TOWN SWEPT BY FIRE.
A THOUSAND HOMELESS,
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright
Qusbsc, Juno 25. ■A fire in Chicoutimi rendered a thousand homeless, and destroyed 125 buildings, including an ancient cathedral. Tho lire was only checked when four houses had been destroyed by dynamite. No lives were lost. Chicontimi is.a-bu.sy little luiiibcrini; town of about 5000 inhabitants. Among the principal features of the town are the Soman Catholic Cathedral, tho Church of the Eudist Fathers, tlis College, .Sailors' Hospital, and tho convents. The Chicontinu Pulp Mills turn out 70,000 tons of pulp annually, all cf which is shinned to Europe. 1
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1477, 27 June 1912, Page 5
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99TOWN SWEPT BY FIRE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1477, 27 June 1912, Page 5
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