Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning Chronicle Yesterday, as two gentlemen were talking at the door of the “Mercury” office, they observed a respectable looking man suddenly stagger and fall upon the side-walk …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle A correspondent writing from Gaspe Basin says: “One of our whalers has brought in a fine whale that will make thirty-five barrels of oil and there …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning Chronicle A correspondent writing from Gaspe Basin says: “One of our whalers has brought in a fine whale that will make thirty-five barrels of oil and there …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning Chronicle Shortly after nine o’clock yesterday morning, the sky, which for some time previously looked threatening and showery, grew extremely dark as if a thunder storm were …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle About eleven o’clock yesterday forenoon, a startling rumor spread throughout the city to the effect that the night train, which left South Quebec on Tuesday, had …
Memorials and Things of Fame for June 18, 2014
1864 The Morning Chronicle One hundred years ago to-day, on the 21st day of June, 1764, the first number of the Quebec Gazette, the venerable pioneer of the Canadian press, …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle We find the following in the columns of a contemporary: – A correspondent of the Leader suggests a celebration in honor of the Quebec Gazette attaining …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle St. John Street Without: St. John street, immediately outside the Gate, is decidedly one of the most respectable thoroughfares in the city since the recent improvements. …
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S.S. Empress of Ireland Preamble from Cathy: On May 28, 1914, the Empress of Ireland cast off from Quebec City at 4:27 p.m. for the six-day journey to Liverpool. At …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle We have to report a rather extensive conflagration which took place in the centre of the Upper Town last night and which resulted in the destruction …