The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-18 00:00:00

ALARMING FIRES.

Yesterday afternoon a fire of a very alarming cha-
racter broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. J.
Hamling, scale-board cutter and lucifer splint manu-
facturer, situate at No. 36, Union-street, Lambeth-
walk. The fire commenced in the drying-house,
which at the time contained a large quantity of splints.
The moment these articles became ignited the flames
began to assume a fearful ascendancy, and from the
fact of the building being enclosed with wrought iron
doors, it was a work of considerable difficulty to force
an entrance to throw water on the flames. The en-
gines belonging to Messrs. Hodges, the distillers, and
those of the parish and West of England Office were
soon on the spot, followed in rapid succession by
those of the London Brigade, from Waterloo-road,
Southwark-bridge-road, Chandos-street, and Far-
ringdon-street stations. Previous to the arrival of
the first engines an abundant stream of water was
flowing from the Lambeth Company's mains, and as
soon as the engines were charged the firemenfiremen cut
away a portion of the brickwork, and by that expe-
dient they were enabled to pour water on the
.. fire ;
but several hours elapsed before the
flames
cou I
d had
be
extinguished, and not until the drying-house
in the open yard, as well as in tlie ma
The present
literally burned out. The extensive
articular
factory, pilesfor-
of timber
tunately received no danger
whatever.Pfire, portion of the
is the third time that this
works has been destroyed
taY which in each case
overbe
was caused by the ng of the stove. Fortu-
tunately Mr. Hamling was
insured in the North f
England Fire-officbe-
b p.revions night a fire, nearly at-
tended with ; disastrous results to several per.
sons,
premises of Messrs. Reid and
Co., inendra b
N 0.16, Oxford-street, near Rath-
It commenced, from some cause not
.A t a
rloakt
ee
outlit
re r
hour
s irn most
of o
the
bone-place.
clearly
the other parties having retired
upstairs
1..
to
boy only was
theirbelow, bedrooms. The lad immediately
gave an alarm, an
ascertained, in the front shop, at which time a
and called to those upstairs, but failing
to make them hear,
rushed up to apprise them of their
but the smoke and flame increasing so fiercely,
bdeangewarst
unable to return, and was obliged to make his
ui
srtl
escape by getting out of the front room first floor.
The servant maid was also obliged to get out of the
first floor back. Two young men wbo were in the
top of the house ran down, but were met by the
flames, and were, therefore, obliged to return one
went to the second floor and the other to the third
floor, and no doubt would have precipitated them-
selves out of window, had it not been that the Royal
Society's fire-escape came up just at the time, when
the conductor ascended the machine and brought both
down in safety. The engines of the parish and Lon-
don Brigade were soon on the spot, and plenty of
the firemen set to work,
unablebeen procured,
toge
the flames extinguished
but watert h
ehaving
were
until the stock-in-trade was nearly destroyed. We
understand that the sufferer was insured.

THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF C° MMI TTEEs.---Amongst
the first duties of the New House of Commons will be that
of appointing its various officers. We are
not about to spe-
culate upon the way in which this routine business will be
got through, but we cannot refrain from an observation upon
one appointment which the initiated say " looms in the fu-
ture." We refer to the anticipated election of the Right
Hon. M. T. Baines to the post left vacant by Mr. Bernal. Mr.
Baines has, indeed, beennamed for a higher office, and there,are
many well-qualified udges who believe him destined yet to
fill the office of Speaker; but meanwhile his name is men-
tioned in connexion with the Chairmanship, to which we
unfeignedly hope he will be elected. Mr. Baines's qualifica-
tions are is all respects such as would guarantee an efficient
public service. In everything relating to precedents and
questions of form he is up to the mark; whilst the urbanity
esandtlinsfgacatill appointment that
to all parties.—
of his manners and his general ability are all that could be
desired. We hope that the mention of Mr. Baines's name is
something more than an on dtt ; or, if at present nothing
more, we shall count ourselves as only discharging a public
ocboulilgdatniootnfabiyl steoriorivley
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Bradford Observer.
-Yesterday morning, at an
FATAL ACCIDENT.---Yeste
early hour, the following fearful accident happened in the
Broadway, Hammersmith :—A young man, named Charles
Bern, a carter to Mr. Jones, the market gardener, of Ealing-
lane, Brentford, was sent by his master with a load of vege-
tables for Farringdon-market, but on reaching the above-
named thoroughfare, he stumbled against something, and
fell in front of the vehicle, and before the horses could be
stopped the wheels of the heavily laden waggon passed over
the unfortunate man's body. He was immediately picked
up and conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where death soon
put an end to his sufferings.
C.