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I. 8t. JimM Churob. 8. Cnthoiio Blihop'i Home. 3. St. Liirrenoa M*rk«t. 4. General Hoipltal. _fi?vV'*»' S^nare. e/lDalboiub 84iiaf». ^ 1'. Barraoka. 8. Water Works Engine and Flour Mill. 9, Bonieooura Churcb. 10. Tbeatre Boyal (now burnt). 11. Fiib Market. 12. New Market. 15. Nelicn'e Monument. 1,4. Ho'tee of Jn«i*trT (now Barracke). IB. Court HoueeV ' 16. Church of Scotland. 17. EngKeb Churob. 18. Congregational Nunnery. 19. Hotel Dieu. 30. Freocn Cathedral. 21. Seminary. 32. Wule/an Methodlit Chapel. M. Mentreo: Dank. » 24. French School. 25. Hay Market. 26. American Preibyterlan Cbapel. 37. Presbyterian Church. 28. ReeoUet Church. 29. Baptiet Chapel. 30. Preebyterian Churcb. 31. Cuatom Houaa.^ 32. Mvmma nooa*. is St. Ann MaAel. W^ REFEHENCeS kHu EaPLAN The figures on the Map having reference to the Firbs are preceded by " N," the other figures relate to From the figures marked aa Noi. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 along the lower margin, a straight line drawn flirough tl The DotiBLS LiSE, thus ea-es-ai running in a zig-zag course, somewhat resembling the ramparts of a The white spaces inside of it exhibit the Fires. « The blaek spaces also inside the unii^ured portions of the Cii The icored portions outside the double lino the comparatively ares on the Map navtng reterence to tnc are pr tic other ngures reii al, Monday; July 26; 1852. No. 2. No. 4. No. 1. No. 1. I. Hajr Market. I. AnMrtoan Prctbyttrlan Cbapel. '. Pmbyterian Church. ). ReeoUet Church. ). Baptist Cbap«l. ). Presbyttrlao Church. I. Cuatom Hotua. ls i, St. Ann Maftet. G: sun. Here and there a temporary shed of boards had been erected, under which the mothers and their little ones sought to hide from the too tntense heat. Hundreds were crowded under the lee of a few bams and fences, and jome had umbrellas ; but by far the larger number were destitute of shelter, wiji'e the thermometer was rising 90, reaching during the day to nciriy 100. We have heard that duriiuis the night several children were bom in the fields — a circumstance which is not at all improbable, considering the large number of families driven out before the relentless scourge, whose notice to quit admitted of no hesitating acquiescence. This was the appearance of St. Lawrence Suburb — the portion invaded during the previous day. In Quebec Suburb the scene was some- what different — for there the fire was still raging, and the inhabitants in full retreat before the conquering foe. Here and there might be seen persons utterly prostrate, " tired nature " asserting the ne- cessity of repose, even among the smoking ruins and in the seething heat of an atmos- phere, from which every particle of moisture seemed to have evaporated. Of these sleepers some were firemen, who, after twenty-four hours of contention with an enemy m«re fomidabl* than the old French lemons, had unc( battle: — poor fel that flesh and bio the conflict so Ion The fire had ooi on the morning of ing the extreme 1 ceased its ravage about 11 o'clock, The business < stayed that day. that the work of < there was a pause bings of the previi wearied the publi some time to coll( aotiim. After a c the necessity of pn wants of the hon appropriately felt vate subscription when the Corpc £1000. This, wi the efforts of privi adverted to — me leisQre for the c great requlremeni authorities here num'oer of tents t Several large ten eu^ed were thru John Young, C Works, caused t Chtoles to be pre as many as chos them. By these ni^ht began, som< the poor, and the sure to the heavy The above ma; sketch of these would be invidioi the thousands wh after the fire, inst nesa, courage, si iactuatedbythesa entitled to gr-ititi possible to partic The evil is dot its remedy ia nov The Provmclal G take action ir. the ing wants, the voted £2600; i city, at Quebec, ' ton, and elsewh with commendah The extent ol consequent upon estimated. Afte tion, we are of i hundred tenemei b«en deitroyed; i ly " «," tno other ngures relate to rubiic uuiioingiT^qUares, &cT7 as sJatcffat fbot. lin, a straight line drawn (hrough the Map, will reach the whUe spaces indicating the Fires. lewhat resembling the ramparts of a fortification, indicates that the spaco within contaiaed the whole population, therefore, r it exhibit the Fires. ^ ide the unii^ured portions of the City, and \9 the double line the comparatively unoccupied parta of the City limits. ither could only )4* Irrenjodiably lis future sweat in will have their fire we made it a portion of the ; and, amid the awftd scene, one anity invariably directly to our or, or, we should [ people, whose were all busily > the necessitie!> : every standing j-hive — full. It t which actuated d full play here ; ings in common. >od and shelter, were destitute, ras for the time Ithstanding this, .nt of suffering mediately reach. seless had passed and were even lily around the foods, sweltering idy bumiz^i; sun. porary shed of under which the ones sought to leat. Hundreds ee of a few bams I umbrellas ; but r were destitute bermometer was Luing the day ave heard that 1 children were instance which is lidering the large 1 out before the I notice to quit ig acquiescence, of St. Lawrence aded during the scene was some- re the fire was habitants in full sring foe. Here I persons utterly asserting the ne- tong the smoking heat of an atmos- irticle of moisture ited. Of these men, who, after itention with an an the old French lemons, had unconsciously given up the battle :— poor fellows ! the wonder was, that fiesh and blood could have si'jtained the conflict so long. The fire had commenced about 9 o'clock on the morning of one day, and after reach- ing the extreme limit of Quebec Suburb, ceased its ravages on the second day at about 11 o'clock, A.M. The business of the city was all but stayed that day. When it was ascertained that the work of destruction was finished, there was a pause, as if the violent throb- bings of the previous twenty-five hours had wearied the public heart, and it required some time to collect its forces for healthy aotitm. After a couple of hours, however, the necessity of prcvidlng for the immediate wants of the homeless and suffering was appropriately felt and considered. A pri- vate subscription had already commenced, when the Corporation mi't and voted £1000. This, with the aid ministered by the efforts of private benevolence — already adverted to — met the case, and afforded leisure for the consideration of the next great requirement — shelt^i-. The military authorities here inter<^d, and a large number of tents wer j p^bed in the fields. Several largo tennrents^fremaining unoc- eu^ed were thrown opetj^ and the Hon. Jonn Young, Commissioner of Public Works, caused the Sheds at Point St. Charles to be prepared for the reception of as many as chose to avail themselves of them. By these means, before the second ni^ht began, some refuge was provided for the poor, and they were saved from expo- sure to the heavy rains which followed. The above may be regarded as a rapid sketch of these two eventful days. It would be invidious to select from among the thousands who labored at the fire, and after the fire, instances of peculiar useful- naai, courage, skill, &c. Where all are actuated by the same motives, all are equally entitled to gr-xtitude. It ia therefore im- possible to particularise. The evil is done, its extent known, and its remedy ia now the object of attention. The Provincial Government will no doubt take action in the matter. To meet press- ing wants, the Executive have already voted £2500; and subscriptions in the city, at Quebec, Toronto, New York, Bos- ton, and elsewhere, are being taken up with commendable zeal and generosity. The exteat of this fire, and the losses consequent upon it, have been variously estimated. After the most careful atten- tion, we are of opinion that about twelve hundred tenements of various classes have b«en destroyed, Hud at leaat as many thou- sands of persons dislodged. The loss in money figures is not so great as one would imagine from the extent of the conflagra- tion, yet we believe i it any calculation short of £500,000 is under the amount. If to the loss of houses and furniture be added the loss of time, and the expenses consequent upon the re-establishment of the population somewhere, we think the city will have sufiered in a sum much in excess of that we have named. But, when it is remembered that this loss falls chiefly upon the laboring classes, its magnitude is frightful. The labor of a lifetime in thou- sands of cases is nullified, and all the little comforts which the patient industry of the mothers had stored up for the chil- ren, are lost — and so lost as not to be easily replaced, even by the gift of money to the actual value of the effects. The domestic thrift and economy of our Frtnrh Canadian women, is exhibited in the knitted hose, the warm and often well- patcbed garments of their husbands and sons ;