The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-11 00:00:00

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GREAT FIRE AT MESSRS. CLORE& PRlNTlNG-
orrice.—Yesterday afternoon, between the hours of 1 and
2 o'clock, a fire of a most serious and devastating character
broke out at the well-known printing establishment of
Messrs. Wm. Clown and Son, printers, situate in Duke.
street, Stamford-street, Blackfriare-toad, a large portion of
which fell a sacrifice to the destructive element. The office
was probably the largest printing establishment in the
country. It comprised • variety of capacious workshops
and other buildings, covering • square of considerable mag-
nitude on the east aide of Duke-street, and flanked the
backs oleo hawses en the north side of Stamford-street, as
well as these on the sestk side of the Commercial-road.
The first Intimation the lb received of the outbreak was
about 10 adonis be I etaloek, when a cry was raised by
some one altimbed to the establishment that the chapel was
on fire (a baling facing Duke-street, and formerly used as
an Unitarian place of worship, but had since been con-
vened by Mown. Clown into • drying department). It
being Aimee hour, very few people were about the pre-
miseNq VES dimes wfhttewere
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hagissimirigelltobe passing at the time from the rrults bet-
a in mini lad taken place in the neighbourhood on the
pennlens sunk* mod finding that there was a force pump
ea the pratedoo, seise rou by attaching a length of hose
to the maehhee, aired a edam of water on to the
dowor, sod es provost dim orteadlog. This well meant
Iran woo mmeasemsfal, and thellames speedily extended to
the Gents* beilding. Within whale 20 minutes the two
upper tapther with the- whine of the chapel, pre.
mosiod twain tarn. limo dos& engines were brought
up, sod ow played se dos boning OM, to • great extent
under the direction of Mr. Cloves, dos preservation of the
lower part of the main building being the principal object
of anxiety. Water was abundant, but for upwards of an
hour the fire burned furiously. At length the progress of
the flames was stayed, but not before considerable de-
struction had taken place. Of the chapel, which wee •
brick building, two stories high, and about forty feet
square, all that remained were the outer walls, the con-
tents with its floors being consumed. The reporter was
informed that in this part of the establishment was per-
haps the most serious loss. Amongst the works was the
entire impression, with the exception of four volumes which
Prince Albert had desired to be sent to Buckingham
Palace, of the octavo edition of the New Illustrated Great
ExhibitionCatalogue, prepared for the Royal Commissioners;
likewise • smaller edition of the Illustrated Catalogue,
as well as the whole impression of " Knight's Illustrated
Shakespeare." The damage to the main building or centre
warehouse was nearly as extensive. The two upper floors,
with theircontents, as well as the roof, were wholly con-
sumed, while the remaining, or lower floor, sustained
serious injury, both In building and stock. This building
also contained several valuable editions of works, which for
the most part were burned. The cause or origin of the
fire is deemed rather an extraordinary matter. Mr. Clown
states that lights were prohibited in the drying room.
The process of drying was effected with steam pipes
in connexion with a boiler some forty or fifty feet
detached from the building. The temperature in the de-
partment during the day was remarkably low and Mr.
Clews' was at a lees to conceive how the tire could have
happened. The men were away at dinner at the time, and
the only inference that could be drawn as to the cause was
that it was either the work,of an incendiary or that some
of the lads in leaving the drying-room had lighted a cigar
and bad thrown the lighted match on to the paper. By
some the loos is calculated at upwards of 10,0001 , but it is
impossible to state it at present with any degree of accuracy.
The firm are very heavily insured in the Sun, Phcenix,
ItnZyal Exchange, and Westminster fire offices.
THE BANOALORE, ROUND POR AUKTRALI% (gays a
correspondent), and now (June 9) lying in Plymouth Sound,
was nearly wrecked • few nights ago on the Goodwin Sands.
LONDON, TILBURY, AND SOUTHEND RAILWAY.—
The committee of the House of Lords have passed the pre-
amble of this bill.