BRITISH

See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

NORTH  AMERICA 1815 . Quebec was injured to the extent of £260,000 . 1845 . ,, 1650 houses were burned, May 28 . One-third of the population made homeless . Loss from £400,000 to £750,000 . Another fire, on June 28, consumed 1300 dwellings . 6000 persons were made homeless . 30 streets destroyed . Insurance losses, £60,770 . 1866 . 2500 houses and 17 churches in French quarter burned , 1825 .

News Brunswick . A tract of 4,000,000 acres, more than too m. in length, was burned over; it included many towns . 16o persons killed, and 875 head of cattle . 590 buildings burned . Loss, about £6o,000 . Towns of New- castle, Chatham and Douglastown destroyed . 1837 . St John (New Brunswick) . 115 houses burned, January 13, and nearly all the business part of the city . Loss, £ I ,00o,000 . 1771 . 1778 .

1782 . 1784 . 1841 . 1845 . 1877 . St . John .

Great fire on June 21 . The area burned over was 200 acres . 37 streets and squares totally or in part destroyed; to m. of streets; 165o dwellings . 18 lives lost . Total loss, £2,500,000 .

Two-fifths of the city burned . 1846 . St John's (

Newfoundland) was nearly destroyed, June 9 . Two whole streets burned upwards of 1 m. long . Loss estimated at £1,000,000 . 1850 . Montreal . A fire destroyed the finest part of the city on June 7 . 200 houses were burned . 1852 . „ A fire on July 9 rendered io,000 people destitute . The space burned was i m. in length by a m. in width, including 1200 houses .

Loss, £r,000,000 .