The Old House on the Hill--A Wily Commissary--The Bags of Gold--What was Done at Midnight--The Dead of Night Deposit-- The Old Vault--A Timid Money Lender--Mr. Peter Johnson--The Board of Commissioners--The Old Gentleman's Little Joke--The Inspection--How it was Discovered--The Fight with the Flames --"How much will I Get"--What he Got--The Oil Barrels--Dashing the Water on the Kerosene--A Lively Time on Reed's Point Wharf--The Bridge of Fire--On the Ferry-Boat--The Western Union Telegraph Office--The First Despatch 129 CHAPTER XII. A Thrilling Incident--The Burning House--The Tall Figure on the Hall--Escape Cut Off--The Only Way Out--The Street of Fire--Walking on Coals--The Open Boat--The Way to the Wharf --Terrible Suffering--The Awful Death on the Street--Worn Out--The Escape--Saved--The Firemen--How they Fought the Flames 144 CHAPTER XIII. A Chapter of Incidents--Agony on Board--Coming Up the Harbour --The Story of the Moths--The Newly Married Lady's Story--No Flour--Moving Out--Saving the Drugs--The Man with the Corn Plasters--Incendiarism--Scenes--Thievery--The Newspapers-- Enterprise--Blowing Down the Walls--An Act of Bravery--The Fatal Blast--Danger and Death in the Walls--Accidents--The Fire and the Church--The Ministers 155 CHAPTER XIV. "I went againe to the ruines, for it was no longer a Citty"-- The Drive by Moonlight--Through the Ruins--After the Fire--A City of Ashes--The Buried Silver--The Sentinel Chimneys--The Home of Luxuriance--A Recollection--The Moon and the Church-- Back again 167 CHAPTER XV. Aid for St. John--The First Days--How the Poor were Fed-- Organization of the St. John Relief and Aid Society--Its System--How it operates--The Rink--The Car Shed--List of Moneys and Supplies received--The Noble Contributions 175 CHAPTER XVI. The Odd Fellows and the Fire--Relief Committee at Work-- Searching out the Destitute Brethren--Helping the Sufferers --The Secret Distribution of Aid--List of Donations 203 CHAPTER XVII. The Losses of the Masonic Fraternity--Great Destruction of Masonic Regalia and Paraphernalia--Organization of the General Masonic Board of Relief--Amount received in Aid of the Suffering Brethren 239 CHAPTER XVIII. The Destruction--The Loss--Estimates--The Acreage and Streetage--Has the Land Decreased in Value?--Incomes swept away--What is Left--Hope!--The Insurance--The Corporation Loss--The Dominion Loss--Additional Deaths--The Wounded-- The Orange Body 244 CHAPTER XIX.