The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-17 00:00:00

ALARMING FIRES.

Yesterday morning, between the hours of one and
two o'clock, a fire of an alarming character, and at-
tended with a considerable loss of property, broke out
in the premises belonging to Mr. James Bradbury, a
tailor and clothier, carrying on business at No. 197,
High-street, Southwark. The discovery was made by
a police-officer of the M division, who in passing the
premises perceived smoke issuing from the shop on the
ground floor. The constable at once gave an alarm,
and forthwith commenced knocking at the front door ;
but, owing to no one making an appearance, it was at
one time feared that the owners of the building had
perished. Fortunately, it subsequently transpired that
no persons were sleeping in the house at the time of the
outbreak. The Royal Society's escapes and six engines
of the London Brigade were promptly in attendance,
under the direction of Mr. Henderson, the head officer
of the D district. A plentiful supply of water having
been obtained, the firemen went to work in an admirable
manner, and eventually they succeeded in getting the
flames subdued ; but not until some hundred pounds
worth of property was destroyed, and the building
severely damaged. The origin of the fire is unknown,
neither could it be ascertained whether or not the
sufferer was insured.
Yesterday forenoon considerable alarm was caused in
the immediate vicinity of the Waterloo-road, Lambeth,
in consequence of an alarm being raised that the pre-
mises adjoining Christ Church workhouse had taken fire.
The engines of the West of England Office and those of
the London Brigade from the Waterloo-road and Far-
ringdon-street stations, attended, followed by that of
Messrs. Hodges, the distillers. It was then found that
the premises occupied conjointly by Mr. Twyman, a sur-
gical instrument maker, and Mr. Beevers, an engineer,
were on fire. The inhabitants and the firemen fortu-
nately succeeded in getting the flames confined to the
upper floor, and very little damage was done to the valu-
able steam machinery below, belonging to Mr. Beevers.
The overheat of the furnace flue was the cause of the
disaster.
On Saturday morning, between 12 ant 1 o'clock, a
very serious fire broke out at Stockwell-street, Green-
wich, which threatened the most appalling consequences.
It appears that some of the police ou duty discovered the
fire raging on the premises of Mr. G. Grove, wheelwright.
I annedsately behind the house the workshops, neces-
sarily filled with combustible" materials, blazed up with
great .r.apidity. The fire-engines from Deptford Dock-
yard and Greenwich Hospital were soon on the spot, and
messengers were despatched to Watling-street for the
London Fire Brigade engines, which shortly arrived and
got to work. the flames communicated to Mr. B. Suf-
ferin, licensed victualler, the roof of whose billiard-rooms
was destroyed. The house of Mrs. Hudson, plumber,
Busby-court, London-street, in the immediate vicinity,
was also considerably damaged. The cause of the fire
is unknown.
Two other fires also took place yesterday morning,
viz., one in the Caledonian-road, and the other in Spital-
fields, but the damage done at each was inconsiderable,