The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-06 00:00:00

GREAT FIRE IN FINSBURY.-(THIS DAY.)

This morain;, about half-past 4 o'clock, a firs
broke out on the premiss of Mr. G. Green, a builder and
join r, ca•rying on an extensive bu.ineas at No. 1, Paul-
street, Finshury. Another range of workshops, about
60 feet long, also became ignited from one end to
the other. The scene caused the greatest excite-
ment amount the inhabitants of Providence-row and Hdl-
street. Many of the occupiers, apprehensive that their
dwellings would fall, commenced removing their furniture
and children to a distant place for protection. The work of
devastation continued, but very quickly the premises of
Mr. C. Mayne, let out to several families, numbered
1,2, 3, and 4, in Hill-street, caught fire ; also the pre-
mise. belonging to the London General Omnibus Com-
pany, and the straw loft was soon in a blare.
The firemen kept totheir poets, but tae flames next extended
to the premises of Mr. C. Green (private), to those of Mr.
Tabraham (No. 3), and also to the house numbered 4, in the
occupation of several poor families. The hose of the en-
gines were conveyed round the whole of the blazing
piles, and by mounting the roots of the house'
in Providence-row and Hill-street, the brigade were
enabled to attack the flames at each point,
but some hours elapsed before the fire could be entirely ex-
tinguished, and not until an enormous amount of property,
which is thus officially reported by Mr. Foreman Bridges,
was either destroyed or greatly damaged :
No, 1, Paul-street, Finsbury—Mr. G. Green, builder, lie.,
two ranges of workshops, one story high, one l) feet long
and the other 60 feet long, burned down ; the hack part of
dwelling and contents damaged by fire and water. Con-
tents and buildings insured in the General Fire Office.
Ditto ditto, Mr. T. &ward, back windows burned out;
insurance unknown.

Ditto ditto, Mr. W. Hammond, cabinet maker, back
windows burned out, the roof off, moil lower part of pre-
mises severely damaged by fire and water, including the
machinery ; contents insured in the General Fire-office.
No. 2, ditto, C. Rayne, private, great damage by fire
and water ; insured in the Picnic Fire.offios.
Nos. 21 and 22, Paul street, Mr. W. H. Child, brush.
maker; roofs of Lack workshop, 11.411140 a by fire and
breakage, aiel contents by water; insured in the Imperial
Fire-office.

No. 1,2, 3, and 4, in llillatreet, Penlottreet, let out in
tenement', but belonging to Mr. C. Mayo. ; back 1611110W4
mul roofs seriously tLunaged by fire ; content' not insured ;
l'uilJin; unknown at present whether insured or not.

Hill-street—The Loudon IIDII General Omnibus
Conetny. Two loads of straw burned, and roof of lotto
damaged by fire and breakaze. Insurance unknown.
Nu.) 3 (ground floor)—Mr. C. Greene (private). Con-
silemLlo damage by fire awl water. I ihured in the Ge-
neral Fire•olliee.

Ditto, W. Tahraham.—Back windows burned out and
roof destroyed. Toe lower part of premises damaged by
water. Insured in the Unity Fire-office.
No. 4, let out in tenement.., belonging to Mr. G. Green.
Back windows burned out and contents damaged by are.
Uninsured for contents, but the building insured in the
General Office.

No. Z. 3, Mr. J. White, amigo manufacturer, roof
damaged by breakage. In, urines unknown.
Mr. Hodsoll„ jun., Mr. Charles White, of the County
Fire-office, and Mr. Laugham, of the Royal Office, were
peeaeot during the raging of the fire, a. well as MeauN.
&Adeley and Gordon, inspectors of the Royal Society for
the Protection of Life from Fire, and they also rendered
great assistance to the firemen.
Another fire happened ou the premises of Mr. E. Hatch,
carver and gilder, at Stepney, which destroyed his premises,
consisting of 12 rooms, and damaging two others. Insured
in the Phieuis. and County Fire-offices.
A fire also broke out in the Miuories Arch of the Mwk..
wall Railway, but owing to the timely arrival of the W-
ords the firemen were enabled to mount the fire escape, awl
with the aid of the hand pumps eisifined the fire to the
&dos and wood Lido& Caen unknown.

ME I'AL.IMITY ON nu
LOXDOY *AMWAY.

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