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See also:BRITISH See also:NORTH See also:AMERICA 1815 . See also:Quebec was injured to the extent of £260,000 . 1845 . ,, 1650 houses were burned, May 28 . One-third of the See also:population made homeless . Loss from £400,000 to £750,000 . Another See also:fire, on See also:June 28, consumed 1300 dwellings . 6000 persons were made homeless . 30 streets destroyed . See also:Insurance losses, £60,770 . 1866 . 2500 houses and 17 churches in See also:French See also:quarter burned , 1825 .
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A See also:tract of 4,000,000 acres, more than
too m. in length, was burned over; it included many
towns
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16o persons killed, and 875 See also:head of See also:cattle
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590
buildings burned
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Loss, about £6o,000
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Towns of New-
See also:castle, See also:Chatham and Douglastown destroyed
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1837
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St See also: 1782 . 1784 . 1841 . 1845 . 1877 . St . John . See also:Great fire on June 21 . The See also:area burned over was 200 acres . 37 streets and squares totally or in part destroyed; to m. of streets; 165o dwellings . 18 lives lost . See also:Total loss, £2,500,000 . Two-fifths of the city burned . 1846 . St John's (See also:Newfoundland) was nearly destroyed, June 9 . Two whole streets burned upwards of 1 m. See also:long . Loss estimated at £1,000,000 . 1850 . See also:Montreal . A fire destroyed the finest part of the city on June 7 . 200 houses were burned . 1852 . „ A fire on See also:July 9 rendered io,000 See also:people destitute . The space burned was i m. in length by a m. in width, including 1200 houses . Loss, £r,000,000 . |
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