The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-25 00:00:00

DREADFUL FIRE.

(FURTHER PkRTICULARS.)
THE FIRE IN 13LoOM3BURY.—Frow the statement
of Dwyer (the man who first observed it) it would ap-
pear that the fire originated in a kind of workshop,
where some carpenters had been employed, and in which
there was a fire for melting glae. The houses which
suffered most beside the buildings where the fire origi-
nated were those of Mr. Rackle, tailor, No. G, Museum-
stre, t ; Mr. Allingham, No. 8, and the British Queen
Coffee-house, No. 7. About four o'clock all danger was
so far removed as to render the further action of the en-
gines unnecessary. During the greater part of the even-
ing the neighbourhood presented the appearance of a
fair, but notwithstanding the crowds assembled, the pre-
sence of a numerous body of police, under the direction
of Mr. Superintendent Greenwood and other officers,
prevented any confusion or the loss of property on the
part of those persons who were obliged to remove their
furniture into the streets, that might have been expected
front the propinquity of the scene of calamity to St.
Giles's.

THE FIRE IN BLOOMSBURY—Two o'CLocK.—
The ruins still continue smoking, and occasionally a
volcme of flame will break forth. Two engines are o❑
the spot, which are directed towards a quarter of the
yard called the drying.room, in the large tunnel and
flue of which the flames are still raging with unabated
fury. The damage done has been immense. In the
back of all the houses in Museum•street, from Broad-
street to Brewer's-street, not a pane of glass remains, but
from the information we couid gain on the spot it would
appear that those which suffered most were the back of the
premises in Broa,i-street, In Museum-street a gun-
smith, named Bean, lost nearly 500/. worth of tools
Fortunately the rectifying distillery of Messrs. Currie•
in Vine•street, has escaped damage, as have also'
Messrs. Hansard's extensive warehouses. The da-
mage done must be immense, although we had no
means of ascertaining the amount. It is much to be
feared that several persons who were lodgers in the
neighbourhood have lost a great deal. These will be the
chief sufferers, as most of the tradespeople and house-
holders whose property was destroyed were insured.
ACCIDENTS AT THE FlRE.—During the exertions
of the firemen 'and police yesterday to subdue the
flames, many accidents occurred, but the two following
were the most serious, one of which, from the dreadful
injuries inflicted, it is expected will prove fatal. About
two o'clock, a young woman, named Elizabeth Burns,
residing at No. 41, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, was en-
deavouring to cross the road near Vine-street, when she
was suddenly knocked down by the shaft of a van, and
before she could be rescued from her perilous situation
one of the wheels passed over her chest, crushing her
body in a frightful manner. The unfortunate creature
was inimediatt ly conveyed by the police on a shutter to
tha North London Hospital ; and although life was not
quite extinct on her arrival, it was thought
by the medical gentlemen who examined her that
she could not survive long, several of her
ribs being dreadfully fractured. About the same
time in the day, whilst several men were engaged in
working the parocltial engine of St. M frtin's-in-the-
Fields, in Broad-vtreet, upon the Bloomsbury distillery,
front the anxiety of the men to throw a powerful supply
of water upon the burning pile, the engine was over-
balanced and fell on several of the men engaged in
working it, one of whom was crushed in a dreadful
manner. He was carried on a shutter in most excru-
ciating agony to the same hospital as the other sufferer.
Upon medical inspection both legs were found to be
broven and his right toot crushed. It appeared from
his friends who accompanied him to the hospital that
he was a shoemaker, of the name of Harvey, residing in
Betlfordbury, Strand.
ROBBERIES.—AIthough the po'ice were very active
in endeavouring to prevent robbery, many depredation,
took place, and several of the offenders were captured,
amongst whom was a notorious thief named George
CoLier fur picking the pocket of Mr. Robert Henry
Ray of 15 keys and other property.

TORIES AND REVOLUTIONISTS

(From the Northern Liberator.)

The following ob,ervations are alluded to in the
Leader :

" It is now known that tile Tories dare not again
take office, so desperate is the situation of affairs. Such
is the history of Wellington's impolitic " protest"
against the Canada Bill. For the truth of this narra-
tive, we repeat we can vouch ; and we call upon both
Whigs and Tories to contradict it if they dare. At
Peel and Stanley's reasons one can only guess ; but we
believe them to be first, the bankrupt state of the
finances ; next, the impossibility of managing Ireland ;
and, lastly, the perilous and complicated state of all our
relations with Foreign Powers, and the certainty of in-
creasing expenditure, with decreasing means, and
a country sinking daily into deeper and deeper
distress ! This is a state of affairs amply sufficient to
appal even bolder men than Peel.

" In the meantime we earnestly beg the people to con-
sider well the great importance of this awful revelation.
If by their efforts they will now cripple the Whigs and
absolutely prevent their carrying forward the tottering
system, the whole damnable thing must come to the
ground, for there is no third pal ty that could or would
go on with it. In all elections, then, where real Radi-
cals cannot be returned, the game is to put in Tories,
the more hot-headed the better Such men feeling
themselves a majority in both Houses, will in no long
time force the Whigs out of office ; and that once
done, the end' would not be far off. Under any cir-
cumstances, indeed, we do not think it is very far off!"

THE LATE FATAL OCCURRENCE
ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.

DEATH OF FORSTEIt, THE ENGINEER, AND ADDITIONAL

PARTICULARS.
BRENTWOOD, MONDAY EVENING.-ThrOUgllOUt yes-
terday the painful excitement created by the late fright-
ful occurrence was in no small degree heightened in the
town of Brentwood by the rumour that Foster, the
engineer and driver of the engine hi which the accident
happened, had expired, thus making the fourth sufferer
to whom it had terminated fatally. On making inquiries
the reporter ascertained that the rumour was but too
true, and that the unfortunate man against whom so
many charges of recklessness have been made, and to
whom the sad catastrophe is alleged to be mainly attri-
hut4tlc, expired a few minutes after nine o'clock that
morning.

Saturday, prior to holding the inquest on Austin,
the stoker, Mr. Lewis, the Coroner, had an interview
with Foster, and elicited from him some very im-
portant statements relative to the occurrence. His
widow has been in constant attendance up' n
and s!ie states that he informed her that it was
true he had his steam up at a greater htight
on leaving Brentwood on Wednesday than was the
usual custom, and that when he perceived destruction
was inevitable, and that the engine had got off the line,
he endeavoured to jump off it on to the left hand side
of the rail ; but, to the best of his belief, the velocity of
the engine was so great as to cause him to reel down
the embankment after it. Foster has, ever since the
dreadful occurrence, expressed his conviction that he
should never recover, and has frequently stated the
only thing that weigh,d upon his mind was the fat` pf
`• pour Jim," meaning Austin, who, he states, was awero
that something dreadtu. was going to happen before the
train went off.

Yesterday, Mr. H di, the manning director of the
company, handed the waybills of the Colchester and
greater.
Norwich coaches to Mr. Lewis, the coroner, 9:4