The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-28 00:00:00

BURNING OF THE SHIP ACCRINGTON OFF
BLACK WALL.

Between nine and ten o'clock yesterday morning
an outward bound ship, called the Accrington, nearly 2,000
tens register, lying in the river moored to the buoys off the
Ess India Dock entrance at Biackwsll, was discovered to
be on fire. She is an iron built ship, commanded by Cap.
tain Christie, and got her sails bent reedy to sail for Cal-
cutta to-day, having cleared out from the East India Dock
lon Saturday. Her cargo consirted of machinery, rails, oils,
paints, general goods, and several hundred W./way sleepers.
The latter were chiefly stowed in the bottom of the ship,
and the machinery on the top of them, and it was in the
main bold that the fire commenced. About half en hour
before the discovery was made Captain Christie is said to
have gone down into the main hold and found everything
correct, and in that condition it remained till smoke broke
forth from the main hatch way, the stroug creosote effluvium
which prevailed proving beyond a doubt that the railway
simpers were on tiro. The ship's pumps were immediately
put into use, and every poemble moans were taken
so extinguish the dame:. Two steam tugs, which
were also lying at the buoys, got their fire
hose laid out to the Aocringtmes main hold with the
same object, but with no result, for the dense volumes of
smoke that vomited forth from the deck and obscured the
rigging from view too plainly told that the fire was increas-
ing rapidly. The dockamsters of the East and West India
Docks, on being apprised of the outbreak, at coos bad the
company's steam fire engine tugs hauled out into the river,
and bore up to the Accringtoe, Captains Tilt, Graham,
and Reid having charge of one, and Captain Rummy of the
other. After these had been got to play one of the Fire
Brigade steam floating engines arrived, and also the Admiralty
flatting engines from the Royal Dockyards, Woolwich and
Deptford, manned with several hundred artisans sad
labourers. All of them the instant they CMG alospide
were got into operation, threwing, with the other engines at
work, upwards of ten tons of water per minute ; still no
impression appeared to be made on the fire, the
smoke increasing in density, although it was
apparent that the ship was fest going down
at her head, from the great weight of water pumped into
her. It was then within half an hoar of low water, and soon
afterwards the fore part of the ship went to the bottom
of the river, leaving her stern afloat, with a list to port.
The ship was secured with two watertight compartments,
and much uneasiness prevailed whether those would with-
stand the intense heat and pressure, and the fact of the
ship sealing down at her bead led to a belief that the fore
compartment bulkhead must have given way to let the
' I water into the fore hold. At length the great body of
' water poured into the ship from the scenes began to fill
up the compartments. flooding the bureirig cargo, and by
this means the fire was eventually subdued, although it was
nearly 1 o'clock in the forenoon before this was achieved. At
the flood tide yesterday afternoon the vessel floated, and
she will have to go into dry dock to make good her mein.
' It was stated that the fire was caused by one of the seamen
• taking a lighted candle into the hold. The ship belongs to
hissers. Jacobs and Co., Liverpool, and, with her cargo, is
insured for 60,000/.

THE PORTSHOUTH GLIJARDIA24B AND THZ POOH-
Le.w Bow.--HETTLEMENT Or THE GREAT Qtrano3.—The
dimpeement between the guardians of the poor of Portam
Istria Union and the Poor-law Board, repeating the sur-
charge for the cost of the tea supplied to the former, has
been settled by whrie equivalent toe victory on the pert of
the Poor-law Board. A private meeting of the guardians
was held on Monday evening, at which Mr. Hawley, the
poor-law inspector, was present. A warm dissuasion took
place, but as the guardians were plainly told that
they had no power to resign, that they were respon-
sible for any serious consequences which might
result from the refusal to aett and that the Poor4aw
Bard had no power to sanction an illegal payment, which
this charge for refreshment undoubtedly was, they
" caved in," and consoled themselves with peeling a reso-
lution to the effect that, although in **reprice the Poor-
law Beard had not behaved with fairness tower& them,
they (the guardians) would resent to resume their duties.
in oc&r that the poor might not suffer from their non-
atteadanoe. It is said that each guerdien will be smiled
upon to pay about 12e. in settlemeet of the amount for tea
up to the present time.
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