Jacob's Post, November 19th

Other than familiarizing myself with the sequence of events that took place, I've been parsing the inquiry report published by the Canadian government in 1916. It basically explains the events that took place, some possible explanations for the fire (including arson), and witness interviews. I'm going to record my "findings" (i.e. the parts that I found were important; it's a huge document) and write blurbs about them in a word document, then post them to the blog. I put the report in our Zotero library if anybody wants to look at it. I plan to take a trip to the National Archives/Library of Parliament this weekend, and hopefully get more primary research. I'm also looking into getting an interview with someone who has sound knowledge about the fire and is connected to it in some way (not necessarily first-hand, but someone who works at the Parliament Buildings or Victoria Memorial Museum where the temporary legislature resided). If anyone has any suggestions as to who I could interview, let me know.