The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877Stewart, George
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The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877
Stewart, George
Saint John (N.B.) -- Fire, 1877
Jeremiah Drake Block maker 5
John E. Turnbull Sash factory 18
Armstrong Bros. Foundry 10
T. Rankine & Sons Bakery 30
S. R. Foster & Son Tack manufacturers 50
W. D. Aitken Machinist 10
John Norris Auger maker 2
R. A. Saunders Pattern maker 2
Wm. Lowe Wood turner 1
Wm. Smith & Co. Ship-smith 8
H. Allan Brass foundry 8
Maxwell, Elliot & Bradley Ship smiths 4
Dearborn & Co. Coffee and spices 10
J. Akroyd Machinist 1
J. Smith Foundry 4
Geo. F. Thompson White lead man'r 7
D. McLaughlin & Sons Boiler makers 15
T. McAvity & Sons Brass manufacturers 16
Bradley Bros. Block makers --
Geo. R. Bent Organs --
This, and the list above, I use through the permission of Mr. Elder, of
_The Telegraph_, who had them carefully made up from reliable sources.
In addition to the number of deaths mentioned in one of the earlier
chapters of this book, very large addenda must be made. Since that
chapter was written, a good many more persons are known to have
perished. The list on the death-roll is very large. Mr. Garret Cotter, a
young man, working in the tailoring establishment of Mr. James S. May,
as a cutter, and an old man named Peter McGovern, who lived on Straight
Shore, met their deaths at the same time and at the same place. A
cornice fell from the Adam's building and killed them. Young Cotter
lived in Crown Street with his mother. His father met with a violent
death some years since, having been killed on the railway. Two young men
were drowned in the harbour before the very eyes of horror-stricken
spectators. James Kemp, aged 21, formerly a clerk in Michael Farrel's
clothing store, and Thomas Holmes, a lad of seventeen years, and who
resided in Harding Street with his mother, put out to sea in a small
boat laden with what little property they could get into it. The bottom
of the boat broke, and the craft filling at once, both men were drowned
in a second. The people on vessels in the harbour lying close by the
ill-fated boat, were so excited at what they saw, and the men sank so
rapidly, that nothing could be done to save them, and they perished in
full view of those on board. Kemp leaves a wife and one child. Mrs.
Cohalan, wife of Wm. Cohalan, was lost in Smyth Street. Her body was
never recovered, but it is established beyond all doubt that she fell an
early victim. All that was left of Mrs. Bradley, who once lived in
Princess Street, were some human bones which were found on her door-step
after the fire.
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