The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-04-27
FIRE
Brings Ruin sand Destruction
eutu bS Of Ottawa, Ont.

OTTAWA. ONT. APRIL 26.-Flve
square miles OF territory burned over;
more than $500 dwellings, factories, mills
stores and other buildings destroyed en-
failing loss estimated to reach 2O.O00.-
0o0 and between 1900 and 1900 men,
women and children homeless. Is a SUM
m ng up Of the havoc wrought by tho nre
which has been raging at Hull arid in
Ottawa since II o'clock yesterday morn
ing, and at midnight was not completely
under control
Most Of the lumber piles In Ottawa and
Hull have disappeared and are now mere
heaps OF charred wood and ashes Italf
n doz churches and schools. q numoer
OF mills. the Hun water works the HUI
court house and JAIL the postoftice. the
every business place.
and about 1O00 dwellings and shops in
Hull have been destroyed. Indeed, prae-
tically nothing or Hull IS left but o
church and a few houses bend IL
The spot where tha iir1 oria1sated y
about a quarter OF a mile from the main
street OF Hull ana as a gale was blow
ing h wac soon seen that the fire was
almost certain To be large one BY lalf
past II the fire had got a good hold OF
Main street and the entire street, wlth
dozens OF cross streets. was burning.
Practically there Is not a house left in
the street About this time the fire made
jump Of nearly half a mile, ignited El-
dy's wood yard, rear the match factory.
l. was soon IN flames and the nfty mile
an hour gale which was' blowing soon
drove a high column OF flames across
Bridge street and SET FIRE to The Eddy pa-
per mill ana the other buildings OF ihe
company.
The fire az this ilma also sprang across
the ottawa river and caught the sheds
ia the rear of the Mackay milling com
pany ON Victoria island and I'm few
m nutes the lumber piles on Victoria.
Chaudiere Islands one OF the power
houses OF the Ottawa electric light COM
pany, the Victoria foundry and half the
buildings on The two islanis were n
flames.
The result Is that the whole Of hat
part Of ottawa known as the Chandiere
fats. surrounding the Canadian Pacific
railway station, whore the lumber mills
arr all located. Is ire swept The anly
building standing IN the whole area is
that Of the ottawa carbide factory which
IS newly erected and fire proof From ;he
flats the FIRE extended across ths r Rch-
mond road on 90 Rochestervillc and cs
far as the experimental farm Westerly
the fire took IN Huntonbnurg and Me-
chanicsvills. so that on the ottawa side
OF the river there IS a larger area cover
ed by 3re than ON the Hull side II -
estimated that az the present time the
number Of peolpe homeless ia the two ci-
ties ana surburban towns As not less than
l200 ard II may reach 1900.
Hull has a population OF about 1900 In
habitants and more than half OF them are
homeless tonight. The entire business
part OF the city including the court house
postonice publc buildings ana nawspAp-
er offices. rs one mass OF ruin.
The government has given the 1r'n
han ara the city the large exhibition
bu ldlngs 20 accommodate the sufferers.
Al the Institutions ~ the city which have
any accommodations az an have lent a.
hand 20 aid the distressed The only ln-
dus ry left standing go Hull IS the Goul-
ner ana Houster lumber company. near
Gatneau point.
The Hun lumlfr company mills, the
extensive works Of ~. B. Eddy both
match and paper factories, as well as
his residence. are All IN ruins. az well ss
the lnter-Proylnoial bridge which con-
meets the cities OF ottawa and HUI
On the Ottawa side Of the river the loss
is stil greater. There are in ashes the
Bronzon and Weston lumber company
mills: the D r. Booth lumber mills, the
Mckay milling company. tho Ottawa
Electric company railway power house
the Marvin and Warneck mills, the Vic-
torla foundry. the ottawa saw works
the ottawa speciality works, the planning
mills % Pam, and several other indus
tries There are also some fine residences
included in this area. Among them arD
those of J. r. Booth, which was valued NJ
800 90. he residence OF his son-in-law,
A. w Fleck than or Hon George Foster.
Lewis Runnell. manager for Mr.. Bronxon,
and Mr.. Pain. the latter two beautiful
houses our Of which their owners were
not able 20 take anything 10 Qlick ala
the flames extend 70 them
As soon 80 the members o. the govern