1866 The Morning Chronicle Private subscriptions are taking place for Portland sufferers. Culled from the Web: The Great Fire of Portland, Maine, occurred on July 4, 1866, on the first Independence …

1866 The Morning Chronicle About five o’clock yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in the back of a watchmaker and jeweler shop on St. John street. There was a dearth …

1866 The Morning Chronicle The celebration of the festival of St. John the Baptist was decidedly the most brilliant we have seen for many years. Our French Canadian fellow-citizens had …

1866 The Morning Chronicle Fenianism, after rising for a brief space of time to dignity of an excitement, has once more turned out a complete fizzle. The grand projected campaign …

1866 The Morning Chronicle The formal inauguration of the new and extensive premises added in the course of last winter to the St. Louis Hotel, St. Lewis street, took place …

1866 The Morning Chronicle A small schooner, name unknown, has been found adrift of L’Islet with the body of an unknown man lashed to the rigging. An inquest has been held, …

1866 The Morning Chronicle Temperatures at Quebec – “An Observer” sends the following: on 16th May, at 6 o’clock of the following years the temperature was as follows: 1863–76 [degrees …

1866 The Morning Chronicle The French Cathedral had a narrow escape from total destruction or extensive damage by fire on Saturday. About half-past ten o’clock, it was discovered that the …

1866 The Morning Chronicle It is exceedingly satisfactory to be able to record the fact that there was not a single case of sickness among the 516 passengers (26 cabin …

1866 The Morning Chronicle The First of May – To-day commences one of the minor miseries of human life for very many of those who have not the advantage of …