Abbreviations used
Date June 21 1877
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
Great Fire - The following persons are reported to have lost their lives in the Fire: Benjamin WILLIAMS, Germain St.; Harold GILBERT, near Victoria Hotel; William McNEILL of James Adams & Co. establishment; Garret COTTER of James S. May's establishment. Hugh McGOVERN of Straight Shore and an unknown man was found on Prince William St. at 4 o'clock this morn.