The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-19 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE FIRE.

On Sunday morning, a few minutes before one
o'clock, a fire broke out in the extensive premises be-
longing to Mr. J. Hill, camp equipage and wholesale
trunk manufacturer, situate at No. 212, Piccadilly. The
flames originated from some unknown cause in the ma-
nufactory behind the dwelling-house, and owing to the
large quantify of stock in the place the fire extended
with more than usual rapidity ; so that in the course of
a very brief period the flames shot through the dif-
ferent windows and also from the roof, to the danger of
destroying every building near. Messengers were dis-
patched in sundry directions for proper assistance, and
two of the Royal Society's escapes and another belong-
ing to St. James's parish attended. These were fol-
lowed by numerous engines of the London Brigade,
West of England, and St. Anne's parish. Before, how-
ever, the firemen had time to reach the premises the
flames rushed from the factory into the private resi-
dence, setting the third floor in a blaze. Fortunately a
bountiful supply of water was procured from the mains
of the Grand Junction Company, and the engines being
manned by nearly 100 hired auxiliaries, copious
streams of water were scattered over the burning mass,
but in spite of which the work of devastation con-
tinued, and in order to stop the further spread
of the alarming element, the firemen were obliged
for some minutes to leave the main body of fire while
they beat down the flames raging in the surrounding
houses. The latter having been accomplished, the whole
force was brought to bear upon the factory, and, after
some hours' hard working, the flames were eventually
extinguished. The damage done is thus officially re-
turned by Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the
London Fire-Engine Establishment:--" Sunday, April
lg.—At half-past 12, A.M., called to a fire at Mr. Hill's
trunk manufactory, in Piccadilly, which was extinguished
in
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roof
th
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insured. The t
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windows thed house by firemen with seven engines of the establishment, that
of the West of England, and St. Anne's parish. Two
inhsse burned burned
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and
partlnsured
of
off;
S; urn rest
tffiocf e
house.. Mr
floors of the workshops are completely burned out, the
roof cff, rest of building and contents damaged by water,
&c.
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Thomas s Stillman,
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damaged
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Price, milliner. Considerable damage by fire and
water. Insured in the Globe Fire-office. No. 2, iEa ge-
place, Piccadilly; Mr. J. Everard, fruiterer. Con
tents
not insured; building, unknown; back
windows de-
molished, and frames burned." A great crowd of persons
were present, but, owing to the admirable exertions of
police, no accident occurred.

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SEVEN CHILDREN BURIVED TO DEATH.
The village of Renton, situated about sixteen miles
west from Glasgow, was, on Thursday evening, the
scene of one of the most appalling catastrophes which
ever occurred in that part of the country—the destruc-
tion of two dwelling-houses by fire, and the death of
seven children by the same means. The particular
scene of the calamity was in Main-street, of the above-
named village, and it appears that between six and seven
o'clock on the evening mentioned volumes of smoke
were seen issuing from the window of a garret occu-
pied by a labourer named James Lay, in which his two
sons, along with five other children, had been amusing
themselves in the afternoon, during his absence at work
t
at Dumbarton, where he is employed as a labourer.
takenl
was at first conjectured that only the chimney had
d with such
fire, but the flames soon appeared and
a blaze, and had likewise ignited tend.
There is every
cent dwelling-house in the back 1
fearful rapidity that in a few minuhtees
♦illagers were ignorant of the
reason to behove that the villag
tes of the garret, for no
impending fate of the occuepscaun
e them from the flames,
attempt was made to r
;tiexblltl
oi 1 1if.,...vu iyiSthh a
stated that he heard the tthhsaeptrcreheaof of wasth the allad j ina
half-past six o'clock.
dense smoke which
filled
t an early period of the evening,
the ill- fated childrenthaue
and
although
that
till were
eenraen
prevented from continuing their
Any
Us for assistance.
ineffectual, and the roof soon
and who were distinguish-
ca
the fire were
It is probable, howevera,sfutteffhroawetaatrtheddes
and t attempts which were made to
here being no fire-engine in the
village the
totally consumed.odies were extricated from the smonld
aces. were as follows;—Michael La
er-
t were so much charred and disfigured as
be recognisable
not to
of the brothers Lay, who had •
the exception , , evidently
cntinueevdebnubryninthgetirillobwonth
perished
h their respective sizes. The names of the
deceased and their
12; James Lay, 4; Hugh Sinclair, 6; Elizabeth
Sharp,
6; James Stewart, 4; Janet Paul,4; and Samuel Wilson,
5 years of age. How the fire originated is unknown,
and the fact of the eldest boy Lay not leaving the
apartment and giving an alarm is probably accounted for
by the door being locked at the time. The occurrence
i n
gW rhuei
has naturally caused a great deal of excitement in the
village and throughout the neighbourhood.

STATE VISIT OF THE —JUDGES TO ST. PAT'L'EL
Yesterday
being the first Sunday in Easter Term the Judges
proceeded in state to St. Paul's Cathedral, where they were
met by the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, Aldermen, and an T
un-
usually large number of Common Council members. he
distinguished
pemna ges havin taken their ices in the
sacred edifice, a very impressivge and eloquent
)ctoroflet wyrui
sermon was
delivered by the Rev. Mr. ChampneYB, the re.
White-
chapel, who selected for his text, 11,, thaw, xv., 20,
" I{9W i 4 CbrChristriata from VII deb"
places