The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-30 00:00:00

EXCITING SCENE AT A FIRE.

This (Thursday) morning a fire, which caused an un-
usual amount of excitement, happened iu Beat-yard,
Clare-market. The premises belonged to Mr. Simmons,
a carpenter and builder, and ware about 40 feet long, coa-
t dui:3g a large quantity of work, some finished and some
partially so. Upon the stock in trade becoming ignited the
fire assumed a very threatening appear:Luca. Under Mr.
Simmons's workshop and around it were nu:nerous stables,
cart and waggon houses, an 1 a row of houses let to poor
families. When the discovery was mad: an immense con-
course of people assembled ou the spot, and they broke
open the doors of the stables and sot the horses loose, and
they galloped about the place in terrible confusion.
Waggons, carts, and costermongers' barrows were also
wheeled out, and the narrow approaches to the scene of
the conflagration were in many cases blocked up, and at the
same time the occupiers of the surrounding houses were
either throwing their furniture into the street or running
about almost in a state of nudity, carrying in their arms
their children. At the same time a man driving a cab had
his vehicle overturned by striking the kerb, and a person,
supposed to be named Martin, was so seriously injured
that he was removed to King's College Hospital bleeding
profusely and quite insensible. Mr. Bridges, and En-
gineers Hutchins, Paul, Gerrand, and other officers,
attended with numerous engines of the Metropolitan
Brigade and the London Salvage Corps followed. The
firemen, in less than half an hour, managed to allay the
fears of the neighbours as to any extension of mischief,
but the flames could not be subdued until serious damatre
was done, not only to Mr. Simmons's premises, but several
others adjoining. The origin of the fire is unknown.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Amsterdam
itolti?mda in — ... 12 21 ... 12 3
Antwerp — ••• 25 42} ... 25 471
Brussels — ... 25 424; ... 25 47
Haul burg u — ... 13 111 ... 13 111
Path, Short ... 25 15 ... 25 22±
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Mai u ... 121 ... 1211
V ienua — ... 12 571 ... 12 65
Trieste — ... 12 57k ... 12 65
Petersburg
Copenhagen... — ~ 9 22 ... 9 24
Berlin
Madrid..
I, __.

Uadiz ... 4St ... 49
Leghorn
Milan ... 26 60 ... 26 70
Genoa — ... 26 60 .., 26 70
Naples
Palermo — ... 26 60 ... 26 70
Messina
... 26 60 ... 26 70
Lisbon — ... 51f .._. 511
Oporto — ... 511 ... 511
Rio Janeiro — ... ...
New York

The people of New York are in a state of great
excitement on the question whether any one has a right
to keep crowing roosters in his back yard to i ob his neigh-
bours of their morning rest.

The Springfield Republican of September 11 gives
this condensed account of the terrible colliery disaster in
Pennsylvania:—" One of the most appalling accidents
that ever happened in this country occurred at the Avon-
dale Mine, owned and operated by the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna, and Western Railroad Company, at Plymouth,
Pennsylvania, on Monday, Sept. 6. A fire broke out in a
flue at the bottom of the only shaft to the mine, and soon
the whole breaker and out-buildings were in flames, the
hoisting apparatus, the only avenue of escape for the
miners, was destroyed, and finally the whole structure fell,
partly filling up the shaft, while 200 men or boys were
in the mine, where they had gone in the morning to
work. Of course the scene at the mouth of the mine
was soon heart-rending, the families and friends of the
incarcerated miners being gathered there, in faint
hope of their being rescued alive, while from all the
region round many others flocked to render assistance.
Prompt efforts were made to enter the mine, to discover
the fate of the workmen, but the first two men who went
downthe shaft were themselves killed by the foul air, and
it was not till Wednesday morning that entrance was
finally effected. Then the worst fears were realised, for
all the miners were huddled together and dead, having
vainly erected barricades with a view to keep out the foul
damp and smoke till assistance could arrive. The work
of bringing up the bodies at once commenced, and the
funerals were held on Thursday and Friday. The families
of the dead, numbering 600 in all, are left much worse off
than they would have been had it not been for the long
strike, during which their former earnings had been spent,
and it is likely if it had not been for the strike that the
accident would not have occurred. Being unused, foul
gases had gathered in the mine, and the building over
the shaft had become dry as tinder ; instead of having an
iron floor as it ought to have had, it was of woud, and
quickly fell in, shutting off all the means of escape for
those within the mine. Indeed, no precautions whatever
for safety seem to have been used, and during the three
months' strike the mine and buildings were neglected.
The men only went to work last week, Thursday. The
New York board of brokers has subscribed $5,000 for the
suffering survivors, Asa Packer gives $2,500 and Gover-
nor Geary $1,500; and smaller subscriptions will make
in the aggregate a much larger sum. Work has, of
course, been suspended in all the mines in the vicinity,
and will not be resumed for some days ; and if the miners
would refuse to go to work at all till greater provision is
made for their safety, it would be a strike in which they
would have the sympathy and support of the public."
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