The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-24 00:00:00

FIRE AND LOSS OF TWO LIES AT ELL

POURPENNY LODGING•BOUM

INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
This forenoon Mr. Richards, depatpars4
held an inquest at the 011 Fountain Tavera,
street, City road, upon view of the body of s Wee e
known, who was found dead in a fourpeany kept
house.
Emma Holland, the first witness, said that she irk
wife of a blind man, who kept a lodgingbottse st to 4
Golden-lane, St. Luke's. On Wednesday night ha*
witness was out the deceased woman came to kdr ;
was partly drunk. Her name was not takes beam
ness was out, and beside it wis not usual to take plat
names except the inspector came for imowleha
people lodging in the house were all very poor, tall
working ; many of them worked about the ram, as
few, for anything witness knew, might " p'rd
Thirty-two or 33 persons lodged w,th witnese, s fig
paid 4d. a night each. Mail of them came stag
and left in the morning, and she we se
them again. The inspector came to make iniviia
four times a week. He uswilly asked about peoph
an accident, like a murder, had taken place ;ask.
child had been stolen ; he had conic three or feartinsO
look after stolen children. He came sometime is
thieves.
The Coroner—l am afraid your lax mode.:
this lodging-house—not even vikin; the uses
lodgers—makes it a receptacle for had character.
Witness—Oh, no, Sir. It is just the same ss other!
houses. Accidents will occur, of course, and Ng
spector conies and tells me, and Igo round mit
people their names. If those that are sated one
the inspector gives me their signs ant token!

away.
With reference to the decease 1 wont's, Om sin
stated that on Thursday forenoon, at 11 o'elock,ll,
found dying or dead, lying on her bed. A
for at once, but his services were of no use.
It was remarked that this u Ultras had shoat
cling rings on her ring finger, and othrr rings ea
fingers. She explained that she 11:.c1 not beet
eight times, but she wore the rings because golds
always handy if you come to want ir,,:.ey. lima
that her lodging.house was as " re.,N,table" u U
blishment of the kind, and that the impecton Jaime
ticular reason to find fault with her managemest

Mr. C. Da said tb Ist mak

mortem ouimination of the body of the .
wee in a state of great emaciation and was
filthy. Death arose from effusion on the
natural causes.
The jury returned a verdict in accordance
medical testimony.

About one o'clock yesterday morning a .
out on premises occupied by Mrs. Heiken,
Carlisle-street. Hull, which resulted in the len
lives. When the fire was discovered it had
thorough hold on the building, and when the po
with their hose and fire-escapee the building eu
of flames. There slept on the premises Mrs.
and her two daughters, aged respectively 12'
of age. As nothing could be seen of the
utmost consternation was observalibi in the s,—
which had in a very short time gathered IA frost
burning building. The police were very mot
play with their hose, but they found it utterly
is
to subdue the fire in any of the rooms sufficient
an entry. In about a quarter of as hoar afterl
covcry of the fire Mrs. Redfearii was foetal by tee
policemen lying in the backyard in a hut' ofil
bility. She was taken to All adjoining house,
wht''
was found to be so severely burned fiat her me,
the General Infirmary was considered necessary.
past two o'clock the danirs had been so b
that the police were able to enter the building,
spcctor Dorsey discovered the bodi..s of the tiro
so charred as tube scarcely recognisableas human
One of them was found on tLa floor of thebednua
diately over the shop, and the other amongst the.'
the bed on which she had previoiisly 'dept. The IsW
of the deceased children; whowas a condeble is a,
police force, lost his life at a Me when in the eyeing
his duty. On Oct. 19, the doceased co
in charge of a hose at a large :ire which bad broken!
a wholesale grocery store in iligh.street, when OM
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walls of the building gave way, butyii him t
others in the ruins. A 'ohne' iption for the rilat,
those killed was raised, and the match committee:a
Medfearn up in the premises %lucre ber two
have lost their lives. Mrs. Mrorearn, who at presesLi
nothing of the death of her children, is so senonsllfor
that she is not expected to recover.

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ARTIFICIAL NESTS. —The 13+,!;ftilt de 14 I
d'Arclimatotion contains several inteesting fat" P-•
less connected with the chief object the socieSl:
view, that rearing foreign species in France.
the most curious subjects we
birds' find treated ilta"o
number is that of artificial nets as the,' als;
made in Switzerland under the direction of th.
formed there for the protection of in.ecti"Jriddt
One of the member of a society of tass"-.
Lion, M. X—, who inhabits Ver
serv.d that many species of that tusu 'Toe
nests the holes they find in the trunks
trees, and that they consequently do nut had taie;j,
settle in orchards, where all the trees are Uior. "10
tion, began, 25 years ago, to set up rotten tra''',oo
grounds ; and since then he has had no need it. •
himself in the least about clearing away estatr'4oo
care being entirely left to his wingrd • •
their duty admirably. M. X '
contrary, who have not had this fonsigtt,
orchanls laid waste by a host of voracious 1a57,40
Yverdun Society have gone the length of plaata,"7,ol
nests even in the public walks and communal 1°7,0
the borders of the lawns, kc. All those nests silo
hablted by hedge-sparrows. rod.tart• creeriva
tits, all which may be found in Switzerland sa
the perpetual snow line. The same prsetioshas
wai into Germany. ~,,•&• 141.
Teas BANDA BOOTY COIL r,,
occupied the Court of Admiralty 27 der •11'
ment, and in which 37 counsel appeared. Sir., 'Lea
allowed, were 58,0001. The fund is expected
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divided. It was taken nearly ten yeas age•

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