Select Bibliography: The St. John's Fire of 1892

Primary Sources:

St. John's Fire Relief Committee. Report of the Saint John's Fire Relief Committee: Fire of July 8, 1892. St. John's: The Tribune Book and Job Office, 1894. Print.

Secondary Sources:

Baker, Melvin. Aspects of Nineteenth Century St. John's Municipal History. St. John's: Harry Cuff Publications, Limited, 1982. Print.

---. "The St. John's Fire of July 8, 1892: The Politics of Rebuilding, 1892-1893." Dr. Mel Baker's Homepage. Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1984. Web. 8 May 2007.

---. "Voluntarism and the Fire Service in Nineteenth Century St. John's, NL." Unpublished paper, 1981. Typescript.

"Fires." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. Vols. 1-5. St. John's: Newfoundland Book Publishers, 1981-1994. Print.

"Firefighting and prevention." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. Vols. 1-5. St. John's: Newfoundland Book Publishers, 1981-1994. Print.

"Great Fire of 1892." Newfoundland and Labrador's Registered Heritage Structures. Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage website, n.d. Web. 7 May 2007.

Harvey, Moses. The Great Fire in St. John's, NL, July 8, 1892. St. John's: Creative Publishers, 1992. Print.

Kent, W.J. A Directory Containing Names and Present Addresses of Professional Men, Merchants and Shopkeepers, Burnt out by the General Conflagration of July 8th, 1892; A Full Account of the Great Fire, the Customs' Tariff and Other Matter of General Information. Newfoundland: W.J. Kent, 1892. Print.

Ludlow, W. Keith. "The Fire of 1892 and its General Effects on the City of St. John's." Unpublished paper for Urban Geology 3701, 1970. Typescript.

Prowse, D.W. A History of Newfoundland. Portugal Cove-St. Philip's: Boulder Publications Ltd., 2002. Print.

---. Report of Judge Prowse on the Fire of the 8th and 9th July, 1892. St. John's: Evening Telegram Job-print, 1893. Print.

The Great Fire in St. John's, NL, July 8, 1892. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1892. Print.