The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-02 00:00:00

AUGUST 2

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SEZIIO-US .FIRES AND LOSS OF LIFE.

Yesterday abotit7ive o'clock; a ci?!itractiv_e
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fire broke out on the premises of Mr. F.'Lawree, book
tud-tooldealer, No. 75, N?*-00, Lambeth, p wing to
the:infhinunable nature of the stook the fire soon had a
fast hold.on the lower portion of the premises, which,
however, was soon extinguished after ths. arrival of the
engines belonging to the various stations of the metro-
polis, and fortunately the byre was prevented from reach-
ing the upper part of the premises, and
,the adjoining
houses. The parties were insured in the County and
Liverpool offices. WhilSt the fite was at its h.ight; a
mainehOly accident- 6041 , Policeman Ireland, 119 -LIA
at which time he was endeavouring to 13,v,.: the lives of
' the inmates of the binning notues. To.effect his praise-;
worthy Object, he had mounted on the Wood.w6rk built
out from the shop, to enable him to reach the first-floor
window; but the smoke was ,r,o thick that, not seeing his
way clearly, he tell through a skylight into the street
below.- Lie was picked up; and was found to have sus-
tained a severe fi•evorc of th, leg, behides being inter-
nally injured and much bruised. 1-1, Was at once taken.
to Guy's Hobpital, where' he now lies in a precarioui
condition.

About the same time two other fires occurred; which
were attended with censiderable destruction of property,
and one, unfortunately, with a loss of hum life. One
tire happened in the premises belonging to Mr. Thomas
Drew, a cheesemunger, carrying on business at No. 55,
3rtnitly-street, ropier. The discovery was made by a
police officer of the S divi,aioe, who, on passing the pre-
mises, percdved dense_ bodies of smoke pouring through
the crevices of the front vviud,Jw shutters. He imme-
diately sounded an alarm ,in the usual way, and atter
considerable trouble he succeeded 'in awaking the in-
mates, who fortunately managed to reach the street in
safety. The draught, however, occasioned by the par-
ties opening the house to effect their escape'caused the
fire to epread. with unusull swiftness, and in a compara-
tively brief period the flames took possession of every
portion of the premises. The engines of the parish
quickly attended, followed by Mr. Fogo, the foreman of
the A section, with several engines of "the London Bri-
gade. Au abundant supply of water was procured from.
the East London Company's works; 'and the engines
having been cailtd into operation the tire was eventually
extinguished, but not until the premises and all they con-
tained were destroyed. Nothing more than the bare
outer walls are left standing. The cause of the disaster
is unknown. Fortunately the contents were insured in
the Norwich Union, and the building in the Hand-in-
Hand offices.

The Second fire took place in the premises belonging
to Mr. G. Tilbury, green.grocer and fruiterer, situate at
No. 11, James-street, Kensington. It commenced on'thre
ground fluor, used as a general store for baskets and fruit.
It appears, from the inquiries instituted,. that a boy
named George Fbrdimari, thirteen years of age, was
employed by Mr. Tilbury to assist him in his business,
and that he occasionally slept in the baslt-A-room. It
is presumed that on Sutidtiy morning he went to sleep
in the same' place, taking with hio2 • a lighted candle;
for of a sudden a cry was raised of "'Fire and kelp." In
a very few ssconds some of the neighbours hastened to
the spot, when they found flames issuimg front the front
windows, and a considerable body of fire on the ground
floor. At that time the unfortunate boy Hardiwan was
in the middle of the flames, and all attempts to get at
aim proval futile, The inhabitants and inmates, with
the aid of buckets of !water, managed to beat down the
fire snfficiently to Bellow some of the persona to enter,
when they found the poor boy burned almost as • black
as a coal, limn pulling him out, lire was found to be
quite extinct. The engines of the parish and two of the
London brigade were soon on the spot, and owing to the
assistance ut all present the' flames ware confined to the
ground, floor. The body pf the deceased remains for a
coroner's inquest, when no doubt the precise cause of
the melancholy event will be fully ascertained. Mr.
Tilbury was uninsured.