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Mains, Richard, cabinetmaker Marr, John, blacksmith harness; trunk and saddle makers McCaw, Hugh., tinsmith ~~ McCaw, James, shoemaker McConnel, James, tailor McCoy, fenty, shoemaker McCoy, John; innkeeper McDonald, John, millwright McGill, Donald, tailor McKinley, Robert, wagonmaker McTaggart; Robt, millwright Monteath, Rev R, United Pres. . Moore, Joseph B, carpenter Parks, Hepry, carpenter Price, Geo. blacksmith ~~ Rae, John, dentist "Randall, John, carpenter Rolph, John, harnessmaker names are familiar, such as-- ham, Haight, Hiscos, mold. "Of these: village or town. life, and: : Albeit in the "dary" years before yard, and other things in proportion. When prints were reduced {0 124c per yard, it was considered very wonderful. - Fifty years ago Prince Albert had about five hundred inhabitants, There were two hotels--Mogyti ge's and Scott's, of which Scott's was the more popular. They did a thriving business, not only in liquors,but also in proper hotel trade, because farmers who came to town frequently had to stay all night. There were three general stores. Mark Currie and J. H. Brown ran one, J. and W. Currie a 'second, grocery. and T, C. Forman a third. Captain Sinclair, uncle of Archie Sinclair, kept a liquor store and Charles Hiscox, father of Mrs. A. J. Davis, - kept a bakery and gro- cery, and did a big business in supplying the farmers of the surrounding country, (To be Continued) eh Store Collapses at Peterboro Last Thursday morning Turnbull & {Cd's store. at {Peterboro collapsed as the result of the removal of parts o the wall for the purpose of alteration and é ion,] The following account of the accident was clipped from the Peterboro Examiner: THE DEAD Alfred Cufi, bricklayer Miss Lily A. Boddison, saleslady Mrs. Elizabeth Brown An unidentified woman, thought to be from Tweed. = While the air at the corner of Sim" coe and George Streets was densely clouded with the dust that had been swept up by the falling walls, the few spectators who were, nearby were daz- ed by the uncertainty of the natu of the accident: Policeman Brow was standing on the roadway-ynear the - George" Street. entrance, momen+ tarily numbed 'by the crumbled mass that appeared through the "haze of dust. © ; A few of the first arrivals - struggled +f through: the opening ih the board structure that had been built, glanced through the door and returned to the road," fearing = possibly, that more of the building would tumble down, Mr, R. |. G. Sutherland caught the odour of gas and exclaimed: "The gas main is broken, and began, with seyeral other men, to dig u way into the cel- lar. | Three quarters of an hour later ing into Simcoe Street, and then it fell heavily into the street, crumbling the wall of the lower storey and taking with it the upper storey. . The build- ing seemed to bulge out and then sag like a house of cards. As soon as the building fell, an alarm was sent in, and immediately the Brigade were on hand. Chief Howard asked for the, roads to be roped off, and then he, with his staff, were s00n busy tearing the heaps: of debris away to locate, if possible' 'any persons who were not tod badly ine jured.* Not five minutes had passed before the firemen were seen coming with a hmp burden which proved to be Harry Manley, a carpet layer who had been working on the top floor. When it'fell, he came with it, and his chief injuries were two broken legs and a cut face. > Next Miss Tucker was brought out and her chief injuries were on her face. A willing army of one hundred men then made their way from the crowds, and directed their efforts to the re- moval of tons of brick and mortar. Great masses of material * were shifted, but no bodies were found, but na corner 'near the' entrance, two ladies were found dead. So the work went on. "Four bodies were found and many injured persons » * * Dr. J. D. Berry was in Peterboro at the time of the accident, and had been in the store but a few minutes before it collapsed. He assisted in the work of removing the victims from the wreckage. Business in Insecure Buildings _-The tragedy at - Peterboro. . should ent, | bring one lesson." clearly to the atten- dust tion of the public. It cannot be safe to do business in.a building which is undergoing extensive alterations. It ust be well nigh impossible to. be ) tell the strength of old walls parts of which are for the time being oved. Further there can be no idea of the strain 'to ' which pi the walls and tem dS and Pm