Re: AGNEWS OF NORTHERN IRELAND AND CANADA
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AGNEWS OF NORTHERN IRELAND AND CANADA
Barb Miller 8/16/09
Hi Just wondering if Henry Agnew owned a foundry of some kind:
A destructive fire took place on Thurs
day, November 6, 1862, in Mr. Henry
Agnew s foundry on the west eide of
Sumach street, eouth of Queen. The fire
commenced in the machine shop, a frame
building, and spread with such rapidity
that in ten minutes the whole building
w.as a mass of flames. The pattern mak
ers had to run out to save themselves,
leaving all their tools behind them.
Meantime the fire engines arrived, and
one of the steamers 1 was stationed at the
edge of the Don, and, by pouring on a
powerful stream of water the fire
was confined to the building in which
it originated. A great deal of valuable
machinery w r ae lost jin this fire, and the
building was completely destroyed. The
lose was between $8,000 and $10,000,
and the place was uninsured. The fire
was purely accidental.
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