The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-19 00:00:00

Several Fires and Great Loss of Property,

Yesterday morning, shortly before three o'clock,
the neighbourhood of Bunhill-row, St. Luke's, was
thrown into a state of excitement owing to the out-
break of a serious fire on the premises of Mr. F.
Tdlett, splint cutter, in Coleman street. The build-
ings occupied much ground, and extended back.
warms _s into Banner-row ; they were three floors
high, any contained a vast amount of machinery
police-constable perceived smoke
and goods. ,k
pouring from the
%rims windows in the factory.
C.
He at once gave an darn:, and sent off for the escapes
mates of the adjoining
and engines. Meanwhile Ms
houses rushed into the street wit;;. their children in
arms. Engines were early in arriviej, and water
hating been procured the firemen set to work.
Before any effect could be produced upon the tis:mes
they had extended to the workshops, another range
of premises thirty-six feet long and equally broad,
but in spite of the most strenuous exertions the work
of devastation continued, and not less than eight
other houses in close proximity were burning at
the back fronts, and a large building belonging to
Mr. P. Mellish, a dyer, was in a blaze. To show
the superiority of the land steamers present over the
manual power ones, we may state that the instant
water was projected from four lengths of hose from
each machine, the same fell in such torrents as to
deludge the flames in the adjoining buildings, but
the fire could not be extinguished until the factory
of Mr. Tillett, including the valuable machinery,
and also the workshops were destroyed. The pre•
miser of Mr. Mellish are also nearly destroyed, and
also about nine private buildings, principally let out
in tenements, were likewise seriously damaged, and
unfortunately the principal sufferers were uninsured.
The origin of the fire is at present unknown.
Another fire took place in the premises of Mr. A.
Linretie, a cabinetmaker, in Windball-street, New
North-road. The engines and escapes were soon in
attendance, but in spite of a good supply of water
the firemen were unable to get the mastery over the
fire until the premises were nearly destroyed. The
loss will fall upon the Sun Fire Office. The origin
of the misfortune is unknown.
A fire likewise occurred in the machine room of
the Victoria Docks, at Stratford. The engines
promptly attended and went to work from the mains
of the East Londo9 Company, but in spite of the
exertions of the firemen the flames could not be
conquered until the engine- house and the machinery
were seriously damaged by fire. The origin of this
fire, like the others, is enveloped in obscurity.

FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon a melan-
choly and fatal accident took place in Piccadilly.
A spirited horse, drawing a clarence belonging to Mr. Ben-
jamin Brown, of Sillwood House, Addison-road, took fright
and ran away. In its headlong course it came in contact
with an ( mnibus with great violence, and in such a manner
that although the driver used every endeavour to avoid the
collision, the pole of the omnibus entered the vehicle, and,
striking the owner on the head, inflicted cn him such a
blow that he died almost immediately. To add to the
melancholy nature of the accident, the wife and daughter
of Mr, Brown were in the clarence with him at the time.

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Days

LEWIS RACES-THIS DAY.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
CRAVEN HANDICAP.

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Deception
Diplowa
2
Flower Safety .
_ . .. 3

Twelve ran.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

TATTERSALLS' —LAsT EVENING.

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
sto 2 agst Pill° do l'Air (taken freely)
7to 1 agst General Peel (tAken)
8 to 1 agst Sir Roger (taken)
15 to 1 agst Durham (taken)
20 to 1 agst historian (uttered)
20 to 1 agst Paris (offered)
20 to 1 agst Claremont (offered)
25 to 1 agst Hollyfox (taken)
40 to 1 ogst Knight of Snowden (taken)

CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken)
10 to 1 agst Change (taken)
20 to 1 agst Oldminster (taken)
20 to 1 agst Greenland (taken)
20 to 1 agst Gordian Knot (offered)
THE DERBY.
7to 1 agst Scottish Chief (cffered)
15 to 1 agst Birch Broom (taken)
15 to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken)
100 to 8 agst Coast Guard (offered)
20 to 1 agst General Peel (taken)
25 to 1 agst Forager (taken)
25 to 1 agst Baragah (taken)
30 to 1 agst Ely (taken)
50 to 1 agst Strafford (taken)
66 to 1 agst Hollyfox (taken)

RACING PUT

AP.
Lewes Spring l9
Cardiff

FRES FOR 1864.

Newmarket First Spring 25

Chester
York Spring
Salisbury l2
Blaydon
Radcliffe l6

Redditch l6
Bath
Manchester (Summer
Harpenden 2O
Epsom

Ju.
Wye
Maidstone
Ascot
Hampton l5
Newton
Odiham
Bibary

Beverley 22
Stockbridge
Chelmsford 2B
New Forest Hunt 2B
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Worcest,r (Summer)
Ipswich

Horrible Murder and Suicide.

A murder of a very horrible description was yester-
day discovered to have been perpetrated in No. 5, Leigh-
street, Burton. crescent, in the occupation of Mr. Ashley,
a woollen draper and tailor.

That gentleman informed the polico that ha and his
family felt some alarm from the tact that they saw
blood trickling down the walls of the kitchen, which is
below the Lack parlour. Mr. Ashley, thinking that
something• was wrong, had tried to gain admission to
the back parlour, but this he could not do, nor could
he make anyone hear. He also said that the room
was occupied by a man of the name of Tame Pearce and
his wife, whose name it is stated was Elizabeth.

On the police gaining an entrance into the room a
most fearful sight presented itself, for on the ground,
lying side by side, lay the bodies of Mr. and Mrs.
Pearce, their throats cut in a most fearful manner, and
weltering in a pool of blood. By the side of the man was
lying a long sheath knife, covered with blood, and it was
very evident from its condition that it had been recently
sharpened. From the appearance of the bodies it would
appear that the man had first murdered his wife and then
cut his own throat.

The police at once sent off for medical aid, and Mr. J. T.
Paul, of 26, Burton-crescent, divisioaal surgeon of the E
division, immediately attended. He made an examination
of the bodies and perceived life was extinct, but gave it as his
opinion that death had not long taken place. He also made
a cursory examination of the bodies (which he had found
lying on their backs in separate pools of blood) and found
on the female a tremendous cut on the top of the head,
extending down to the bone, and which he had no hesita-
tion in saying had been inflicted by some blunt instrument,
There was also an immense cut extending from the front of
the neck down to the spine, her head hanging only by a
small piece of skin and the bone. This wound alone would
have caused instantaneous death. The man had also a very
deep cut extending half across the throat, and separating the
windpipe, and it was of such a severe character that death
must have been instantaneous.

Both bodies were fully dressed ; and it was evident that
the husband and wife had retired to rest, as they were seen to
go into the house last night, and the bed plainly showed that
two parties had lain there, Not the slightest disturbance
of the room had taken place, and no noise or screaming was
heard, although it is stated by the parties in the house that
the deceased got up about half-past 5 this morning.
The deceased are supposed to he about 35 years of age, and
the cause of this dreadful occurrence is supposed to be jea-
lousy