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Great Fire of 1852

1852 · 45.51° N, 73.59° W

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When
1852
Kind
Fire
Coordinates
45.51° N, 73.59° W
Description
conflagration in Montreal, Canada
Date from
year in its name

Placed at the town its description names, Montreal.

Great Fire of 1852

Conflagration in Montreal, Canada

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 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 St.

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