The Great Toronto Fire

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted July, 2009

Here, on Wellington Street West, west of Bay Street, just to the west of the Ernst and Young Tower, is a plaque commemorating the April 19, 1904 fire which devastated this area. It was erected in 2004 jointly by the City of Toronto, Toronto Fire Services and the Toronto-Dominion Centre. Here's what the plaque says:

Plaque coordinates: 43.647562 -79.381049

On an unusually cold April night, Fire Alarm Box 12 at the corner of Bay and King streets was pulled to signal the discovery of a fire at 58-60 Wellington Street West. Two days later the fire had destroyed 7.7 ha of the city causing losses in excess of 10 million dollars.

The dauntless efforts of Fire Fighters from Toronto and many surrounding departments prevented any loss of life and stopped the fire from overrunning the entire city.

Out of the rubble emerged a more beautiful, safer city.

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