The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-07 00:00:00

Fearful Scene at a Fire,

At an early hour yesterday morning one of the City
police constables, in passing along his beat in Mark-lane,
smelt burning wood, and some time elapsed before he could
find the place from whence it came. At length, however,
upon entering some gates in Mark-lane, he found one of the
large establishments let out in offices on fire. Among the
occupants of the offices were the Marine Insurance Associa-
tion, the St. Petersburg Steam Company's Office, Messrs.
Prosser, wholesale bottle merchants, Mr Mason, and several
others—in all ten firms. From the inquiries made it appears
that the only persons who slept on the premises were the
housekeeper, his wife, the maid -servant, and children. They
were all fast asLep in the third floor, whilst dense masses of
smoke could be seen issuing from the floor beneath. The
officer at once sent off for the Royal Society fire-escapes and
engines, and strove to arouse the inmates. Conductors
Miller and Preston quickly attended with the society's
escapes, when they found the fire raging furiously in the
second floor, and the occupants of the third floor afraid to
venture down stairs for fear of being burnt to death. Miller
at once rushed up the staircase and brought down in safety
Mr and Mrs Carrell, the servant, and the whole of the
children except one, Upon reaching the street in their night-
dresses
they told the conductors, in their excitement, that
every one had been safely rescued, but Conductor Miller, to
make assurance doubly sure, again ascended th ) building
and upon entering the third floor back, he found a boy
about five years of age, gasping for breath, and no doubt if
he had been left there another minute he must have been
suffocated. Miller laid held of him and was carrying him
downstairs when he became overpowered with the heat and
smoke, and he fell with his living charge in his arms on
the staircase. Conductor Preston at once rushed to the
rescue of the two, and both were saved by his instrumen-
tality, but they were nearly stifled by the smoke. The en-
gines of the London Brigade, including two of Shand and
Mason's land steamers,.arrived with all possible expedition,
and plenty of the New River Company's water having be .n
procured, the firemen under Capt. Shaw had the land
steamers got to work—and, although the fire was showing a
brilliant reflection, they succeeded:in confining the confla-
gration to the second and third floors, which were de-
stroyed, all but the books, which were safely deposited in
fire-proof safes. The property, it is understood, was insured.

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