The Express.
London, England, 1858-06-21 00:00:00

OBEAT FMB .AT FRESH WEAR?, LONDON
BRIDOR.-/THIS DAY,J .

This (Monday) morning a tire, involving the des-
truction of property even to a greater amount than the one
that took gloom on Saturday night at Limehouse, broke out
on Fresh-wharf, Lower Thames-street, adjoining London-
bridge. The premises are wall known to most steamboat
passengers passing along the river, as covering as immense
space of ground, on which stood • great • number of lofty
warehouses, containing in the whole veined at more
than • million sterling. That part of in which the
misfortune commenced was on the north side, merest Them/g-
-amut, and formed a block of three warehouses about 180 feet
in wldth,and nearly 80 feet high, each having six stories. The
fire commenced from some unexplained cams in the middle
door of the centre warehouse. This building wasdivided into
sundry stores
• the first door for depositing dry fruits, ss they
arrived from abroad • the second floor wen used as the receiv-
ing depot; the third door wee appropriated to the stowage
of silks and satins; another was the customs examining
rooms. The other doors were used for the the stowage ci
missenensons goods.
. . .

Prom ell that can at present be seoertained, It • that
about a dozen men employed on the wharf hat their attention
direetad to h bodies of smoke me black as soot benieg
from the and windows of the silk floor. Nang
✓aided that a firs had occurred, they at once gave infonna.
tie, to Mr. Charles Clark. the inspector of tie wharf, who
SIM for Mr. Inspector Kilbey, at t3mithing.lane. He at
once Ned down a strong body of police, who lined the sp.
premelne to the wharf and kept the populsos out.
Mr. Inspector Mitchell next arrived with body of polim,
followed by numerous engines of the London Brigs and
that et the West of England Company, bringing with them
Mr. Superintendent Brsidwood, Acting-foreman Bridge.,
and several other officers. A good supply of water was
*Wind from the land aide of the premises, on which
the 1111/61ell were made to ply ; but the fire continuing to
ralthe two steam Boating engines were sent for, and
e stationed at Rotherhithe, and that from Southwark-
bridge arrived In little more than a quarter of an hour.
The whole of this force was called into full operation, but
the flames continued their ravages until they reached the
upper Boor, sad although the water from the floats kept
tilling In torrents, the firemen cold not prevent the roof
being destroyed. It, however, quickly fell In, end m-
elded the firemen to throw about 2,800 gallons of water per
minute from each of the floating engines, the water ran down
through the different floors, and completely maturated them.
By 12 at noon, just four hours and a quarter after the com-
menoesient of the misfortune, the themes began to sea that
their labows were successful, and that no apprehensions
need be feared of any further extension of the mischief, but
so great was the body of fire which even then remained in
the three tipper floors, onto preclude the possibility of the fire
bang entirely extinguished until late in the evening.
property known to be destroyed must be enormous. It
was that one house stone bad 25,000!. worth of silk in
the building, but although the information mass obtained
from en official of the wharf it is to be hoped that be hie
made • mistake in the amount. The lessee of the premises,
it is underetood, was Mr. Kull* in. wharfinger.