The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-07 00:00:00

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THE LATE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE
IN FOUNTAIN •COURT, STRAND.
CORONER 'S INQUEST.
Yesterday afternoon V. J. Payne, Esq., the cor-
ner for the Duchy of Lao
caster, held an inquest at
the George Tavern, Strang 1, on the bodies of Frede-
rick Wm. Howlett, aged four years and ten months ;
Elizabeth J. Howlett, age d two years and nine
months; and Rebecca Hann, ah Howlett, aged one
year and three months, who lost their lives by a
fire which broke out on the pal/I:Uses of Mr. Joseph
T. Price, machine ruler, No. G, Fountain-court,
Strand, on Friday afternoon 1 net, t he particulars of
which appeared on Saturday.
The jury were etnpannelled ,From the leading in-
habitants of the Duchy, 14 in number.
Capt. Shaw, superinteudent, and Mr. Fogo, chief
officer of the 13 division of the L ondon Fire Brigade,
were in attendance.
The jury, having been sworn, proceeded to view
the bodies, which were lying in the crypt of St.
Clement Danes Church, and presented a sickening
aspect. On their return,
Geo. Fred. Howlett, the- ft; ther of the deceased
children, stated he was a working engineer, and
resided at No. 6, Fountain-court, Strand, and iden-
tified the bodies of the deceased. l'ho poor man gave
his evidence with poignant pier. He was at the
Tower at work at the time of th 9 ac cident, where he
went to work at Sin the morning. He left his wife
and children at home. They occupied the entire of
the second floor. Mr. Price occupied the floor above,
and Mr. Mark the floor below. Ife first heard of
the fire at half-past four.
Elizabeth Howlett, the wife of the witness and
mother of the children, deposed that she left the
children in the front room on the secon 1 floor at 25
minutes past 2. There was no one in thk room but
the children. She shut the door but did not lock
it. The key was inside. There is a siii) on the
inside of the lock. She had been ah %era not
more than a quarter of an hour when the acci-
dent happened. There was no fire in the room.
There was a bed and bedstead, but there were 80M0
inciter matches in the room, they were on the
mantelpiece, and the children must have got on 8
stool or chair to have got them.
Ann Hinds, living at No. 2, Fountain-court, said
she saw Mrs. Howlett go out about 25 minutes past
two, and soon after she saw smoke and flames in
the front room of the second floor of No. 6. A coal-
heaver and Mr. Hunt, the tobacconist, were the first
persons to go upstairs.
Henry Drake, one of the Fire Brigade, said it was
about 5 minutes to three when he arrived at the fire,
which was confined to the first fluor and upper part,
when the fire was put out. He entered the room
and found the youngest child, Rebecca Hannah,
lying n ear the fire-place in the remains of a cradle.
George Howlett, a little and somewhat diminutive
child, only .six years old, was introduced and exa-
mined by the° Coroner, and stated in a very clear
manner that when his mother went out his brothers
and sisters were at play. The baby was in the
cradle. His mother shut the door. He did not
fasten it. They were playing with a ball, which
run under the bed,
,His brother tried to find it,
but could not see it: His brother got on a chair
off the mantel-piece and
and got a lucifer mat•cf:
struck it with a hammer.
When it was alight he
let it fall, and set fire to the clothes. He got into
bed with his little sister, and covered himself with
the clothes, but when the bed was on fire he ran
across the room, and somebody kicked at the door
and opened it; he ran down sti ire and met his
mother. They were all playing in the front room.
After the fire his brother and sister went into the
back room and got into the bed. His little brother
had fastened the door.
Capt. Eyre Massy Shaw, superintendent of the
Brigade, stated he went up stairs, and pushed
through the front room, where the fire commenced,
and saw the body of one child on the bed, and the
little boy was lying on his face on the floor.
The Coroner said he thought they had all the
history of the case ; there could be no doubt that
it was an accident. The mother did not appear in
any way to blame.
The, jury returned a verdict of " Accidental
death. '