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Toronto Fire Services Public Education Centre and Museum at Station 233 has a model displaying the area of the fire. A 1904 film, The Great Fire of Toronto , created by George Scott & Co. about the event, was the first to be shot in Toronto.
The Great Fire of Toronto of 1849, April 7, 1849, also known as the Cathedral Fire, was the first major fire in the history of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Much of the Market Block, the business core of the city, was wiped out, including the predecessor of the current St. James Cathedral .
The Great Fire of Toronto or Great Toronto Fire may refer to: Great Fire of Toronto (1849) Great Fire of Toronto (1904) This page was last edited on 21 ...
Great Toronto Fire: Toronto Ontario: Apr 1904: $13 million [2] Fire in Trois-Rivières: Trois-Rivières Quebec: Jun 1908: $2 million [2] Fire in Fernie: Fernie British Columbia: Aug 1908: $4 million: Most of the town was destroyed. [2] Great Porcupine Fire: Timmins Ontario: Jul 1911: 73 to 200: 199,915 hectares (494,000 acres) Matheson Fire ...
The city's poor fire fighting services were highlighted by the Great Toronto Fire in 1849 and again in the Great Fire of Toronto in 1904. After the latter fire, which destroyed much of Bay Street from The Esplanade West to Melinda Street, the Fire Department in Toronto became a critical city service and has evolved into the full-time service ...
1897 – The Great Fire of Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada, destroyed 80% of the town. 1898 – Great Fire of New Westminster, British Columbia; 1898 – Great fire of Park City, Utah; 1899 – El Polvorin Fire in Ponce, Puerto Rico, occurred on 25 January Street.
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April 19 – The Great Toronto Fire destroys much of that city's downtown, but kills no one. June 24 – The North-West Mounted Police become the Royal Northwest Mounted Police; September 10 – American criminal Bill Miner stages Canada's first-ever train robbery; October 8 – Edmonton is incorporated as a city of the North-West Territories.