. Review of reviews and world's work. , the Irish ele-ment will ultimately constitute an actual fnajorityof the population. This would also be the casewith New York and Chicago, except for thelarger German element, which keeps pace with orpasses the Irish element in natural increase. THE HULL-OTTAWA FIRE. IN the Canadian Magazine for July, Mr. Frank-lin Gadsby gives an interesting account ofthe great fire that swept over large portions ofthe cities of Hull and Ottawa on April 26 last. The fire originated in the upsetting of a l^mpin the humble dwelling of Antoine Kirouac, inHull. This was at h
. Review of reviews and world's work. , the Irish ele-ment will ultimately constitute an actual fnajorityof the population. This would also be the casewith New York and Chicago, except for thelarger German element, which keeps pace with orpasses the Irish element in natural increase. THE HULL-OTTAWA FIRE. IN the Canadian Magazine for July, Mr. Frank-lin Gadsby gives an interesting account ofthe great fire that swept over large portions ofthe cities of Hull and Ottawa on April 26 last. The fire originated in the upsetting of a l^mpin the humble dwelling of Antoine Kirouac, inHull. This was at half-past ten oclock in themorning. Tlie big gale blowing from the north-east made quick work of the inflammable housesin Hull, and by twelve oclock the flames hadreached the river-bank and leaped across to theOttawa side. The fire then retraced its steps inHull, and destroyed a group of factories. Allthe afternoon and evening it continued to makefearful headway in both cities. The results arebest summarized in Mr. Gadsbys own words :. Courtesy of the Citnoaiaii Mi7,.,aziitc. OTTAWA—THE BUUNED DISTRICT. LEADING ARTICLES OF THE MONTH, 229 The bare facts of the matter are that tlie fireblazed a crescent-shaped path five miles long anda mile wide, destroying in its journey the publicbuildings and the residential part of Hull, theindustrial area of the Chaudiere, and the sub-urbs of the Ottawa laboring classes at Mechan-icsburg, Rochesterville, and Hintonburg. Fully15,000 people were rendered homeless, and115,000,000 worth of property was relief fund for the homeless, most of whomhave already left the public shelters, now ap-proximates 11,000,000. Insurance to theamount of $4,000,000 has been paid. THE CALAMITY ON ITS PICTURESQUE SIDE. Mr. Gads by made several patrols of the twocities while the fire was in progress, and in thisarticle he records his impressions : The most vivid picture of the fire that lin-gers with me is one seen at half-past seven inthe evening f
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