.. = EddyS
| s.. 600 600: the r,lc, trio Co. $4,000.
The greatest Individual loss is I'M
d1uhtedly that Of r. =. EDDY * co.
| Tho total Insurance on MI Booths
property at the Chaul.erc is SIS 900:
| hat on M~ssrs. Gilm 'ur's ana Hugh
| zuns yards. $1a2.-pu; Export Lumber
| Co., 5000. 900. fun 81 nearly value Tho
| T.. Il. Eddy 90. last year carried $5Hl-
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.slicau church. Sll.don.
TIL 1000 families who met with GisaS-
,rr Will probahlv number considerably
,,-.,. 1000 narsnr> !. X sad oyer 10
| oon ono f.et of lumber was DESTROYED
Tn. mas. sori us prnblcm thar con-
fronts HIM +. that Of work. The ma
;n,jrv If bnusaboI5.rs WIN v-,r. burn
"a mn, ,,-..,. ,,.,,,. anu L.,,-. I,r,-a fam
! lilies. Ii is nor expected there will b.
mplovIn.nt for .nsiIerable period.
ana The way in which many Of the
| poor are going to live in the meantime
Is doubtful Coming to the Ottawa
| Side. fully tWo-thirdS OFF the DIllnuSl"
ward il devastated. ana an estimate
| by residents Of the district place the
number VII, We're with TIT roofs ol
! their own lAst night in thiS district at
| ,nuo The destroyed property in this
district included some " the finest RESI-
licences in ottawa
In this section We're the me houses
# Hon. George E- Foster, pr. scott
J. i. Booth \. ~ fl"tk, h'NI Gran
nell Mr- McLaurtn. Martin war
| mock big -four mill IN" Er@kih"
| Presbyterian church. Somerset street
bridge. the immense lumber piles along
Division. Preston. ana Rochester
streets. the houses If John Linney.
james Murphy. Mrs. Catherine Phin-
ney. Alexander Coulter, Mrs. y. Eoch
ester and Thomas y. Cook the French
PRESBYTERIAN church. the houses Of Ed
ward FoNtou. and y J. Warnock and
Victoria brewery. all of which have
disappeared.
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