The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-21 00:00:00

Barr zsu MUSEUM—By an arrelded return issued on
Wednesday, it appears that in 1846 .604,318 persons visited the
British Museum; WAN in 1844, and 1'64531 in 1845.
FALL OF THREE HOUSES IN THE MlNT.—Wednesday
afternoon considerable excitement was created in the borough of
Southwark in consequence of the fal of three houses in the vicinity
of the Mint. On the west side of 114 h-street, Borough, nearly oppo-
site St. George's Church, is a place called Birdcage-alley, and at the
extreme end are about six very old wooden houses, three stories
high, adjacent to which is the Old Bull public-house in the stint.
Birdcage-alley runs into the most intricate part of the Mint, and was
formely the hiding-place of thieves, outlaws, &c. The whole or the
fallen houses have been standing near three hundred years, and
were in such it dilapidated condition that they were condemned
some time ago, but, notwithstanding, they have been inhabited,
each with as many as eight families, chiefly consisting of low
Irish. Yesterday afternoon, shortly before five o'clock, the
inmates of the house in the centre were alarmed by hearing a
loud cracking noise proceed from the roof; they had not got off
the threshold before the immense' stack of chimneys fell in, bringing
down the whole of the interior of the houses Nos. 1,2, and 3.
Fortunately, at the time when the catastrophe took place the men
were almost all at work, and the females and their children were
sitting outside waiting for their husbands, or the loss of life must
have been great. Immediately after the occurrence took place, In-
spector Yates, Sergeant Parnell, and a body of the 111 division were
on the spot, when some children were heard screaming in the second
house. The inspector entered at great hazard, and rescued two
little girls from the ruins. The loss of property to the poor in-
habitants must be extremely heavy; all their furniture, wearing
apparel, &c., lies buried in the ruins. At seven o'clock, when the
men came front their employment, they rescued some of their pro-
perty, but what ifey saved was so injured as to be unfit for use.
The houses are
the property of Mr. Whittle, of Staple-street, Long-
lane, Bermondsey, and they formerly belonged to the late celebrated
silversmith. sir Yorke flatten.
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