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
The following is a complete list of the buildings burned. The first name
mentioned in each case is that of the owner, the other, that of the
occupants:--
_Main street, south side, from Acadia street to Portland
Street._--Mr. Woods, occupied by self as a boarding house, and by
R. Jones as a grocery store--two families.
Andrew Pratt, by self as a dwelling; Miss Pratt as millinery store;
Henry Pratt, as dwelling; and by Mr. Hopkins as a book store--4.
Chas. Long, James Meally, tin shop; Robt. Adamson, and John W.
Perkins--3.
Wm. Gray, by self, Gray & Scott, meat store; Mrs. Cotner--4.
Widow Gordon, by self as a grocery store and dwelling--1.
Widow McJunkin, by self as a boarding house, and by Robert C.
Gordon, as a liquor store, and by John S. Mitchell--3.
John Bradley, by A. G. Kearns, as a grocery and liquor store--1.
Thos. McColgan, by T. M. & S. B. Corbett, groceries; Thos.
McMasters, hair-dressing saloon; John Carlin, S. R. Lindsay, Wm.
Hooper, Messrs. Kyle & Tait--7.
_Portland street, east side, from Chapel to Main street._--Thomas
McColgan, by self as a liquor store; Edward Brown, Joshua
Russel--3.
_Chapel street, north side, east from the Pond to Portland
street._--Wm. Dickson's house (damaged), by self, Robert Currie,
Widow McAnulty, Arthur McCauslin--4.
Widow Farson, by self, Wm. Conway, Widow Gallagher, Geo. Kimball,
Daniel Leary, John Mohan, Jas. Daley, Mrs. Daley, Mrs. Knowles,
Chase & McCallum--11.
Charles Long, by self, John Law--2.
Barn belonging to Wm. Gray.
Barn belonging to Robt. Gordon.
Barn belonging to John McJunkin estate.
Barn belonging to John Bradley.
_Chapel street, south side, from Portland street east to
Water._--Miss Mary Long, by Mrs. McArthur, Mr. Appleby and Mrs.
Gorral--3.
Chas. Long, by self and son as grocery and dwelling; Chas. Colwell,
Alex. Long, Abraham Craig--5.
Mrs. Nancy Lackey, by Local Preacher Oram, Miss McJunkin, John
McJunkin--3.
Joseph Reed, by Samuel Baker, Frank Crawford--2.
Barn belonging to Sarah Irvine.
Arthur Rodgers, by self, Mrs. Clancey, Arthur Desmond and Mr.
Long--4.
Widow Sullivan, by Thos. Sullivan--1.
John Damary, by self and Thos. Damary--2.
John Corrigan, by self--1.
Thos. Currie, by self and John Quinn--2.
Wm. King's house, damaged considerably.
_Acadia street, east side, from High street to Main street._--Mrs.
Sarah Irvine, occupied by self, Thomas Kerr, Nancy Irvine, Messrs.
Campbell & Hartt--5.
Geo. McMonagle, by self as a grocery and dwelling; Widow Nelson,
William McGuire, John McGuire, David Smith--5.
Mrs. Farson, by Mrs. Gallaher, Mrs. McCacherin--2.
Geo. McMonagle, by Thomas Sharp and Patrick Bogan--2.
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