The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-14 00:00:00

DESTROC7ION OF A LARGE PIANOFORTRI

NANO/PAC I OR T.
On Beturtiey night, between nine and ten o'clock
• Are wee dimmed In the premise of Masers. Hopkinson
sad Co., plaaolorte nmenfaetarers, situated at the back of
Hakkasti-row, New.road, Fitaroy square. Tie premises
in gatestiew wen shoat 120 feet long by 33 broad, and had
as Mendes of four stories. Immediately silents, are
the meetly erected premises of Messrs. Orey nad Davison,
tot well kaowa organ builders, whish are 160 feet logy,
with en organ loft 62 feet high, filled with a large number
of lastranmets is every stage of casino:ties. At the
z= mid of the buret building is the lug* studio of Mr.
the sestet° r, crowded with Mantes sad model', and
instr se seethes seals, is the pianoforte manuranory of
Maws sad Cle., of Reptatstreet. At the east end, abut-
ting opus Grey sad Devisou'i premises ryes a line of
enetaide 'Ashdod by working men and their families,
erbilee the spies of rowed formed by the mane-
histerlee already widened, was covered with stacks of
Inlidineeal INK high. The fire was first seen smouldering
lessens Gelled the "key shop," and on account of the
Ciallnature of the mateets, °assisting prineirtill of
iffweed, and • very large stock of iestruntents, it
wanted a very formidable character. The filmes
leased loss than half us hour were seen is every part of
the ineeregetto. Fire nines began to arrive from all the
=anglae state; naleding Watling-street, the Are
bees sees from the " look. oat "as the et the
Mese doses ea sopa as the flame bond eel. Wise Mr.
Inddlesed arrived he found that the bends( premises
were &early 200 het from the fire mil In the
smote, the efeet of which was a eenseriadleg die
salty and labour la foreleg the water threesk wadi a
length of hose pipe. Some twelve or thirties mines
were set to work as they arrived, and until the seemed Seer
Wean, *sited, Mr. Braldwood had hopes that the fire
amid be got under. The fire bed, however, toned too
greet an santadaacy. All thoughts of aeries any part of
the building were preseatly abandoned, the energies of the
flumes being now divested towards pretesting any com-
munication between the flames and the other buildup.
The end of the beautiful Gothic roof of Grey and Dan
s se's organ loft bad below, igelted. Several engines were
at ewes directed to the wall, the gable being only • fsw
foot from the flames, and some fireman wen placed
inside with a powerful hand-mains. At this end of
the loft was a a trillionth orgae, nearly finished,
for the ettiey church of Sherborne, in Vorastabire.
It was designed by the late Mr. Carpenter. sad,
whoa looking at its beautiful and elaborate Gethie
timely by the glare of the burning pile outside,
whieb gleamed fearfully thimegh the long ecelesiestical
windows of thin hall, the mast palatal fears were felt that
In • few minute, the tease sight be commencing their
work of demur:doe. Is Weiss is Ibis organ there were
lustrous's', for the Abbe, OMNI of ritzley, le Mown.
terabits; St. Mary's Cloak Hemeley Leacaseire; Sydney,
iiimisflaeub New South Wales ; OM Citspel, Liverpool; the
sew Mane Hell, He. By dint of great even
Una cos the part if the this building sustained no
further injury thee a slight g of the *optic eta per.
lion of the roof. By liedeek portions of the walk of the
Inning premises bed lalles la, and the beat was intend.
In another boar and • belt the floors were all down, and
the upper pert of this weak the whole mass bander ea the
pined door. Then wee seareely a breath et wind dudeg
the time of the fin; and lad eves the slightest hews*
sprung up either from the mirth, east, or west, so homes
power could ham prevented oats of the moot terrible mails.
✓edoes that hays ecimerred is the metropolis for way
yew. All the streets Indian into the New road, and the
New-road itself, wen crowded with thousands of people,'
and wholly impassable to carriages. The fire .undated all
eight, and, it WWI not until miss o'clock on Smudgy mon.
leg that all apprehensions of further d were removed.
The premises are 40E1144,1y destroyed, with a large stock of
iestremeate, and all the workmen's tools. Bow the fire
originated is at prima uelthown. Gas was not used is the
unanfactory, but (indigo. The Mews. Hopkieson leased
the premises (which are seemly erected) for sixty years from
Mr. Doulaoo, and they were insured in the County Fire
Olfies for 2,0101 The workmen's tools are sot Insured.
Morn. Grey and Davison are fully Inured la the Pisan,
sad their workmen's tools an insured at the not et twopence
per week for every pound's worth.