Parliament Hill fire of 1916

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The Parliament Hill fire of 1916 was a devastating blaze that destroyed much of Canada's original Centre Block in Ottawa, leading to significant reconstruction of the federal parliamentary buildings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building fire ⓘ
disaster in Canada ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
affectedBody Parliament of Canada ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Centre Block fire of 1916 ⓘ
architecturalStyleOfReconstruction Gothic Revival ⓘ
casualties parliamentary staff ⓘ
visitors ⓘ
cause fire of unknown origin ⓘ
coordinateLocation 45.4236°N 75.7009°W ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
date 1916-02-03 ⓘ
destroyed Parliamentary Library interior fittings ⓘ
original Centre Block ⓘ
endTime 1916-02-04 ⓘ
eventSequence predecessor of construction of current Parliament Buildings ⓘ
fireProtectionConsequence improvements in building safety on Parliament Hill ⓘ
governmentResponse temporary relocation of parliamentary sittings ⓘ
heritageImpact loss of historic parliamentary artifacts ⓘ
loss of parliamentary records ⓘ
injured several people ⓘ
investigationResult no conclusive cause determined ⓘ
killed 7 people ⓘ
ledTo construction of Peace Tower ⓘ
construction of new Centre Block ⓘ
reconstruction of Centre Block ⓘ
location Canadian Parliament Buildings ⓘ
linked to: Parliament Hill

Centre Block ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Ottawa ⓘ
Parliament Hill ⓘ
mediaCoverage Canadian newspapers ⓘ
international press ⓘ
memorializedBy Peace Tower memorial chamber ⓘ
linked to: Peace Tower
parliamentInSession House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
partOf history of Ottawa ⓘ
political history of Canada ⓘ
pointInTime 1916 ⓘ
reconstructionCompletion 1927 ⓘ
reconstructionStart 1916 ⓘ
securityContext wartime sabotage fears ⓘ
significantFor loss of original 19th-century parliamentary interiors ⓘ
reshaping of Canada’s parliamentary precinct ⓘ
startTime 1916-02-03 ⓘ
temporaryParliamentLocation Victoria Memorial Museum Building ⓘ
timePeriod World War I ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East Block → facedEvent → Parliament Hill fire of 1916 ⓘ
East Block → survivedEvent → Parliament Hill fire of 1916 ⓘ
Parliament Buildings → rebuiltAfter → Great Fire of 1916 ⓘ
linked to: Parliament Hill fire of 1916
Library of Parliament → reconstructedAfter → 1916 Parliament Hill fire ⓘ
linked to: Parliament Hill fire of 1916
Parliament Hill fire of 1916 → alsoKnownAs → Centre Block fire of 1916 ⓘ
linked to: Parliament Hill fire of 1916