The number of houses burned on the several streets in the city, is sixteen hundred and twelve. They were located as follows:
The number of people rendered homeless foot up to about thirteen thousand, and the number of families to about twenty-seven hundred. As near as can be got, the insurance on merchandise, furniture and buildings, is placed as follows. This is not quite correct but at this hour it is as nearly correct as can be ascertained. It will average this at all events, and amounts in the aggregate to about seven millions of dollars.
| Queen | $700,000 |
| North British & Mercantile | 800,000 |
| Lancashire | 500,000 |
| Provincial | 100,000 |
| Liverpool, London & Globe | 480,000 |
| Guardian | 420,000 |
| Canada Fire & Marine | 50,000 |
| Citizens | 200,000 |
| National | 140,000 |
| Royal | 520,000 |
| Commercial Union | 420,000 |
| Royal Canadian | 350,000 |
| Western | 90,000 |
| Imperial | 480,000 |
| Ætna | 246,000 |
| Hartford | 148,000 |
| Phenix of Brooklyn | 60,000 |
| British America | 27,000 |
| Stadacona | 320,000 |
| Central, of Fredericton | 60,000 |
| St John Mutual | 75,000 |
| Northern | 500,000 |
| Canada Agricultural | 8,000 |
Most of the Insurance Companies paid up at once
"The Stadacona" pays its liabilities within a year. The "Provincial" has suspended but promises to pay in time and the condition of the "St. John Mutual" is quite hopeless, and will pay scarcely anything. The "Central" of Fredericton, N.B., will pay in a short time, it is said.
The loss to the shipping will amount to about fifty thousand dollars. The St. John Corporation loses heavily, and the insurance which was held on some properties is exceedingly light. The City Hall cost, at the time of its purchase from the directors of the old Commercial Bank, the sum of $23,000. Since then a good deal of money has been expended on it. The insurance was only $15,000. The Police Court and station on Chipman's Hill, which were both burned, the one a wooden building and the other of brick, had insurance to the small amount of $2,000. The Fish Market, useful and by no means ornamental, was insured for $600. The Lower Cove Market, the upper or second story of which contained a public hall, and was used by temperance societies sometimes, was insured for $1,200. In the rear of the first floor of this building, a lock-up was situate, for the accommodation of delinquents and law-breakers in that portion of the city. The city stables on Carmarthen street were uninsured, as was also the toll house at the Carleton ferry landing. The building occupied by Mr. May at Reed's point, and which was owned by the corporation, was insured for
$1,000. Two cottages on Orange street were insured for $3,000. These were occupied by Mr. A. J. H. Bartsch, the watch-maker, and by Mr. Chas. Parker. Mr.
Samuel Phillips' residence, on Duke street, and which belonged to the corporation, was insured for $400. The warehouses on Pettingill's Wharf had insurance to the amount of $5,000. The barrack and sheds belonging to the city were uninsured. Two-thirds of the fire alarm was destroyed, and all the watering-carts, slovens, hose, &c., belonging to the corporation, were burned. No. 1 engine-house was destroyed. No. 2 experienced a little damage after Dr. Travers' house caught fire. The sidewalks can only be replaced at a heavy cost, and the damage to the wharf property is enormously large.