THE DISASTER AT QUEBEC.
(IK Elootrlo Tolesripii— Copyrlstht-Por Unite! Press Association,— lieo-lvoJ Supt. 'H, 10 ;O p no Qi'KBEC 1 , Sept. 23. Thirty-six people are known to have lost their lives by the fall of rock from Dnfferin terrace, and twenty-six more are still entombed. (Received Septembers."), 1.5 a.m.) Sept. 24. It is feared the rock slip at Dufterin Terrace will imperil the stability of Quebec Citadel. [The city of Quebec, capital of Canada, i is composed of l T pper and Lower Quebec, i one part of the town being built on the celebrated Heights of Quebec, which were besieged by the English in 1759, when Wolfe and Montcalm perished in the struggle, and the other at the foot of the ; precipice of rock. The city is poorly constructed, the streets being irregular and for the most part steep, aud the buildings rather insignificant. On eight different occasions the city has been besieged by fire. In 1815 12,000 persons were rendered homeless, and in 180(> 20,000 per- . sons also ; in 1870 500 houses were burned, and in 1881 000 dwellings were j destroyed. Dufterin's Heights overlook ; one of the principal streets of the town.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5578, 25 September 1889, Page 2
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