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Great Fire of 1852 : ウィキペディア英語版 | Great Fire of 1852
The Great Fire of 1852 was a fire in Montreal that began on July 8, 1852, and left as many as 10,000 people homeless, at a time when the city's population was only 57,000, and destroyed almost half of the city's housing. The fire occurred at a time when the city's recently constructed reservoir, located at the site of today's Saint-Louis Square, was drained and closed for repairs. The first fire broke out at a tavern on Saint-Laurent Boulevard and spread quickly, fanned by strong winds and hot, dry summer weather. The fire that started on Saint-Laurent Boulevard originated from a wooden house, as was typical at the time. It spread from there to the block in between Saint Denis Road and what was known as Craig Street (now Saint-Antoine Road). The flames engulfed the Saint-Jacques Cathedral, the hospital on Dorchester Street, and the Theatre Royal. Within hours, one quarter of Montreal was destroyed.〔http://grandquebec.com/montreal-histoire/incendie-montreal-1852/〕 ==Before the Great Fire of 1852== Montreal was developed in the 1600s after the French fell to the British. The wealthy French-Canadians moved to the area in search for a new place to settle. The new colony formed their own government and education system and were growing as the years went on. Later in Montreal's history, the diversity of citizens increase as work was becoming more available. The diversity mostly included Irish and Asian tenants who were coming to North America in search of work, but ironically they were the ones who were affected by the fire the most. Before the Great Fire of 1852, there were several other fires and problems that came prior. The first was in 1849 when the Parliament building was set ablaze. The city was in economic turmoil and this left houses and stores left with out any business or tenants. After Parliament had been set fire, the early 1850s had four fires that consumed many of the housing district of Montreal. These fires destroyed over 350 different buildings in the span of two years. This however is no where near the amount of homes engulfed by the Great fire of July 8 and 9 of 1852.
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