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your hundred houses, including the
temporary Civil Aspital, in the centre
Victoria. I was able
of the Town of Victorin
however to add that this
very
serious
Calamity had not been accompanied
by any lop of life
2.
I have not yet received
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houses destroyed armounts to three hundred and eighty-six
Mr Madar, the house valuator, who
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gone
through the ruined streets estimates the lofs at a smaller
nusuber - three hundred and thirty six,
with
total annual rental of
jany
formal reports from the
Superintendent of the Fire Brigade,
the other Officers concerned, as they are still engaged in taking
to prevent the smouldering
giving rise to
3.
measures
ruins from
any heck conflagration. Since forwarding the telegram, I received from the Surveyor Reveral
verbal report
that the actual number
$120,000.
4.
I enclose for your
information a serap of the City of Victoria showing the
arca
about
ten acres and a half-destroyed. I also enclose the newspaper reports on the subject
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I have already conveyed
to Major General Donovan and