The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-27
ASHES IS ALL
THAT REMAINS
City of Hull, Canada,
Wiped Out by Fire.
MANY ARE HOMELESS
From $1,000 10 $4,000 are Without
Shelter.
From 1900 10 5000 are Without
CROSSED RIVER TO OTTAWA,
Where the Fire Wrought Havoc
Among the Lumber Plants and
Factories Nothing Left
but Il Mass Of Ruins
and Il Few Houses
Here and There.

Here and There.
OTTAWA, ONT, April 27.-Five square
miles Of territory burned over; more than
2,50O dwellings,, factories. mills, stores
and other buildings destroyed, entailing
a loss estimated to reach S2o,c0o,oVo, and
between 1900 and 1900 men, women
and children homeless, is "a summing up
of the havoc wrought by the fire which
has been raging at Hull and in Ottawa
since II O. clock yesterday morning, and
at midnight was not completely under
control
In this city it is estimate ted that Besides
the mills, factories, ETC., burned, 1,5o0
residences were destroyed. The total loss
is estimated at S15,OoO,O0O and the insu-
rance at .s2,5ooOOo.
TIE city of Hull has been burning since
noon to-day, and all that remains at the
time of writing is a small corner in the east
end Of the city, and before long it, too,
will be in ashes. There are a few houses
standing in the suburbs of the burned
city.
Hull has a population of about 1900
people. and more than half of them are
homeless Tonight. The entire business
part of the city. including the courthouse,
postoftice public buildings, and newspaper
offices, is one mass of ruins. The popu-
iition is almost entirely composed of peo-
pie who work in the mills or who derive
their business from those works.
CROSSED THE RIVER.
The fire crossed the ottawa River in the
afternoon, took hold among the lumber
piles on the brink of the river, and eX-
tended to the lumber yards ana mills
The result is that the whole of that part
of Ottawa known as the Chaudere Flats,
surrounding the Canadian Pacific Railway
station, where the lumber mills are all
located, is fre-swept the only building
standing in the whole area is that OF the
Ottawa CARBIDE Factory, which is newly
erected and fire7proof
From the flats the fire extended across
the Richmond Road on to Rochesterville,
and as far as the Experimental Farm.
! Westerly, the fire took in Hutonburg and
Aechanicsviile, so that on the Ottawa side
of the river there is a larger area covered
by fire than on the Hull side. 1t is esti-
mated that at the present time the num-
her of people homeless in the two cities
1900, and it may reach 1900
AID FOR SUFFERERS.
The Government has given the Drill
Hall, the city the large Exhibition build
ings, to accommodate the sufferers All
! institutions have lent a hand to aid the
distressed. The only industry left stand
ing in Hull is the Goulmer and Houston
Lumber Mill, at the extreme end beyond
the city limits, and it is still in danger.
! The large Roman Catholic Cathedral is
surrounded by flames. Nothing can be
done to stop the fire. II will burn itself
out to the waters edge.
The Hull lumber company mills. the ex-
tensive works of E. B. Eddy, both match
and paper factories, as well as his resi-
dence are all in ruins, as well as the
Inter-Provincial bridge, which connects
the city of Ottawa with Hull On the OF
tawa side of the river the loss is still
greater. There are in ashes the Bronson
and Watson Lumber Company Mills, the
! J. r. Booth Lumber Mills. the Mckay
Milling Company, the Ottawa Electric
Railway power house, the Martin and
Warnock Mills, the Victoria boundary, the
Ottawa Saw Works. the Ottawa Specially
! Company. the Paine Planning Msls, and
several other industries. There are also
some fine residences included in this area,
including that of J. r. Booth, valued at
$4,000.
When the fire was seen to be disastrous
the acting Minister of Public Works
teiegTarhe 10 Montreal, Peterboro, and
! Brockville for fire apparatus and all as
sistance that could be sent, but although
they arrived speedily they We're of no
avail; nothing could stop the ravages of
the fire, which Ieaped over whole blocks
] and broke out in all directions.
The Canada Pacific Railway Station, a
wooden structure, was one of the first
buildings to go. a large cliff which ex-
! tends back from the ottawa River and
a shifting in the direction of the wind
were all that saved the whole city CT
Ottawa becoming prey 20 the fire
Shortly after noon the wind, whicl had
been ploughing northwest. changed 10
southeasterly, thus saving what remained
OF Ottawa.
| 1t is almost idle to talk of losses while
|! the fire yet burns, and with a change of
| wind would certainly sweep the ci5y, but
! a moderate calculation would be some
/, where between fifteen and twenty mil
| lions of dollars. the government had The
!, militia called out and adjourned the
/ House OF Commons until Tuesday on ac-
! count Of the fire.
BUSINESS PORTION GONE.
], In Hull the fire has about burned out;
the business portion is all gone and sover
/ half the residences The only means of
communication between Ottawa and Hull
! is by boat.
| From o'clock the only water to be had
\ in Hull IS the river.
| Chief Benoit. Of the Hull Fire Brigade.
was injured. and taken to the general
] hospital in Ottawa.
Tne fire originated through fire in a
] chimney and the high wind Caused the
/ flames to spread rapidly
| Coming to the Ottawa side of the river.