History of the great fire in Saint John, June 20 and 21, 1877 . stood before them. Thus ends our story of the great fire in Saint MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS OF INTEREST. 359 John. And if other similar disasters shall beaverted by the lessons which the foregoing pagesteach, and if the sympathy and aid for the unfortu-nate but brave inhabitants of the devastated cityshall be extended or strengthened hereby, the high-est purpose of the author will have been gained, andhe will feel that his efforts herein contained werenot without their measure of success. OCT 8 1,901 . LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 0 017 397 61
History of the great fire in Saint John, June 20 and 21, 1877 . stood before them. Thus ends our story of the great fire in Saint MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS OF INTEREST. 359 John. And if other similar disasters shall beaverted by the lessons which the foregoing pagesteach, and if the sympathy and aid for the unfortu-nate but brave inhabitants of the devastated cityshall be extended or strengthened hereby, the high-est purpose of the author will have been gained, andhe will feel that his efforts herein contained werenot without their measure of success. OCT 8 1,901 . LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 0 017 397 610 0. RUSSELL HISTOET GREAT FIRE IN SAINT JOHN, June 20 and 21, 1877. BY RUSSELL H. CONWELL, AUTHOR OF •HISTORY OF THE GREAT FIRE IN BOSTON, LIFE OF PRESIDENT HAYES, WOMAN AND THE LAW, WHY AND HOW THE CHINESE EMIGRATE, ETC. Fire, commissioned by tlie winds,Begins on sheds, but, rolling in a round,On palaces returns. bosto:n: PUBLISHED BY B. B. RUSSELL, 55 COENHILL. SAINT JOHN, : JONES & : MIGHT & TAYLOR. 1877. ^c^ 3% ?^ c^ f CopyrightBy B. B. EUSSELL. 1877. • • ^ ^ X V TO THE HON. SAMUEL LEONARD TILLEY, , LIEUTENAJST-GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCEOF NEW BRUNSWICK, THE FRIEND OF HUMAKITY EVERYWHERE, AND AN ACTIVB PRO-MOTER OP ALL LEGITIMATE MEASURES FOBTHE RELIEF OF SAINT JOHN, ^{jts Uolume IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATEDBY THE AUTHOR. PEEFAOE. It is a hideous story at the best, full of the verysaddest events and the most exciting scenes. Thecontemplation of that disastrous evening, that luridnight, that pile of spectral ruins, makes us hesitatetohistoryofgreatfi01conw
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