The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-30 00:00:00

MINORITY-NOES, 53.

Baillie, Col. Farnham, E. Philips, G. R.
Baldwin, Barry Ferguson, Sir R. Richards, Richard
Bennet, P. Gisborne, Thomas Ross, David R.
Berestord, Major Grimsditeh, Thomas Seymour, Lord
Berkeley, H. F. Hamilton, W. J. Smith, Abel
Bruce, Lord E. Hamner, Sir John Spooner, Richard
Buckley, Edmund Hustle, A. Staunton, Sir G.
Burrell, Sir C. Heneage, Edward • Stuart, J.
Cavendish, C. C. Hughes, W. B. Strutt, Edward
Colebrooke, Sir T. Humphery, Ald. Wall, C. B.
Collins, William Leader, J. T. Wawn, J T.

Craig, W. G. Mackenzie, W. F.
Cripps, William Mangles, It. D.
Davies, D. A. S. Marshall, W.
Denison, E. B. Morris, David
Duncombe, Thomas Northland, Viscount
Dundas, Admiral O'Connell, M. J.
Ebrington, Viscount Ord, William
Evans, William Parker, John

Wood, Charles
Worsley, Lord
Wortley, J. S.
Wrightson, W. B.

TELLERS.
Arundel, Earl of
Cavendish, G. H.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ST.
JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND.
(From the Times.)
By the Pearl, arrived off Teignmouth, we have received
the following particulars of a most destructive fire, whichihad
occurred at St. John's, Newfoundland, by which three-fourths
of the town had been consumed.
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND.
(From the Morning Courier extra, June 12.)
On Tuesday morning the sun rose on St. John's a busy
mart; its population arose from the slumbers of the previous
evening, and applied themselves to the occupations of the
day with the hope that it would be as the days that had gone
before; and ere that sun had set at least three- fourths of the
town, including the whole of the business part of it, were in
ashes.
As far as we have been able to ascertain, the fire, though
accidental, arose from carelessness ; its origin was in George-
street, off Queen-street, in a house, the lowest part of which
was occupied as a workshop by Messrs. Hamlin, cabinet-
makers.
In a few minutes the premises of Messrs. J. and W. Stew-
art, P. Rogerson and Son, and Boyd and M‘Dougtst, were
one mass of flames. It soon communicated with the oil vats
of Messrs. Stewart and C. F. Bennett and Co. Mr. J. H.
Wairen's premises and vats caught immediately alter; as
also those of Messrs. Rennie, Stewart, and Co. Messrs. New‘
man and Co., Messrs. T. and J. Kent, and of Bowring
Brothers, Messrs. M‘Bride and Kerr, Messrs. Berne, Joins-
stone and Co., and the stone buildings occupied by Dr. I.7,ar-
son, Mr. Grace, and other buildings. The premises of Mr.
E. Smith and Wilson and Co. soon followed, sty, also Mr.
Cliff's wharf, the houses on both sides of tli.t street, from
Messrs. W. and H. Thomas and Co.'s, to those of Messrs.
Barnes and Job, Brothers, and Co., and. Messrs. Hunter, &c.,
the Bank of British North Amends.' Messrs. J. Tobin and
Co.. L. O'Brien and Co., and JarriesDouglas and Co. Her
Majesty's Custom-house was immediately after on fire,
whence the flames extended. downwards, destroying every-
thing before them, inducing the premises of Messrs. Gill,
Dunscomb, and Harvey, Robinson, Brooking, and Co., and
proceeded along the beach to Messrs. Parker and Green's, at
siagolly Cove.
While the fire was raging iu Water-street, and on the
wharfs, it proceeded up Queen-street to Duckworth-street
with equal rapidity, in the line of Messrs. Newman and Co.'s
premises, where it stopped. The fire swept everything before
it, down on both sides ut Duckworth-street. The fire reached
the Court•house, it communicated with the building on the
south tide, destroying the corn room, Marine Insurance-office,
Agricultural Society Museum, and stone-house of Mr. Prowse.
The fire proceeded rapidly as far as the Ordnance store,
which was burnt. On the lower side of Duckworth-street,
the houses were burnt as far as the house of Mr. Reid. From
Duckworth• street the fire proceeded northward on the King's-
road to Gower-street, destroying every house on both sides,
and about twenty in Gower-street. Along the theatre to
the King's-road, between Duckworth-street and Gower-
street, a considerable number of buildings were consumed.
The fire commenced about half past eight in the morning,
and about seven in the evening the work of destruction may
be said to have been completed, so that in ten hours and at
half our town was almost totally destroyed, and the moon
rose in cloudless splendour, throwing her mild light on a
houseless population, who stood viewing, with intense
anguish, the smoking ruins of their habitations.
A great number of mercantile establishments, besides those
we have named, were destroyed, and were we to attempt a
complete list, we should have to home every firm, except the
solitary one of Messrs. Newman and Co., which is the only
one now in St. John's that has either a store or an offices
except the stores on the south side of the harbour.
A public meeting was held in the factory at three o'clock
on the same afternoon, to devise measures for the relief of the
destitute; it was numerously attended. It was ascertained
that there were 4,000 bags of bread and 3,000 barrels of flour
in the merchants' hands.
Only three men are reported to have perished in then
flames. The want of water was much felt.
TEIGNMOUTII, JUNE 29.—The town of St. John's, New-
foundland, was almost totally destroyed by fire on the 9111
of June.
All mercantile establishments from Messrs. Newman and
Co.'s, at the head of the harbour to the fishing establishment
of Mr. Michael Rowell, at Chain Rock, are totally destroyed;
this includes more than two-thirds of all the town. The loss
of property is immense.
It is supposed that not one-twentieth part of the goods.
and property in slioxs and stores is saved.
Thousands are houseless, and famine is greatly feared.
Many of the vessels had their sails and rigging burnt. The
Court -house, old Protestant Church, Custom- house, and Ca-
tholic convent are burnt.
Some vessels caught fire, but none had their hulls seriously
damaged.