The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-08 00:00:00

INCEND LARY FIRES.

MAncu.—On Wednesday evening an alarm of fire
was raised about half-past eight. It was found to
proceed from the burning of a stack of straw be-
longing to Mr. Edward Booth, situate down the
White Lion -lane. From circumstances that have
transpired, it is feared they will prove this to be the
work of an incendiary. The police are making an
investigation of the affair, and we hope the result
will be more satisfactory than is expected.—Cam-
bridge Advertiser.
We are sorry to state that another fire, believed to
be the work of an incendiary, occurred on the after-
noon of Wednesday last, on a farm at Papworth, the
property of Mr. Allpress. The outbuildings, a con-
siderable quantity of corn, and part of the dwelling-
house were destroyed before the flames were arrested.
The value of the property thus consigned to destruc-
tion in pure wantonness of mischief is, we regret to
say, very considerable. A fire gleaming in the
distance is now a phenomenon as familiar to us as
meteors in August. Another was visible from Cam-
bridge on Thursday evening last, produced, we
understand, by another incendiary fire at Aldreth,
near Haddenham. The amount of property destroyed
we have not learned, but we are happy to be able to
state that it was not considerable. Five incendiary
fires in one week is too much of a bad thing.—Cam-
bridge Advertiser.

On Thursday morning, at an early hour, the alarm
of fire was again raised in this city, and the engines
were dispatched to the spot, which proved to he at
Colehy Heath, the farmstead of Mr. Charles Lister;
a wheat stack, three straw stacks, and other produce
were destroyed. The matter is now under investi-
gation, and there is reason to believe that it is the act
of an incendiary, but for the present we deem it
prudent simply to neane the circumstance.—Lincoln-
shire Times.

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COAL PIT ON FIRE.—We are sorry to state that
a fire broke out in one of the Duke of Buccleuch's coal
pits, at Cannobie, on. Saturday, the 18th ult., which, not-
withstanding the utmost exertions of his Grace's agents
and workmen, is still unsubdued. It appears that the
workmen, being about to leave off work on the forenoon
of the day above-mentioned, were assembled at the
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to be taken out ; but in con-
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lighted a fire, and left• it burning. In their absence it
communicated with some wood frame-work, and soon
spread to the surrounding coal, thus acquiring an ascen-
dancy that has baffled all endeavours to overcome it. Its
appearance is described as that of a furnace. Unfortu-
nately a supply of water is obtained with difficulty, forty
men being employed t o hand it to each other before it
reaches the pit. llapp ily the accident has been unac-
companied with loss o f life ; but we understand that
three men narrowly es ca ped stiff 'cation on the first dis-
covery of the fire.—Ca rlisle Patriot.
The following oecu:rtt ed in a school not 100;niles
from London :—Teacher —" What part of speech is the
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word egg?" Boy (hesitrt, ting)—" Noun, Sir.' Teacher—
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Sir, till it's hatched."
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tell me the
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youis the shell, Sir."
case ?" Boy (quickly) —.4 Oh,
yes,
it a
fire broke
On Sunday night, a bout eleven o'clock,.
the occupa-
tion Canteut e tell,
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out in a stack adjoin, Ung an off barn, in
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no water near, t
of between
of the,same grain, alt,N4 ether the produce
w ere destroyed. The fire was
fifty and sixty acres,
by a man who heal been thrashing in the barn on
of Mr. WihlleiabmarCu,. xfi,klele,dofwiltthisbeyaist:nadudthtewroe
stacks being
caused
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lo m a beer-shop
among
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straw,
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wh a
and
he, with another man wi to had laid down in the same
place, had a narrow esc: tpc , from being burnt. He was
taken into custody, and ex trained before the Rev. S. H.
Alderson, on Monday, wile n lie was bound over to appear
if called upon, —B ury PGA , -