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Show GREAT IILAZL, Nt. lfyuclittlie Destroyed Two iUiUlou St. Hyacinthe, Que., 3. The great fire here commenced in tle west end of the city at 1:30 p.m., and favored by a high wind, soon totally Bwept the lo,ver part of the city out of existence. ex-istence. Main Btreet was entirely destroyed, de-stroyed, with St. Hyacinthe, Quebec and National banks, the postoffice, market, court house, factories and over eighty wholesale and retail stores. At 3 p.m. the fire had spread by means of burning cinders to three parallel streets, and burned everything every-thing up. The people had not time to save anything. At 7 p.m. 600 houses had beeu burned. A steam fire engine arrived from Montreal by special train at 5:30 p.m.. too late to be of much service. Hundreds of families are homeless, with nothing to eat. The loss is roughly estimated at two million dollars. The Royal Stadacona, Quebec, Provincial and Royal Canadian insurance companies are heavily interested. Chicago, 3. A despatch to Montreal, Mon-treal, just received, says: There is not a mouthful or bread in the city. We are in a terrible condition. |