The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-19 00:00:00

MEAT MARKETS.

NEWOLTE AND LEA.DENHALL.—The general demand
ruled heavy at this market, at the following quotations.
Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3-, 2d to 4s 8d ;
Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by
the carcase.
SOUTHALL, JAN. 18.—We had a dull sale for all kinds
of stock, the prices of which had a downward tendency,
as follows : Beef, from :3s Od. to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to
5s 0,1 ' • Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 60.; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s &I per
81bs, to sink the offal.

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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MESSRS. FIGGINS THIS DAY
This morning, shortly before seven o'clock, a fire broke
out on the premises, No. 17 and 18, West-street, West
Smithfield, in the occupation of Messrs. Vincent and
James Figgins, type, and stereotype founders. It was
first discovered by one of the workmen, on his arrival at
the factory • an alarm was.instantly raised, and messen-
gers despatched for the engines, which arrived with great
itromptitude. In the meantime, the flames had got such
----...------ an ascendancy that it was found difficult to subdue them.
Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held by Mr.
Towards eight o'clock the, flames were quelled consider-
11aYne, in the Steward's Office, St. Bartholomew's Hos- ably. At nine o'clock they were totally extinguished,
Pita', on view of the bodies of John Hayes, aged 25 but not before the second and third floors and roof were
years, and Lawrence Murray, aged 24 years, who were completely destroyed, the lower part of the premises
killed on Monday last, by the falling of a portion of the seriously damaged, and a considerable quantity of pro-
perty destroyed.
Old Excise-office, Broad-street, City. • -3- :
FIRE IN NEW-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN.—Last night,
The Coroner, in opening the proceedings, said that it
between the hours of 10 and 11 o'clock, a fire broke out
had been his intention to obtain the attendance of the in the premises of Mr. Ferroy, a hat manufacturer, No.
District Surveyor, to, assist the investigation by his 16, New-street, Covent-garden, which, besides.destroy-
fng
n property, was well ni h
evidence, but as that gentleman could; not attend, he i adecaonswiditehrabthlee u
amount
eeof from 25 to 30 humgan
.(the Coroner) was happy to •say that Mr. Shaw, the abtetiencra.
~, Police constable 149 immediately sprang his
official referee, a gentleman of superior abilities and rattle, and, after knocking at the street door, succeeded'
experience, andplr. Piper, the contractor.for the works, in making the inmates sensible of their impending danger.
were
present. A woman named Scott, who occupied the second floor,
Wm. Cuningham deposed—ls a carpenter, and leading on finding the smoke rushing up
themthree,
do
reebwun, Intendingwas,
I.l3ern, the floor of which fell, is about 17 feet by 21 feet. the violence of the fire that remaining
ewas prevented. The
There w`ure 11 men employed in it, cleaning bricks, which Chandos-street engine at that moment came 'up, when
were
-taken from the walls, and they were lowered down as the poor woman informed Cooper, the sub-engineer, that
fast as they were cleared. At the time of the accident, three of her children still remained in the building, and
there was not more than a dozen bricks in the room, and likewise several other lodgers. • Cooper, during the time
about 15 owt. of rubbish. There was about 2 cwt. on each the men enhwer.ehsetthteingeathteedeneinke tol:vidorhko,lrduoshf
two ed uP the
stairs
the floors beneath. The first intimation he had of the detin whom he found on theemsetaier's—one in each arm—
occurrence was that six men, who had been in the room, and was carrying them down, when he heard another
Passed him on the stairs and told him that the floor had crying. He returned a few steps, and told the child to
fallen in, and that they were going down to rescue the jump upon his back, which was done, and by that means
Men. The three floors gave way, and the whole lodged he succeeded iu saving the lives of three children.
Luckily, Merryweather's fire-escape, kept at the police-
on the basement. Three-quarters of. an hour elapsed station in Bow-street, was brought to the spot and placed
before the men were extricated, Hayes and Murray on the roof, by order of Inspectors Dodd and Wilkinson,
Were quite dead. Considered the accident was to be by the aid of which the unfortunate creatures were
attributed to the girder giving way. This beam is 11 enabled to pass to the next house, and, with the assist-
inches by 116 inches, but five inches had been cut away ance of Briggs, who had charge of the Royal Society's
fire-escape, the whole of the occupants in the house were
on each side, to mortice the binders, leaving only an
savedfrom a horrible death. Owing to the indefatigable
inch solid of this great mass of timber. There was a exertions of the firemen the flames were extinguished,
crack that ran the whole length of the girder, which but not, however, until the whole of Mr. Ferroy's stock
was rotten at both ends near the walls: The several in trade was totally destroyed, and serious damage done
floors were not shored up, nor did he consider such a pre- to the property of the different lodgers. How the dis-
caution necessary, from the apparent strength of the aster originated is enveloped in obscurity. Mr. Ferroy
building. The girder gave wayin the centre (its weakest the one of the lodgers were insured, but the whole of
and
others were not insured for a single' penny.
•.ayt) and at the ends. It might have been the effect of (TREAT FIRE AT TOTTENHAM. —DESTRUCTION OF THE
he vibration, caused by the men working and walking CATHOLIC SClWOLS.—Yesterday forenoon, between the
anal fro, which allowed the beam to surge, and then hours of eleven and twelve, a fire, attended with a consi-
break. derable destruction of property, broke out in the pre-
had been at work on the iiises known as the Catholic Schools, situate in White
Charles Powell, a mason,
Horse-lane,
Lower Tottenham. The building in which
wall'
the misfortune commenced was nearly 50 feet wide and
and had only walked across the room a minute or
so before. Since the accident, bad examined the girder, 30 deep. Besides the large school-room there were
which pis very much decayed, particularly that part left i about 16 separate apartments in the place. , The dis-
k sounded
dvias made by one of the inmates, who at once
longing to the in the 'wall. Can give no reason for its breaking, except
shoring 7. alarm and sent for the engines. Two be-
lts rottenness. Did not think the floors required
no time was in setting them to work ; but by E
lost parish were quickly on the spot, and
Lulu) Fidler, a mason's labourer, thought there was I tuheiezetdimuepotatthceouglrdeabteer apcocrotmiopnlisohfetdh,e tbhueildflinamg.es
Thehad 1
, authorities of th
sot above a ton weight on the floor. arish, on seeing that the confiagra-
..Ntr. John Shaw, official referee under the Buildings iron was extending
e s:d.iroLpiidly, and that there was
'l‘...ct, examined the building. The model produced most
academy also falling a
truly represents the broken girder. It is his decided prey to the fury of the destructiven element, dispatched a
• ')Pinion that the cause of its giving way was the very mounted police-officer to London for the services of the i
engines‘ea of the London Es-
deep insertion made in it for the.admission of the bind- Brigate and West of England firemen. The moment the 1
news arrived, two powerful
`11413. winch, being exactly opposite each other, it must
tablishment, with that of the tofEngland Office,
-be obvious, weakened the beam very much, as the im- started to the scene, and upon
firemen found every room in the extensive building in a
arriving there the
reense 'scantling of 11 in. by 11i in., was reduced to the
. value of little more than an,inch in old-buiklings. The blaze, and the fire had seized upon the next house,
mode of placing bindersopposite each other was adopted, termed Dawson'! Academy, The firemen from town,
' but now-builders have abetter plan by allowing 3' or 4 feet Superintendento Braidwood
d Connor
'to intervene. The blame of this. rests with the builders, • and Messrs. Fogo an
ut,
in
apit,e woefratitieoirwork in an
and not with any person at present connected with the admirable manner ; b
under the direction of I
exertions,
nearly every
Work. The beam, which was 90 years old, became dry t ined at length became
and brittle, and on a slight jar ' ht have broken even
migfloor and all they eon a
the work of destruction continued, and
tb k the
1
• Previously; The accident, in his judgment, was purely involved. The firemen, on finding that
accidental, as judging from the scantling of the girder, building in which . the ou rea began must be
he'would have placed 20 tons weight upon it, and con-
sideired it safe. In his opinion,withsuch
wholly destroyed, directed the full force of water
upon the adjoining house, .
Sound) shoring was unnecessary.
' liftr. Edward James, resident surgeon said that the at the roof. By mounting the building, and cutting
away the bond timbers, the men, after some hours' hard
two deceased men were brought to the hospital On Mon- I labour, eventually succeeded in getting the fearful con-
day afternoon quite dead, and bleeding at the nose,
one flagration subdued, but not until the building in which
of the symptoms of the base of the skull having been
it commenced was burned down. The greater part of
fractured ; failing into lime rubbish might have aecele- the roof is also burned off the premises of Mr. Dawson's
rated their death by suffocation. r academy, and the remainder of the buildinThe s ext
g ien-
The Coroner, in summing i•i
-P, said he entirely . sively damaged by fire and water. building
colincided with Mr. Shaw, that the occurrence was purely
y belonged to Messrs. Alexander and Bradshaw, of South-
aocidental. street, Finsbury, and are supposed to be uninsured.
- The jury, after a minute's deliberation, returned a The fire, it is believed, arose from the over-heating of a
verdict of ‘4 .Apcidental death." , , i drying stove. t .

THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE EXCISE
OFFICE.-THE INQUEST.