Th e Ottawa Fire.
[By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.] (Per Press Association.; Eeceived May 30* at 10.50 a.m.
Sydney, May DO. Details by mail of the Ottawa fire show that it was caused through a chimney of a private house catching fire. Five square miles of territory were burned. More than 2500 dwellings, factories, mills, stores and other buildings, including half a dozen churches, were destroyed. The loss is estimated at four million pounds. Seven deaths had resulted up to the time the mail left. About three and a half million ieet of lumber was destroyed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6709, 30 May 1900, Page 3
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