Great Fire of 1892

City of St. John's after the great fire of 1892; the double steeples of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist are visible on the far hill

The Great Fire of 8 July 1892 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador is remembered as the worst disaster ever to befall that city.[citation needed] Previous "Great Fires" had occurred in St. John's, during 1819 and 1846.[1]

  1. ^ Daniel Woodley Prowse (1895). A history of Newfoundland from the English, colonial, and foreign records. Macmillan & Co. pp. 457–. Retrieved 17 April 2011.