CHAPTER III.

The Fire in King Street--Recollections--The Old Coffee House Corner--The Stores in King Street--The Old Masonic Hall--The St. John Hotel--Its Early Days--The Bell Tower--King Square-- A Night of Horror--The Vultures at Work--Plundering the Destitute 27

The Fire in Germain Street--The First Brick House in St. John --Old Trinity--The Loyalists--Curious Ideas about Insurance-- The Rectors of Trinity--The Clock--The Royal Arms 36