Destruction de Cathédrale catholique de Marie à Sydney, Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, 1865. Gravure d'un dessin de M.R. J. Smedley, montrant "...la conflagration dans son aspect le plus formidable...les flammes éclatent presque simultanément...le toit était composé de bardeaux, qui ont été rapidement brûlés à travers... alors que les contours de la structure majestueuse étaient clairement définis et bordés de flammes, la vue était une vue d'une grandeur inégalée. Des myriades d'étincelles montaient haut dans les airs et tombaient dans des averses en direction de la baie de Woolloomooloo... du haut des nuages de flamme jaune et de fumée de la cathédrale

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Destruction of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral at Sydney, New South Wales, 1865. Engraving of a drawing by Mr. J. Smedley, showing '...the conflagration in its most terrific aspect...The flames burst forth almost simultaneously...The roof was composed of shingles, which were quickly burnt through...as the outlines of the stately structure were vividly defined and skirted with flame, the sight was one of unsurpassed grandeur. Myriads of sparks ascended high into the air and fell in showers in the direction of Woolloomooloo Bay...From the top of the cathedral clouds of yellow flame and smoke issued, which shed a lurid lustre on all around...The reflection of the fire in the sky was visible for a distance of twenty miles at sea...the flames, like innumerable serpents of fire, hissed and crackled...The interior...was a vast furnace of fire, which glowed with intense heat; and the wind and flame roaring through the sacred pile, and the timbers crashing from above, made a noise which resembled the waves beating along the seashore as heard from afar...The cathedral, which had cost not much less, with its furniture and decorations, than £50, 000, was not insured. It contained several pictures by the old masters, none of which have been saved'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.

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