The Old Curiosity Shop on Germain Street--A Quaint Old Place --"Rubbish Shot Here"--Notman's Studio--The Mother of Methodism --Destruction of the Germain Street Methodist Church--Burning of the Academy of Music--The Old Grammar School--Presbyterians among the Loyalists--The "Auld Kirk"--Saint Andrew's--The Grants of Land--Legislation--The Building of the Kirk--Ministers--The "Victoria" in Flames--Fascination of the Fire--The "Victoria" in Ruins--What might have saved it 48 CHAPTER VI. The Odd Fellows' Hall--The Fire in Horsfield Street--The sweep along Germain Street--The Old Baptist Church--Some Early Ministers--Two Fiery Ordeals--The Brick Church--The Ruins--The Bay View Hotel--An Old Landmark Gone--The Blazing Barracks--St. James's--The Hazon House--St. Malachi's Chapel--The First Roman Catholic Church 65 CHAPTER VII. A Hard-Working Manager--The Dramatic Lyceum--The Temperance Hall--The Water-Works Building--A Hard Fight--Another Rush of the Homeless--The Weary March of the Unfortunates--History of the Water Supply--Early Struggles--Changes--The Old Way-- The St. John Water Company--Placed in Commission--The Company to-day 76 CHAPTER VIII. Burning of the Leinster Street Baptist Church--The Varley School--Centenary Chapel--The Gas Works--$17,000 worth of Coal burned in Ten Days--The Tall Sentinel--St. David's Kirk--The Reformed Presbyterian Church--The Victoria School--Gigantic Ruins--An Accident--Sketch of the School-house 90 CHAPTER IX. Queen Square--Incidents in the Burning--The Old Pitcher--"God is burning up the World, and He won't make another"--Saved from the Flames--Overtaken by Fire Three Times--The Night of Terror on Queen Square--Alone amidst Perils--The Lone House on the Square--Three People under a Table--The Sailor--"If I die to-night, sir, hunt them up"--The Escape--The Deserted Streets--An Anomaly--The Marine Hospital--What a few Buckets of Water did--The Wiggins Orphan Asylum--The Block in Canterbury Street--The _News_ Office--Savings Bank 101 CHAPTER X. Incidents--An Old Corner Burned Down--The Lenders and Borrowers --"Twenty per Cent."--The Shylocks of the Curbstone--The Human Barometers--The Vultures of Commerce--Chubbe's Corner--The Old Commercial Bank--The _Telegraph_ Office--The Bank of New Brunswick--A Hard Worked Cashier--The Post Office--Not a Mail Lost--Quick Dispatch--The Nethery House and Orangemen --The Royal Hotel--The Custom House--The Dead of the Conflagration 114 CHAPTER XI.