Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)
1949 - $200,000 Damage When Fire Sweeps New Brunswick Town

TRACADIE, NB. Oct. 31 - (CP) - Damage was estimated up to $200,000 last night after an early morning fire destroyed four buildings at Tracadie, facing the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the northeastern coast of New Brunswick.

Most of the loss was caused by destruction of a building containing the Capital Theatre, a large department store of the Tracadie Mercantile Company Limited, and an upstairs apartment occupied by the family of the theatre manager, Joseph McCalvy.

The other destroyed structures, all close together on the main street of this village, were a warehouse used by the Coughlin House Hotel, and two barns, containing hay and farm equipment, owned by John Coughlin.

The hotel, Theodule Robiancha's store on the opposite side of the street, property owned by Mrs. Albert Arseneau and a house owned by Leon Poirier were badly scorched.

Absence of wind and quick response by the Shippegan Fire Departement, 22 miles away, prevented greater loss. Help also came from the Chatham Fire Department, personnel of the New Brunswick Forest Service at Newcastle and Bathurst, and a detachment from the army camp at Tracadie.

The Ottawa Journal
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
October 31, 1949

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