A fire broke out amongst the scenery of a theater in the city of Port-au-Prince in Haiti as the lamps were being lit for an evening performance marking the end of Carnival. The fire quickly spread and a six hour blaze consumed much of the city's business district. A reported four hundred buildings were destroyed, leaving hundreds of homeless. No significant loss of life was reported, however. (By John Osborne)
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"Terrible Disaster in Hayti," Daily Picayune (New Orleans), April 7, 1865, p. 3.
"The Late Conflagration in Hayti," New York Herald, April 12, 1865, p. 5.
"The Late Conflagration in Hayti," New York Herald, April 12, 1865, p. 5.