The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-08 00:00:00

FIRES.
FIRS Ili TEI CITT.--A fire broke out shortly after
1041'61**k, em Saturday sight, is the premier mVows,
tired sad C,essese, merehaate, is Loatiee.well. They sure
ailleleed ea the am site by the maim% bedding
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reset isadfrestresit.
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ahem An hem nisei, several of the leheldimas malted
ei the id mew amistasse; ire me Mean aMU had the
eimmeet ehteirmaie that the whole ef the levee
part of emesoomgkesif enveloped in Same% as
that it was aloft impeedlie kw my ea to mai' Me beet
assistasse is amide as, of dm valuable emarmara ea die pre.
mina With Mee Miry, areseal outdoes estrived eillhe epee.
The some ehirde lima preened emit was trig Meille, ear
the whole of Mama Groh eel Omega. peemies were
ea dm eels the ham to the reek red es Me lames shot
ea* from the varies, wisdom eel three& the mg, they
seemed to higit.iete the sir es Millemiaste sot early the
whets at the OW. hie the imam mime ef the meant
divides of the At the time NUM the heat was
se lateens that the pee of the leases in Draper's
sad &Meer plasm wore sad mat flying in sundry
direetieus. Twe females eel a maa, who hat rushed into
the read in order to mops the manes of the flames' were
.true ea their fame, and se merely injured that the blood
gushed forth is streams. During the time*, poor people
were eampleyed removing their farrier, the presses became
as hot U.S stay furnaces, and they were !TIM sally obliged
to leave their furniture to its fate. There Imiag an abundant
supply of water, the whole of the engines were call- d into
opt reties, bat, is spite of the most &eremites OIIPTIiODS of
the firemen, floor aft, r floor is the immense building con-
tinued to fall • prey to the fry of the o,,flsgretion ;
The firemen, by snorting the fools of the booster Draper's
atd Buller's-places, succeeded in g them from total
lestruction, and to their exertions may be ascribed th. safety
of the extensive premises belonging to Mars. Waterloo, the
foreign and British printers, as well as upwards of one
bemired other buildings abutting upon those on fire. In
or ler to tons some idea of the extent of property coneassed,
it is only neessury to state that one weggon alone, filed
with wool, standing in the yard, was said to contain upwards
of 1,0001. worth of property. Toe purl es which were
formerly occupied as liverystablee, were erected for the pre-
sent proprietors about two years sure. About one o'clock
the firemen succeeded is getting the fires so far under
rto allay any apprehension of a fariber extent-1u of
mischief.
Notwithstanding that the engines were worked with full
vigour the whole of yesterday, a coneidereble body of fire r-
emised in the reins at half-pest six last treeing.
The primly detroyed by this disastrous event, unless a
great mart of selvage be culieeted, must reach, including
the buildings, to nearly 100,044 hissers. Oren and COll.
Ilia/ win fully insured, sad it is uadentood, that &early the
whole of the persona who had wool deposited in their pre-
miers were protected from lose by what are technically termed
floating polities.
Wrist the above fire wee raging, two other fires occurred.
0.,e was at No. 12, Shouldham-street, Bryanstone-equan,
belonging to Mr. Samuel Re, a beer-shop k. else r. Toe in-
mates haring retired to rest, they had grtat difficulty in
teen; ing. Ihe Royal Society's escape and brigade engines
attended, but the Sure could not be subdued until the fire
bed droved the whole of the premises. The other fire wee
at No. 29, Bedford-et/set, Covent minim. in the tenure of
Mr. A. Bryon, jeweller, and which burned one of the de-
tached workshops out in spite of the early arrival of the
puisit and brigade engines.
loss AT CAKDrJI•TOWN.—Saturday morning information
was received at the London firc-eneine stations that a serious
conflegration bad occurred in. High street, Camden-town.
Three engines were immediately ceepateaeit thither, when
the finimto rand the premises of Mr. John Adams, fur-
niture inky, Nu. 10, in the Ilia h—trert, in a
blue. Same one passing the building discovered that the
l.wcr part of the house was on fire, and although SA instant
alarm was sounded, it was found impassible he rescue any-
thing contained in the premAes. One of the Royal Society's
firs-escapes was taken to the spot, but its services were not
required, as the hinters bad all effected a safe ;West. The
fire was not exiiseuished until every floor iii the premises
was consumed, and the whole of the stock in trade, with the
househol.l gouda destroyed. The premiss of Mr. J. An-
&run, butte, and trimanar seller,
. No. 75, Higk-street,
with those beleaguer to Mr. W. Dreed, china and glus
dealer, NN 77, have sustained dam• ge by fire, water, and
lh.sty removal of famiture. The origin of the muster could
not be use alined. Mr. Adams was insured in the Atlas
Fire-sate,