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Destruction by Fire of the Parliament Buildings, at Quebec . - 1854
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Destruction by Fire of the Parliament Buildings, at Quebec . - 1854

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Ville de Montréal. Section des archives via Archives de Montréal (Ville de Montréal)
Dates
1854 (indexed as 1854)
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Scope & content
Cette page (161) de l'édition du 25 février 1854 du Illustrated London News comporte une gravure présentant l'incendie du Parlement de Québec. La gravure est accompagnée d'un article expliquant la chronologie de l'événement. Cette page du Illustrated London News comporte également une gravure et un article présentant le secours apporté par l'équipage du bateau «Prince of Wales» à une petite embarcation qui a fait naufrage dans le golfe du Bengale. Le document est en anglais. La pièce porte la cote C27 inv.83.
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CrowdDocumentEngravingFireFire DamageFirefightingHorseHorse-drawn VehicleIllustrationNewspaperNightParliament BuildingPrintedSailboatShipShorelineSmokeStreetTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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1 gravure : entoilée ; 40 x 27 cm.
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What the image shows
A printed page from an illustrated newspaper, with a wood-engraved view at the top of a large stone building in flames, its walls and windows broken open and smoke rising against the sky while figures stand and crowd in the street below. Below it are two columns of small printed text, and at the bottom a second engraving shows a tall-masted sailing ship on dark water under a cloudy sky, with a caption line beneath it. The page carries the masthead of the newspaper and the page number 161 at the top.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS161DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE? AT QUEBECGREAT FIRE AT QUEBEC.WRECK IN THE BAY OF BENGAL.(From a Correspondent.)WRECK IN THE BAY OF BENGAL.—WRECK OF THE CRUM.Destruction by Fire of the Parliament Buildings, at QuebecWreck in the Bay of Bengal.—From a Daguerreotype.FEB. 25, 1860.]Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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