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The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877

Chapter 96: Transcriber's Note
By George Stewart
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An eyewitness account reconstructs a devastating urban conflagration, tracing its origin, swift spread through commercial and residential districts, and the actions of firefighters, volunteers, and officials to contain the blaze. It narrates the destruction of churches, banks, hotels, schools, wharves, and public works, and records rescues, deaths, looting, and instances of courage. Subsequent chapters detail relief efforts and the organization of aid by charitable societies and fraternal groups, itemize property and cultural losses, estimate economic damage, and offer reflections on recovery and rebuilding, complemented by illustrations and lists that document the ruined streets and institutions.

P. Nase & Son, twenty barrels potatoes, one chest tea.

Vroom & Arnold, thirty barrels potatoes.

James J. Follows, two barrels cabbages.

Chas., Fawcett, (Sackville, N. B.) four stoves.

Manchester, Robertson & Allison, goods to amount of one hundred dollars.

Geo J. Fisher, thirty rolls roofing paper.

Thomas Cusack, blankets to value of $75.

Transcriber's Note

Illustrations have been moved near the relevant section of the text. Near the beginning of the book, I have inserted an index of illustrations.

Page numbers are documented in the source code.

Inconsistencies have been retained in hyphenation, punctuation, spacing between initials, spacing between alphabetic sections in lists, italicization and capitalization except where indicated in the list below. Alphabetization of list items has been left as-is as has double punctuation such as ".:". The author has stated that this book "has many imperfections" due to the speed in which it was prepared in order to meet the publisher's timeline. It is clear that some sections of the text were more carefully edited than others prior to publishing. Consequently, I have made (and notated) typographical corrections only for sections in which the majority of the text adheres to a general standard of hyphenation, punctuation, etc.

Here is a list of the minor typographical corrections made: