The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-09 00:00:00

FOURTH CLASS VESSELS.

Exceeding 6 and not exceeding 12 tons. First prize, value
; second £lO.

Yachts. Tons. Owners.
Octoroon
Wasp
Quiver
Folly l2 .... W. L. Parry.
Violet
EXTRA MATCH.

By yachts of any rig, that have nevet won a prize. First
boat, a prize value £4O; second boat, £10; 20 tons and
upwards.
Yacht?. Tons. Owners.
Oriole (cutter)
Ellen (schooner).... 20
Mars (cutter) ...... 30
Violet (schooner) .. 32
The last named, which with the second-class started from
Erith and sailed round the Nore and returned, were first
started, and after a mile or two, the Violet, under a south-
west wind, proved herself a most powerful vessel by going
ahead, which position she maintained, They came in at
Erith as under :

11. M. S.

Violet. ...........
Oriole ... ._, .
The others not timed.

Violet received the first prize and Oriole second.
The second and fourth classes started together ten minutes
after the extra match. In both glasses there was some
excellent sailing, particularly with the Emmet, Queen, and
Folly, Octoroon and Quiver. The Emmet, however, came
to grief just after rounding the Nore, her topsail being foul,
and soon after she was disabled. The Phantom also carried
away her bowsprit soon after starting. The little ones
rounded at the Chapman Road, and so close were the first
three that they were all" a top " of one another, as a by-
stander observed; arid at the finish of the match, the two
winners, the Folly (Ist prize), and Octoroon (2d), came in
as under :

H. H. S.

Folly
Octoroon
Quiver and Wasp close up. The large vessels wore round
the Nore close to each other, 11 minutes separating all four.
The Emmet then came to grief, as we have described,
which gave the Queen, the nest one to her, the first prize in
her class ; her time at Erith was 6h. 11m.; the Phantom,
winner of the second prize in her class, coming in at 6h.
16m. 25 seconds.
The prizes were afterwards presented by the noble Com-
modore, Lord Alfred Paget.

AWFUL EXPLOSION TVITH LOSS OF
.6 . r Fil ..c.i.V 212,5.tE0.D3C?..cL ffi- a Z2ZEE I •

About nine o'clock a.m. on Saturday as one of the large
omnibuses was passing in the middle of the broad street,
and when in front of the house of Mr. Boor, a manufactur•
ing chemist, Bishopsgate-street, at the angle of Artillery-
lane, the vehicle was struck by some explosive substance.
At the same time the front of the building was blown
out into the street, and almost simultaneously every room
in the building was in flames. At that time there were
seven or eight if not nine persons in Mr. Boor's premises.
Several made their appearance at the different win-
dows, when some men working at an opposite house in
Bishopsgate ran with a ladder, and rescued three men ; but
they were so fearfully burned that they were obliged to be
taken to the hospital. Conductor Shaw, of the Royal Soeie-
ty's:Escape, rushed through the fire in Mr. Finch's premises
opposite, and brought out Mr. Frederick Finch and the
maid. Engines were set to work in an admirable manner,
and from the first the steam engine performed wonders,
for the flames were then raging in the premises of Mr.
Finch, Mrs. Goodvere, a butcher, in Artillery-lane, and of
Mr. Browning, a provision storekeeper, No. 2, in the
same place. Whilst the firemen were actively engaged
a scene that beggars description took place. Captain Shaw,
the Duke of Sutherland, and a strong body of the brave
firemen,lincluding Foremen Bridges and Joseph Gerrard,
and many other officers, nearly lost their lives. Of
a sudden the whole of Mr. Boor's building, furniture,
and other effects were hurled to the ground; and had it
not been for the foresight of Captain Shaw the whole of
those engaged must have perished.
By 11 o'clock the fire was entirely extinguished, when
the firemen commenced turning over the ruins to search
for the bodies missing, but up to 12 o'clock at noon not the
vestige of anyone had been found. A female, who was
not found at 1 o'clock to-day, wad seen at one of the win-
dows, and by possibility might have escaped, but there
seems little doubt that the child named Ann Bordent, 18
months old, is beneath the embers. The names of the men
in the hospital are Seriarift, Spinks, Reach, Bald, and
Evans.
As to the cause of the explosion, not the least reliable
information can at present le obtained. The losses will
fell upon the Mercantile, Royal, and several other offices.