LOSSES OF INSURANCE COMPANIES.
| PROVINCIAL. |
|---|
| Thos. McColgan, | $1600 |
| Methodist Church, | 3000 |
| Wm. Elliott, | 1200 |
| Chas. Long, | 1200 |
| Mrs. S. J. Young, | 500 |
| R. Jones, | 600 |
| | ____ |
| Total, | $8100 |
| LANCASHIRE. |
|---|
| Capt. Aubrey, | $800 |
| Thos. Travis, | 800 |
| Other claims about, | 1400 |
| | ____ |
| Total, | $3000 |
| NORTHERN. |
|---|
| Methodist Church, | $4000 |
| Mrs. Buchanan, | 1000 |
| Geo. Baxter, | 800 |
| Robt. McHarg, | 800 |
| | ____ |
| Total, | $6600 |
| NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE. |
|---|
| Mrs. Gordon, | $900 |
| John Connolly, | 1600 |
| T. W. Peters, | 2500 |
| Methodist Church (re-insurance), | 1000 |
| | ____ |
| Total, | $6000 |
| QUEEN. |
|---|
| Geo. Ruddock, | $1200 |
| Methodist Mission House, | 2400 |
| James Scott, | 1700 |
| H. Montague, | 800 |
| John McKechnie, | 800 |
| Robert Rankin, | 2000 |
| Do., | 1500 |
| R. Ewing, | 1200 |
| E. Sargent, | 800 |
| E. Elliott, | 1000 |
| A. Johnston, | 700 |
| Jas. Pender, | 500 |
| Estate Jas. Kerr, | 600 |
| | ____ |
| | $15,200 |
| Partial losses, | 1000 |
| | ____ |
| Total, | $16,200 |
| CITIZENS'. |
|---|
| Messrs. Corbett, | $400 |
| Mrs. Farson, | 1200 |
| Wm. McIntyre, | 1250 |
| Chas. Long, | 1100 |
| John Bradley, | 400 |
| David Breen, | 300 |
| Wm. Gray, | 200 |
| Mary Long, | 400 |
| Thomas McMaster, | 600 |
| R. McIntyre, | 700 |
| Arthur Rodgers, | 700 |
| Thomas Youngclaus, | 800 |
| | ____ |
| Total, | $8050 |
| ROYAL CANADIAN. |
|---|
| Mary Ann Daley, | $600 |
| CANADA FIRE AND MARINE. |
|---|
| Thomas Aubrey, | $100 |
| Mary Long, | 300 |
| John McDermott, | 600 |
| Ann Leckey, | 500 |
| Margaret Curry, | 200 |
| R. C. Gordon, | 1200 |
| G. F. Smith, | 800 |
| Gertrude Farson, | 1500 |
| F. C. Dunham, | 550 |
| G. F. Jenkins, | 500 |
| John Greer, | 500 |
| John Reed, | 200 |
| | ____ |
| Total, | $6950 |
| ÆTNA. |
|---|
| G. McMonagle, | $1000 |
| McIntyre, | 600 |
| James Bartlett, | 300 |
| A. R. Ferguson, | 2000 |
| | ____ |
| Total, | $3900 |
| HARTFORD. |
|---|
| Jos. Stubbs, | $500 |
| Jas. Boyle, | 400 |
| John Brook, | 1000 |
| Geo. R. Rigby, | 300 |
| Richard Anderson, | 1000 |
| | ____ |
| Total, | $3200 |
| IMPERIAL. |
|---|
| R. A. H. Morrow, | $200 |
| R. Flynn, | 1000 |
| Samuel Gillespie, | 1200 |
| John Brook, | 1000 |
| Wm. Ruddock, estate, | 1400 |
| Mrs. Sarah Irvine, | 800 |
| Robert Rankine, | 1500 |
| | ____ |
| Total, | $7100 |
| BRITISH AMERICAN. |
|---|
| James Bartlett, | $400 |
| Mrs. S. Osborne, | 100 |
| | ____ |
| Total, | $500 |
| ISOLATED RISK. |
|---|
| R. Jones, | $ 500 |
| Chas. Long, | 400 |
| | ____ |
| Total, | $900 |
| The Guardian, | $4000 |
| The National, | 500 |
| Western, | 200 |
At eleven o'clock the Portland Town Council met to consider the best way in which relief for the sufferers could be administered. The Mayor of St. John, Dr. Earle, the High Sheriff, and Harris Allan, Esq., of the Relief and
Aid Society, were present. On motion it was resolved that the council should attend to the wants of the homeless, and committees were immediately appointed to perform the various duties incumbent on them. These were Couns. Chesley and Munro, to look up school-houses; Couns. McLean and Holly, clearing engine house; Couns. Puddington and Cochran, securing cooking stoves; Couns. Purdy and Hamilton, supplying provisions; Couns. Gilbert and Austin, straw mattrasses; Chairman, H. Hilyard and Couns. Chesley, Shelter, His Lordship Bishop Sweeny, and Messrs. Robert H. Flaherty, and F. Hazen having offered the committee the use of their buildings, were publicly thanked for their kindly forethought. On the night of the fire upwards of fifty families were provided with shelter by the authorities.
On Monday, 22nd October, at a general meeting of St. John Relief Committee, it was decided that temporary relief should be at once given to the poor. This lasted one week. At the expiration of that time the Board of Directors, consisting of the whole Council of the Town of Portland were in a position to administer their own relief. The committees of the societies are as follows:—