Print, Photographic
Chestico Museum
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| Object Name: | Print, Photographic |
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| Category: | Graphic Documents |
| Material: | paper ink |
| Accession Number: | CMP 20-4 |
| Other Geographical Data: | [46.01564981023,-61.53050958809] |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1937-01-01 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1942-12-31 |
| Description: | Photograph of the Corner in Port Hood prior to the Fire of July 2, 1942. From left to right MacDougalls store, Angus Willie & Dan Collies store, MacIsaacs store/hall just visible, cabins at the Oceanside (turret of D.F. MacLeans house just visible), John Finns old meat market, Royal Bank, Oddfellows Hall and the Irving Oil pumps. All the buildings except for the cabins were destroyed in the 1942 fire. |
| Narrative: | The fire of 1942 began in the early morning hours of July 2, 1942. The flames were noticed by Angus J. MacDonell who was on his way to his Holy Hour 40 Hours Devotion was underway at St. Peters Church. There was not a fire department at the time so the church bell was rung to alert residents to form a bucket brigade to fight the fire. However, efforts to stop the rapidly spreading fire were of no avail. The buildings lost were: John Donald MacDougalls store, a General Store owned by Angus Willie & Dan Collie MacDonald, a combination meat market and grocery store with dance hall on the second floor that was owned by Hugh & Earl MacIsaac, a vacant store that John Finn had operated as a Meat Market, the Royal Bank, a vacant store that had been run by D.F. MacLean (his widow was living in the upstairs apartment), the Oddfellows Hall (which housed the Post Office, a confectionary and a dance hall), the former home of D.F. MacLean and a small building owned by John Robert Bells widow Harriet, which had operated as a Barber Shop. The fishermen of Port Hood Island, saw the blaze in the distance, were soon on the spot in large numbers and firemen and equipment from Inverness were later upon the scene and brought the blaze under control. Volunteer workers were successful in saving mail and fixtures of the post office and office equipment of the Royal Bank. At some of the stores however, the entire stock was destroyed. No one died in the fire but it destroyed nine buildings with an estimated loss of $85,000. |
| Length: | 25.2 cm |
| Width: | 20.3 cm |
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| Institution City: | Chestico |
| Institution Province: | Nova Scotia |