On July the 8th, a fire started in a barn at the junction of Pennywell and Freshwater Roads. Before nightfall half of the City was destroyed, and 11,000 people were rendered homeless. The picture was taken looking east from Long's Hill.   B.J.K -- 722-3157

The above picture was sent to us on March 2, 1997, by Bill Hogan. If you have any pictures of Newfoundland you would like to see on the Web, send them along and we'll do our best to put them up.