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MEMORABLE EVENTS After the Great Fire- 1900. PHOTO BY JOHN K MARTIN to store. In the red glare, the firemen struggled with hoses that were frequently burned, and frantic business men scurried in and out of doomed buildings, trying to save their books and some of their stock. A few merchants on the east side of the street, threw hundreds of dollars' worth of goods out through the back windows onto the banks of the Grand. On the William Street Bridge, a bucket brigade under D. Brock- bank, worked successfully to save the flooring. And over on the Flats, Penmans' fire-brigade fought all night to keep sparks from setting fire to the skating-rink, the agricultural buildings, and houses. After fighting the fire heroically for two hours, the Paris brigades asked Brantford for help. At 3.30 a.m., a hose-cart and four men arrived by special train. Finally, shortly before daybreak, after destroying over half the block on both sides of Grand River Street and on the south side of William Street between Grand River and Broadway, the fire died down, and most of the weary fire-fighters and spectators dragged themselves home to bed. Only a few curious stragglers remained to discuss the catastrophe, or to poke among the smoking ashes. Were the townsmen discouraged? Not they! At seven a.m., the post-office, in temporary quarters, was again functioning; and by noon, fifteen burned-out businesses had been re-established. In a short time the prophecy of C. B. Heyd, M.P., made in the early hours of the morning, was fulfilled. He had predicted in true par- liamentary style that "soon Paris will arise a lovely phoenix from its ashes renewed". 269