[46) It measured from the tower to the chancel* one hundred and four feet, the tower being fifteen feet square and the chancel being thirty feet. It was forty-seven feet and five inches wide, and its height from floor to

gable was fifty-six feet. The spire rose to an impressive one hundred and seventy—six feet. (47)

The Parochial House was remodeled in 1925, when Father McAulay was the Priest at St. Peters. One year later the church was struck by lightening, a tragic event still remembered by some of the

Interior of Catholic Church that was struck by lightening in 1926. Photo courtesy of Anna Rattray.

residents of St. Peters Bay. Hilda Lewis, living at her parents residence in Cable Head East, recalls that evening on October 15th, 1926, when the Church’s spire was struck by lightening:

It had thundered all day and all evening. I was on my way

upstairs, looked out the window, and saw the lightening strike the tower of the church. The night of the fire, Father MacAulay’s brother was staying with him and it was him who went up into the tower of the church and rang the bell to alert the people of St. Peters. People came from Greenwich, as well as the Bay to help. At that time there was no fire department so people came from home with buckets of water to try and put the fire out. My brother Harold was on the roof

‘ The chancel is the part of the church that includes the choir and the altar.

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