Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-05-02
DY-FtAA||E AND FLOOD.
Enormous Destruction Of Property
and Heavy Loss Of Life in
Canada and Texas.
HAVOC BY THE CANADIAN FIRE
Waco. Tex, Deluged with Rain That
browns Eight Persons, Some of
Whom Were Caught on
Collapsed Bridge.

Ottawa, Ont, April 2S.-Over i've
square miles Of territory, burned over
more than 1000 buildings destroyed
seven lives lost, 1000 men, women and
children homeless, and a property loss
Of $17,000,00O, according to the latest
estimate, insured for about half its
value. are the results as viewed now
of the destructive fire which swept
this city and Hull Thursday and yes
terday. Although under control for
many hours the flames were not entire
ly extinguished until about noon yes.
terday.
List OF the Fatal Casualties.
The list of dead Is as follows: Miss
Minpie Cook, aged 40 years, cremated
in her own house; John Pumple, car
repairer. suffocated in the Canadian
Pacific railroad yards; George Peeley.
shoemaker, suffocated: John Dare,
Hull, fireman for Il. b. Eddy & Co.:
unknown man. found dead in Meyers
house. Wellington street. Hull; Mrs.
CarrOn, Wellington street, Hull, died
from fright, aged so yeas; A. Baudin.
8 years old, son of Charles Baudin.
Duke street, Hull.
A relief committee has been formed
by the citizens, and this together with
the Roman Catholic archbishOps of OF
tawa and Montreal will make an APP
peal for relief to the country. The most
serious problem that confronts Hull is
that of work. The ajority of house.
holders who were burned out are poor
and have large families. 1t is not ex-
tAI ill IL n q,
a considerable period and the way in
which many of the poor are going to
live in the meantime is doubtful. On
the Ottawa side fully two-thirds of
Dalhousie ward is devastated. The de-
stroyed property in this district in
cluded some of the finest residences in
Ottawa as well as a great many of
the humblest.
Some of the Heaviest Losses.
Some of the losses are: Booth Lum-
Der company. $3000,000; Eddy COM
pany. $3000,000; Mckay Milling COM
pany. $5500,000; Hull Lumber
company. $700,00O; Electric Light com.
pany. $250000; Dominion carbide
works, $150,O0O.
Scene Is a Desert or Ashes.
The scene of the Hull fire presents a
vast desert of mere ashes. out of which
the porch of Notre Dame du Grace, the
property of the Oblates of Mary the
Immaculate; the st. Mary's school. re.
Gently built at cost of $4,000 and a
cluster of residences round the church.
alone are intact. Among the ruins of
a house on Washington street. Hull
has been found the corpse of the man
named Bernaby Myers. All Thursday
night in Ottawa the homeless ones
were were going about looking for
places in which to take up their abode.
and in some instances searching for
members of their families. The f. b.
Eddy House, which was destroyed
was a historical building. When the
Duke of Connaught visited this dis
trict thirty years ago a grand ball was
given him. '"The Castle" as ii was ia.
miliarly known, was selected as the
scene. A large marquee was erected
on the lawn and here the dancing took
place. supper being served in the
house. With the house several mag.
nificent pictures, imported from Eng.
land. have been consumed