THE GREAT FIRE OF 1904: Old World Toronto, HD photographs / aftermath / rare images + Casa Loma!

Another city with loads of Old World architecture being destroyed by fire. I can hardly mention a major city anymore that didn't have a huge fire around 100+ years ago. I'm starting to see a pattern...! Great video as always, JD!

Thank you Jarid! Another amazing video with mind- blowing images! I have been collecting old world photos of Toronto for over a year now, and have been wrapping my brain around starting a MF/old world channel that examines locations here in Southern Ontario. You continue to inspire. Take care, and I appreciate you and your work so much. Cheers, LeeAnn

Thanks for sharing these amazing photos. My dad was born in Toronto, “Cabbage-town” in 1914. My mother moved to Toronto in 1928. I grew up just north of the city during the 1960s and 1970s. I had no idea how beautiful and prosperous Toronto was. People always referred to it as Hog-town or Cabbage town. I knew there had been a fire, but it was always implied that the fire just consumed shanties and wear houses. It is crazy to the the pictures of the stone building the “fire” consumed. Funny how the history of Toronto (or its architecture was taught on school). We were always told if we wanted history or culture we would have to look to Montreal or Quebec. Toronto certainly does not appear to be the back water I believed it to be

Excellent presentation! Thank you for sharing this with us! The fire aftermath of 1904 looks identical to the destroyed city of Atlanta , after General Sherman burned it to the ground during the Civil War!

So.. 1) Find an old world city in semi ruin. 2) Register it s a going concern. 3) Insure it. 4) Fake a fire that reduces it to how it already is. 5) Get paid out, ultimately from the public purse, and continue with a false history of the place. Its too grand a plan to be purely human. Metaphysical forces behind the overall plan, given that its a trick they played in literally countless cities. Keep up the apocalyptic research Jarid, much appreciated.

Fire do not left wood pillars alone, neither destroy brick's structures like we see... Those images are like any picture of devasted town in Europe during WW2... "Great Fires" occured worldwide exactly at this period, which is enough to conclude that it can't be the cause of what we see... We are a lost civilisation because we don't have our real past in mind. Love your Vids !

I went to Casa Loma about 4 years ago before I knew of the Tartarian idea and I remember thinking it looked like an old old fort and after hearing the presentation on it's "true" timeline I thought it was absolutely bull... should have listened to my inner knowing then

My Great Grandparents moved to Parkdale in 1909 from Halifax NS (see first gray cup sign) My great grandfather was a cop, my ggrandmother and grandmother and mother all worked at Eatons, My gg aunt worked at the carpet factory on King St. She told me about the Halifax explosion when she went back to visit, no one ever mentioned this downtown fire. Im 70 and I never heard of it. I did know about the Fort York explosion and history of Toronto as I looked into it all many times. The whole story behind Casa Loma never made sense to me. The focus of my Toronto research was the west end I grew up in many apts around the humber river, my mother's dance school was at jane and bloor for 60 years. That was (so they say as Martin would say) the location of the Teiagon Native community around the Old Mill and Baby Point. (I'm spelling their name wrong) I still have old map of it somewhere. This has to be a Mandella effect for me I have looked up the history wherever I have lived that is my thing... how did I not run across this fire. Well that was interesting to say the least. Thanks.... great distraction

Awesome work brotha.keep it up

Great video. I'll have to look for part 1. 3:08 - The Brown Brothers had only recently built and moved to that location before the fire. The company had outgrown its original location on King. My husband's 2x great-grandfather and two of his siblings started that company. They rebuilt again and were in business until the 1980s and eventually absorbed by the Blueline Company. Brownline daily planners/calendars are still in production today.

You know I can't imagine how hard those fire fighters would have had to work to ensure the fire wasn't extinguished for lack of fuel alone. I've got rocks around the perimeter of my fire pit and they've never once caught fire, no matter how much wood I though in the pit. These "great" fires of the early 20th century are amazing to me. They almost seem like a litmus test for stupid as a precurser to the space race that follow a few decades later. Every county seat in Texas burned to the ground in a great fire of 1920 something or another. Simply amazing! One would almost be left to believe the fire fighters back in the day were there to start, spread and keep the fires burning rather them put them out. It's like a society with a legal system that's sole purpose is to deny justice or a medical industry that's famous for spreading death and disease. Who could ever imagine such an ass backwards society of people? Here's your sign...

Since I recently stumbled on your channel, I've had a fascinating journey through your photos and narratives. But the more I watch, I'm starting to realize you're one of my absolute most favorite story tellers ever. It doesn't sound like you're reading from a script. Yet you're not absent minded, and I don't ever hear you say "um," "um,' "er." You are enjoyable to listen to. It's so pleasant to hear someone talk about absolutely anything, with passion and personal infliction. Such a break away from the YouTube "boiler plate list videos" Please never stop what you do. 🥰

I really wish somebody would be together a video showing all these major cities worldwide in the late 1800s and early 1900s with the same exact destruction and a lot of the same stories. The cities were brick and granite yet they look like they were put through a blender. Pictures of the south in the Civil War of America and the Paris commune resemble exactly what we see in all these other citie

I remember being told, that all our highways are old native trails... certain hwys have alot of accidents. A friend sent me a random vid on ley lines, just because, but it got me thinking... what towns an hwys r on these currents an could it cause accidents. Then ur vid shows up in my algorithm which has only added more questions that I need to search for lol❤

Not a single tree over 10 yrs old. Everyone except the lady playing golf was wearing a head covering. EMF protection, or a mind control device for the foundlings? Greyed out skies. Good grief charlie Brown. Thank you for the great presentation. Aloha

I was in carpentry/tile setting/construction for about 18yrs. Scaffolding is used all throughout construction of residential as well as commercial spaces. Scaffolding Does Not mean new construction, it can, but it is not a fact. Scaffolding is used for demo as well, refab, reno, etc. Soo many of these old photos of old world show scaffolding and probably come with stories that the construction is new and current for the picture's time. Any person with eyes to see could assume so many of these stories false as just glancing at the building itself would sway you into thinking the stained and darkened masonry had been in place for 10s if not hundreds of years! I think only under the direction of the controllers did "we" ever even mod these old structures let alone completely build them : )

I worked in downtown Toronto doing construction for 28 years before downtown traffic became to much. Staring at the gardiner and not being able to get to it for an hour was to much. It was great to be a part of building such a good looking city. I was lucky enough to work on many heritage buildings and also monuments up university Avenue and queens park. I went back downtown 3 years ago and the transformation was incredible in nearly the 7 years i was gone from there i barely recognized the place. I still marvel at where the engineers and architects found room for some of the massive builds that were done without removing the old architecture. Amazing

What I find amazing is , what are those poles made of, they seem to have not been affected from fire. Obviously not wood. Or the greatest application of flame retarder ever known

That is extensive! I had no idea this happened. Thank you for covering this lesser known piece of history.

A few years ago I would just randomly pick a city and google it with the word fire. I was flabbergasted. Even smaller cities. It was a very interesting time spent.