The age-herald., 1900-04-28
Property Loss is Now Estimated
 at $17,9O0,OOO.
COUNTRY TO BE ASKED FOR AID
Seven Thousand Men, Women and Chil- dren Are Homeless and Unable to Sustain Themselves - The
 Situation is Appalling

Ottawa, Ont. April 27.-Over five square miles of territory burned over; more than 1000 buildings destroyed; seven lives lost; seven thousand men, women and children
 homeless and property loss of $17, GOO ac- cording to the latest estimate, insured for
 about half its value, are the results as viewed tonight of the destructive fire which swept this city and Hull yesterday and to- day. Although under control for many hours, the flames were not entirely extin- guished until about noon today. The dead are
 MISS MINNIE COOK, aged 40 years, cre- mated in her own house.
 JOHN PUMPLE car repairer, 646 Somer- set, suffocated in Canadian Pacific railroad yards.
 GEORGE PEELEY, shoemaker, PA
 Queen street West, suffocated.
 JOHN DARE, Hull, fireman. Unknown man found dead in Myers house.
 MRS. CARBON, Wellington street. Huii' died from fright, aged 80.
 A. BAUDIN, 8 year sold. | A relief committee has been formed py the citizens and this, together with the Catholic archbishops of Ottawa ana Moh- treal will make an appeal for relief to the | country. The mysterious propieih this | confronts Hull Is that of work Householders Are Poor The majority of the householders who were burned out are poor and have large 1 families It is not expected that there | VIII be employment for a considerable period and the way in which many or the poor are going to live in the meantime IS doubtful On the Ottawa side fully two- thirds of Dalhousie ward Is devastated
 do It,r district place the number who were with out roofs of their own last night in tnls district at 5,000 ,...
 The destroyed property in this district includes some of the finest residences m Ottawa. as well as a great many of the humblest In this section were the me houses of the Hon. George ID. Foster, Dr: Scott. J. R. Booth, A. w. Fleck, Levi Crannell, MT. McLaurin, Martin & War neck's big flour mill, Erskine Presbyterian church. Somerset street bridge the lm- mense lumber piles along Division, Pres ton and Rochester streets; John Pinkey,
 James Murphy, Mrs. Catherine Pinkey, Alexander Coulter, Mrs. A. Rochester,
 Thomas A. Cook, French Prespyterian church. Edward Foxton. A. J. Warneck and Victoria brewery, all of Which nave disappeared.
 heavy loser An approximate value or
 their property destroyed is placed at Sooo'- GOO The ottawa Electric Light company had six power houses. There was one central or distributing power house, ana the other five were auxiliary or sub-sta- tions. Of these sub-stations only one that operated by steam remains, the other four being destroyed. The central power house and the steam auxiliary station were saved only after a hard fight by the direc- tors and employees. | Hundreds Viewed the Ruins The fire area was viewed by hundreds or people this afternoon and evening. One Of | the most remarkable things about the sad | scene was that no smoke was to be seen. l There were no half burned buildings or 1 smouldering logs anywhere. Everything | that the fire touched was burned to ashes. All of Hulrs principal buildings with the exception of the Catholic church are de- stroyed. The buildings and land in the place are valued at s2700,O00, and of this amount over s1,O000OO may be put down A a loss Then stocks, fixtures, equip meent, household effects and wearing ap- parel there is a loss of nearly $3,OOO,Oo | The vast piles of lumber which went up l in smoke may be reckoned at s2oOO,OOO or more. Il