Memorials and Things of Fame
1865 The Morning Chronicle A fire of a rather serious nature occurred at three o’clock yesterday afternoon, by which the centre-span of the Dorchester Bridge was destroyed and communication with the …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865 The Morning Chronicle The new school house at Sillery has been erected by the family of the late Bishop Mountain as a monument to their parents. The outbuildings, as …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865 The Morning Chronicle We have again to record one of those fiery visitations for which Quebec has obtained such an unenviable reputation. A destructive fire which burned with intense …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865 The Morning Chronicle Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, commander-in-chief of the army of the United States, at present a visitor to the ancient city of Quebec, was born at Point …
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1865 The Morning Chronicle The sad event which has been hourly expected for some days past has at length occurred. The Hon. Sir Etienne Tache* died on Sunday at his …
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1865 The Morning Chronicle A seedy looking individual who applied at Police Court for redress told a somewhat doleful story of the treatment he had received at the hands of his …
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1865 The Morning Chronicle The lower end of St. Dominique street, popularly known as “Munn’s Row,” was the scene of a rather serious difficulty on Saturday evening in the course …
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1865 The Morning Chronicle Between Wednesday night and yesterday morning, the premises occupied by Messrs. Daly & Co, ship-chandlers in Lower Town, were entered by burglars and robbed of a …
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1865 The Morning Chronicle A few days ago, six skeletons were discovered at a depth of barely two feet below the surface of the earth at the foot of Begin’s Hill, …
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1865 The Morning Chronicle The feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, a legal holiday, was duly observed at the public departments and other public offices. Many of the mercantile …