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New Hampshire Statesman
Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
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A recent fire in Toronto destroyed a city block bounded by Church, King, George, Adelaide, and Duke streets, including St. James Cathedral, old city hall, and Patriot and Mirror newspaper offices, with losses up to £150,000 mostly on insurers.
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A late fire in Toronto destroyed the whole square bounded by Church street on the west, King street on the south, George street on the east, and Adelaide and Duke streets on the north, with the exception of the range of houses fronting on George street, the residence of Rev. Mr. Grasett, on Adelaide street, and two or three new houses adjoining, in the direction of Francis street. The loss is estimated as high as £150,000, and a great part of it falls on insurance offices. Among the buildings destroyed was the cathedral church of St. James, the old city hall, and the Patriot and Mirror newspaper establishments. St. James church was the Protestant Episcopal Metropolitan Church of Canada West, and had been only recently completed, at a cost of many thousands of dollars.—One of its great attractions to travellers was the large stained glass window in the north end.
—Boston Journal.
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Toronto
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the loss is estimated as high as £150,000, and a great part of it falls on insurance offices. among the buildings destroyed was the cathedral church of st. james, the old city hall, and the patriot and mirror newspaper establishments.
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A late fire in Toronto destroyed the whole square bounded by Church street on the west, King street on the south, George street on the east, and Adelaide and Duke streets on the north, with the exception of the range of houses fronting on George street, the residence of Rev. Mr. Grasett, on Adelaide street, and two or three new houses adjoining, in the direction of Francis street. St. James church was the Protestant Episcopal Metropolitan Church of Canada West, and had been only recently completed, at a cost of many thousands of dollars.—One of its great attractions to travellers was the large stained glass window in the north end.