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Article on the Fire of 1946

Digitization of a newspaper article entitled « Un hangar rempli de chaloupes et de yachts, rasé par le feu » ("A shed filled with rowboats and yachts, shaven by fire"). It is written that the fire was discovered around one o'clock in the night and was controlled around four o'clock. This is a loss of $ 9,000, in addition to the $ 1,500 damage to the nearby residence.

Le Soleil; Jean-François Lachance collection

Article from Le Soleil newspaper of October 21th, 1946, on the fire in F-X Lachance’s shed.

Transcript:

Digitization of a newspaper article entitled « Un hangar rempli de chaloupes et de yachts, rasé par le feu » (“A shed filled with rowboats and yachts, ravaged by fire”). It is written that the fire was discovered around one o’clock in the morning and was controlled around four o’clock. This is a loss of $ 9,000, in addition to the $ 1,500 damage to the nearby residence.