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Great fire of Hull (1900)

On 26 April 1900 a large fire in Hull (Gatineau), Que., crossed the river and destroyed a part of Ottawa. It ravaged both communities, leaving 15,000 homeless, causing damage to the Hull Lumber Company’s mills and woodyard estimated at $400,000, and making it necessary to rebuild the whole city of Hull. The Ottawa and Hull Fire Relief Fund, organized after the fire, distributed about $1 million in aid.

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1900 Hull–Ottawa fire - Wikipedia
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Great Hull Fire of 1900 | Outaouais Heritage WebMagazine. Content archived on 2 June 2023
SOS - Canadian Disasters. Content archived on 16 Apr. 2019

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