The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-23 00:00:00

The Great Fire in Gresham-street, City. SECOND EDITIO

RECOVERY OF SALVAGE.-LATEST PARTI-

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

UULARS.

Some thirty men have been employed for the last twenty—
four hours in exploring the ruins in order to find goods.. '
Mr Raclmall, who is superintending the clearance of the, '
building, has, in conjunction with Head-Engineer Purdue,
employed two experienced firemen, late of the brigade, and.
about fifty tons weight of carpets have been taken out of:
the premises belonging to Messrs. Tapling and Cc. The'
bulk of this salvage has been removed to Tt.ylor's depository,
but the most burnt portions are piled up in the basement of
Messrs. Tapling's premises. It is the opinion of the sur—
veyors that these packages can be cut up in pieces, and will
realise a cJwider,,blo sum by auction, to carpet-bag manu-
facturers. An immense quantity of blankets has been got
out, some burned at the edges aul some through the folds,
but they may be cat IQ end siWU into good pieces. The
Turkey carpets already rescued will, it is expocted, fetch.
a large sum. As yet none of the silks and hab:rdashery
goods have been got at, bat they must be greatly deterio-
rated iu va'ue These, as fast as they can be recovered,
will be remo- ed •0 be dried and packed in lots.
A very ex, iti ig scene took place at the back of Messrs.
Tapling's p m ies, in which two firemen nearly perished.
Engineers I ur ue and Izard, who had just emerged from
Elaberdashei e Hall, were attacking the flames issuing from
one window, when they suddenly rushed through another,
and the men becoming fairly surrounded with flames, and
no other chance of escape presenting itself than by jumping
through them, tho men alighted upon the floor below, a
distance of at least 18ft. now they escaped without serious
personal injury appears a perfect miracle, fur just as their
feet reached the next floor the roof fell.

MANCHESTER RACES—This DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
TRAFFORD HANDICAP.

EiBht ran.
MANCHESTER CUP.

Dr lt,oke.

Three ran.

HENDON RACES—Tuts DAY.

VOLUNTEER VASE.

The premises of Mtssrs. Tapling were erected about five
or six years ago, at an expense of nearly L 30,000, At first
it was expected that no portion of the walls would have to
be pulled down, but owing to the heavy rain of Wednesday
night it is now found necessary that one portion should be
shored up and the cornice removed from th e top.

Six ran.

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

Vanessa 1
Pretty Girl filly
East Lynn
CH.ESTEIZEIELD lI.A.NDICAP.

Wild roppy
Zic

.... 3

Nemo
Twilight

3

Polly Hopkins
Tartar .
..
Coronet
Thrce ran,
TRADESMAN'S CUP.

Chemisctte
Brown Mare .
Daniel O'Rourke
Twelve ran. The first and second horses objected to
Au accident occurred in the Cup—Brown Stout killed
and jockey much injured.
HENDON HANDICAP.

Neilghery
Visitor
Ned of the Hills

THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 21.
Mr John Staley has been promoted to the rank of Aelit g
Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority from July
4, 1364.
The undermentioned officers heve been promoted to the
rank of Assistant Engineer, First Class, in her Majesty's
Fleet, with seniority from 3d inst., vlz..—Mr George
Thomson and Mr Robert Baxley Cooper.