The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-10 00:00:00

TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION.

(THIS DAY.)

One of the most extensive fires that has occurred in the
metropolis for a considerable time broke out this morn-
ing shortly before 1 o'clock, and, at the hour this report
was written (10 o'clock), it was far from being entirely
extinguished. The damage already done must, at a
moderate estimate, amount to upwards of 10,0001. ster-
ling. The premises in which the disaster commenced
belonged to Mr. Kirkman, pianoforte-maker, in Dufure-
place, Broad-street, St. James's. The flames were not
perceived until they shot forth in a huge body, en-
circling the greater portion of the extensive works. The
engines of the Brigade and West of England Office were
soon on the spot, as well as the Royal Society's escapes.
The fire-mains in the neighbourhood having been drawn,
a plentiful supply of water was procured, and vast
streams of the antagonistic element were distributed
over the blazing pile, but without making the least im-
pression upon the flames, which speedily communicated
to the premises of Mr. Sibley, a silversmith, the St.
E,dward's Catholic Infant Schools, both in Dufure-place,
and also to the premises of Mr. Lloyd, tailor, No. 55,
Poland-street, Mr. Veal, No. 56, in the same street,
Mr. Abbott, No. 57, Mr. Leslie, carpenter, No. 58, and
Mrs. Lewis, No. 59. The scene at this period was one
of fearful grandeur, for the whole of the West-end was
brilliantly illuminated, and thousands of burning
on flakhe
es
were drifted by the wind, and kept falling up t
houses a long distance off, to the danger of igniting
them. The firemen, under the direction of Messrs.
Braidwood, Staples, and Connorton, kept to their work,
but in spite of their exertions the work of destruction
continued, and several hours elapsed before the least
impression could be made upon the fire, and not until
Mr. Kirkman's premises were nearly destroyed, and the
whole of the other premises before alluded to seriously
burnt. A number of firemen are still obliged to be kept
lrk, and there appears very little chance of getting
the fire wholly subdued until a late hour this evening.
The principal part of the loss will fall upon the Imperial,
Law, and Westminster Fire Offices. Three of the fire-
men of the Brigade were so injured by the falling of a
wall that they were obliged to be conveyed to their
houses.

26 -- 27

lioo Aberdeen . ........
8i .mbg. Nottng. Bost
& Eastn. June
all Birmng. Wolverh. &
Stour Valley
28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. di
Cheshire Junet_ _
all Do. Chesh. & Birk.,
£5O & £25 Cons
184 Do., £20........_
100 Bristol & Exeter__
00 Caledonian.— . ... .'
all Chester & Holyhead
all Cork and Bandon....
all Cork, Black. & Pass.
45 Dublin&BelfastJunc
all Dundee Perth &Aber-
deen Junction .......
all Do. New
all East Anglian (£25 L.
& E. & L. dr D.) ,
all Do., (£lB E. & H.)..
all Eastern Counties....
all Eastern Union, Classl
A. late E. U. 5h....
86 Do., do.. . ........_
all Do., B. di .C....'
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1100 East Lancashire
all East & West Ind. Dk.
& Birming. June....
100 Edinburgh & Glasgow
161EdInb. and Peebles... I
100 lEdinb•Prth.&Dunde
100 Glasgow &S. Western
100 Great Northern SU--
100 Do., A. Stock
100 Do., B. Stock .....
1100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.)
.00 Great Western
11 Irish South-Easters
all Lancaster & Carlisle
11i Do., Thirds. .....
1.00 Lancash. &Yorkshire
16 Do., Fifths
114 Do., Wet. Riding Un.
all Leeds Northern
all Liv.Crsby. &Soutbpt.
all London & Blackwall
7 Loud. Tilb. & Sthend.
100 Lond.Brig,ht.&S.Cst. i
100 London &N. Western
12 Do. Fifths
1 Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0
100 London & S.Westerr
426 Do., £5O
34 Do. £4O , • ......
all LuAdrry.&Coierainel
all Lndudrry. & Ennisk.l
100 Manch . Sher. &Lineln.
4 Do., Man. &Lin. Un.
1100 Midland
100 Do. Birming. dr Derby
176 Midland G.Westar.)
176 Do. 6 Shares ... .....•
all Newcastle &Carlisle..
100 Newmarket
4A Do. Bury Extensions
17; Newpt•Aberg.&lltfd
7i Newry & Enniskillen
all Newry Warrenpointl
& Rostrevor
100 N0rf01k............
all Do., New ..... ....'
36 Northn. Counties Un
100 North British ..
N
16 North Devon, . 0.1
116 Do., No. 2.. ..•••••••
all Dc., 6 A Deferred
8 Do., 6 B Guaranteed
176 North Staffordshire
all North Western
10 N. &S. Westrn. unc.
100 Oxford Worcester &
Wolverhampton.....
100 Scottish Central ......
100 Scottish Midland......
100 Shrewsbury & Birmg.
100 Do., L. & N. Westa.
Guaranteed Stock...
9 Shrewsby. & Herefd.
5 all Shrewsby. & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)......
i all Do. Halves, d 0.......
all Do. Oswestry ...... ...
66 Shropshire Union....
all South Dev0n..........
. 100 South Ea5tern.........
1 all South Wales.....
I 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun
I 5 Do.
161 Stockton & Hartlepl.
i 20 Thames Haven Dock
) all Waterfd. & Kilkenny
) 17 Valead o Railway
N ea t
) all Waterford&Limerick
) 14 West Cornwall
) 21s. Wmbledon &Croydou
.0 1 Woodford.. .......„, •
t. 100 'York Neweti.&Berw
5 20 IDo. Extensions ..... ~
5 116 Do. G.N. E. Purchase,
St. 1100 York &N. Midland..

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