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fire. A house situated on the west of Kent Street was discovered to be in flames, which speedily spread to the premises known as Scott’s Coach Factory, which in a short time were beyond saving; but by the judicious and constant play of the five Fire Engines the fire was confined to these build- ings; unfortunately, however, a tall chimney of one of the burnt houses being relieved of its support came tumbling to the ground, falling on Pipeman Thomas Dodd, of No. 2 Engine, breaking his leg.

Destruction of property by fire always calls forth expressions ' of sympathy, but when it is accompanied by loss of life, it becomes truly mournful. One night during March of this year, the family of Mr. Alexander McLane, Upper York River, consisting of his wife, three sons and three daughters, the ages of the latter being from 16 to 20 years, had retired at the usual hour, and were sleeping soundly, when a little after midnight, one of the sons, whose bedroom was over the kitchen, was awakened by flames and smoke coming into his room ; having alarmed his brothers he rushed down stairs and awakened his father and mother, who had barely time to escape from the house by the window which was then enveloped in flame, but after the fire had exhausted itself his sisters’ remains were

discovered locked in each other’s arms as though they had died without a struggle.

At French Village, Lot 47, Alexander McInnis, aged 40, was struck by a falling tree and killed. Deaths in the woods when lumbering or when clearing the lands of its forest were frequent and sad. During a severe thunder and lightning storm which occurred on the 9th ofJune at Lot 9, a woman was killed by the electric fluid shattering the stove to pieces by which she was working. The violence of this hurricane having reached the vicinity of Rollo Bay, many of the fishermen’s boats were capsized and several men were drowned. At Big Cape, ,

Lot 42, a few days after this Angus McDonald and his four sons were drowned while fishing at that place.

The death of Major General Ready, Lieut. Governor of the Isle of Man—the once popular Governor of Prince Edward Island—occurred this year under circumstances unusually aflecting. His Excellency had been long suffering from ill health, and was in the habit of having draughts frequently

administered internally and embrocations applied externally, for 12