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1866 display newspaper with large stacked headlines and long detailed FRONT-PAGE article on the GREAT FIRE OF QUEBEC CITY, Canada which destroyed a large swath of the city!! More than 2500 Houses Burned and nearly 20,000 were left homeless as a result of the blaze! - inv # 1R-116

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SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the New York Times (NY) dated October 16, 1866 with large stacked headlines and long detailed FRONT-PAGE article on the GREAT FIRE OF QUEBEC CITY, Canada which destroyed a large swath of the city!! More than 2500 Houses Burned and nearly 20,000 were left homeless as a result of the blaze! The fire began in the early morning hours at a grocery establishment but quickly spread due to high winds.

DISASTROUS QUEBEC history in this 1866 newspaper. The perfect display piece to frame and hang with your fine firefighting or Quebec history collection!!

Québec City had two fires, on 28 May and 28 June 1845, which killed at least 23 and left 15,000–18,000 people homeless. The old walled section and Lower Town were spared, but the surviving city was smaller than that captured by James Wolfe 86 years earlier. The city was rebuilt with more stone and wider streets. However, to save money the city skimped on firefighting equipment and in 1866 reduced the size of the fire brigade. On 14 October 1866, a fire pushed by high winds took five lives, burned over 2,000 homes and left 18,000–20,000 people homeless. Again, the walled city and Lower Town were spared.

Very good condition. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. U.S. buyers pay priority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We accept payment by PAYPAL as well as by CREDIT CARD (Visa and Master Card). We list hundreds of rare newspapers with dates from 1570 through 2004 on Ebay each week and we ship packages twice a week. This is truly SIX CENTURIES OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN!

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