The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-22 00:00:00

LITENSWE FIRE AT BOW.-(THIS DAY.)

This morning, shortly after 4 o'clock, a very
mime fire took place in High.etreet, Bow which caMotad
meshszcitainsat is this usually crust ;Unties. lont crigimaid ea the premises of Mr. Job, linendraper, ea the
we& ale of the arrest" sad 'a short distances from the
pia church. The discovery was made by Mr. Job,
elm, being awakened by the heat and smoke, found that the
ship vas on fire. He immediately alarmed the inmates,
who providentially were rescued. The fire escape of the
Royal. Society was coos in attendance, and Conductor
Bane rendered important aid towards preserving pro-
perty; the Baum, however, made rapid progrom, end
gaily eztaaded throughout the whole traildieg. The Bow
mime was soon on the spot, and the police having communi.
cued the fact of the outbreak to the brigade stations at the
mead of the metropolis several powerful engines were
dispatched to the tome. In the meantime the fire nom-
assiested to the adjoining house of Mr. Sorrell, tailor, and
Xr. Mewls, tobacconist and newspaper agent, and the flames
11110 not subdued until those premises were considerably
hard. The tire wee not finally. eitinguished until veer
daybreak. The MIMI of the fire is attributed to an escape
sips. Mast of the property wee insured in several OffiC4ll.

TEE FATAL EXPLOSION OF CHINESE FIRE
PAPER IN ALDGATE.

DIQUFST ON MR. COHEN.—(THIS DAY.
This forenoon Mr. Humphrey, the Middlesex
mow, held an inquiry at the London Hospital touching
the death of Mr. Erneline Cohen, who lost his life in con-
sequence of an explosion of Chinese fire paper taking place
at No. 7, Mitre-square. Aldgate.
It will be recollected that on last Tuesday morning three
Cameos, cigarette manufacturers, were in an ogee on the
second floor of the house No. 7, Mitre-square. One of them,
Isaac Julius Heyman. lit a cigarette and then threw
the paper which he lit it into a box of Chinese fire
PePer. That paper instantly exploded, and the room was
died with blue fire. Heyman and another dealer named
Giestavus Jarvis were killed upon the spot, and Mr.
Cohen rushed to the window, threw it up, and jumped
out, and fell upon the stone pavement underneath. A
mu named Lewis rushed to his assistance, and removed
him in • cab to the hospital.
Mrs. Syinons, the landlady of the deceased Cohen, said
that Mr. Cohen never stated to her that Chinese paper
woe dangerous. Witness caught fire in consequence of the
explosion, had she not worn a woollen dress she would
have been burnt to death.
Mr. John Dawson, surgeon, said that the deceased was
much burnt over the legs, arms, and chest. He died
from shook to the system, on Friday.
It was stated that Chinese fire paper was common tissue
paper steeped in an acid which gave it all the explosive pro-
perties of gun cotton when it came io contact with
ire. It was sold by toy shopkeepers for the
pupas* of amusing children by the beautiful
Mae light which it gave forth when alight. The cigarette
manufacturers bought a quantity of it last week, for the
purpose of trading in during the Christmas holidays.
The Coroner having summed up, the jury returned a
verdict of That the deceased lost bis Ida through the
accidental explosion of Chinese fire paper."