The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-03 00:00:00

SHOCKING FIRE IN THE CITY.

TWO LIVES LOST.
Shortly before 9 o'clock last night a destruetil
fire broke out on the premises occupied by Mom*
Brothers, tobacconists, situate at the north corner
Liverpool-street and Bishopsgate-atreet Without I
daughter of one of the firm, Alice Nix, Nix yeah of 4
and a deaf and dumb man named William GO; egli
67 years, perished in the flames. The shop oil
open at the time, and customers were being oral,
when the shopman's attention was drawn to a quantityi
smoke which was coming up from the manufactory is IP
cellar. He ran over to the Metropolitan fire WO
station in Bishopsgate-street, which is nearly oppnilh
and requested some firemen, who were standing at IP
door, to bring a bucket or two of water over, as OM
was something smouldering below the shop. Thq 01,
so immediately, but seeing fire through the credit
of the flooring, they sent back for the bib
pumps as well as a manual engine, which were on their',
within three minutes after. The latter was diteckfill.
ready for working and the hose laid out, but for sheet tee
minutes it remained idle, owing to the turncock not befK ,
found to turn on the water-mains in the street. Tbleid
to much excitement ; the firemen fought the fire as hi
as they could with the hand pumps from beck* g
water, but the flames gained upon them PO rapitlllta.
they were compelled to retreat from the premises, 10
soon afterwards the flames reached almost every nom
the house, as also the roof. About this period a man. -
seen at the second floor window imploring for help. 00
of the Society's fire escapes, stationed in Bialiorsgste4bo
was brought down to the premises by some strangers, 0•
placed it against the house, but in the absence of then*
ductor, whose time for duty had not come, no 01211 Wee
stood how to raise the ladders to the upper windows, OA.
the man Cox soon sunk from the effects of suffocatios sui
perished. The however, was the means of tersdll
one of the shop boys
from another window. A snag,
force of firemen and steam engines were sent to the seat
and when the street mains yielded a supply of valet
the firemen soon succeeded in getting the fire undo,
I though not before the premises hal sustained very es..,
slue damage. The firemen assert that had they obtains'.
a supply when they first drew their engine to the soil
they could with ease hare put out the Wit
without its doing any material damage. MW
the ruins bad been cooled the firemen fob
the remains of Mr. Nix's daughter Alio Irig
on the burnt flooring of the first-floor loath*
shockingly disfigured. It appears that the shop boy
was rescued by the escape was in the shop when the N.
broke out, and ran upstairs and alarmed the servant Ink
who was nursing one of the children. She ran down SW
staircase and escaped. The boy caught Miss Alice wag
his arm and tried to follow. He got down to the
floor fif.ll
landing when she screamed and got away from his
He groped about to find her but could AA &nada I
smoke and heat suffocating him he crawled to the frog I
window, where he was dragged out nearly dead. The bob
of the porter, William Cox, was found under the windso
of the second floor, where he bad been seen. The
body
were placed in shells and removed to the dead-bona of 0.
She
ward to await a coroner's inquest. The origin of
is unknown ; the property was insured.

WAITING TOE THE BUDGET.-(THIS DAT.)I
9 o'clock this morning there were enou;h peel& rev%
St. Stepissa's 11l the Strangers' Galkry, in 4 li°D.,‘
arrived after that time will have the slight.'" "'—
obtaining admission..