The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-02 00:00:00

DEST.RUC7IVE FIRE.

The greatest possible excitement was created this
morning amongst the numerous wharfingers having
property along Bankside, owing to a fire breaking
out at Winchester Wharf, one of the most difficult
places to get at from the land side, but where pro-
perty valued at many thousand pounds are de-
posited. The premises in which the fire began were
situated in Clink-street, Southwark. The first in-
dication that any one had that the place was on
fire was by a policeman, who noticed the third floors
of the 1) warehouse. In this warehouse was the
keln used for drying grain, and at the time of the
accident there were GO quarters of oats drying, but
owing to the overheating of the kelp the oats be-
camd ignited, and then the fire rolled through the
windows and roof with the greatest fury, threaten-
ing destruction to every building near. Fortunately
a steam-engine was stationed a distance of the
wharf, and it was at once taken along side the wharf.
Numerous other engines, both laud-steam and
manual power, arrived in rapid succession.
The chief officers of the district, Mr. Superinten-
dent Swanson, had also a large number of the
Beloage Corps present. All hands having set to
work, immense streams of water were thrown into
the warehouse, which had the effect of preventing
the flames extending to warehouses A and E, and
eventually a most effectual " atop " was obtained,
the damage done being thus returned in the
official report :—" Winchester-wharf, Clink-street,
Bankside, Southwark, Mr.. E. Gripper, corn
factor and wharfinger. 1) Warehouse—kiln on
third floor, containing about 80 quarters of oats,
burnt out and roof off, contents under damaged by
water; and roofs of A and E warehouses damaged
by breakage, &c., and the contents by water. In-
surance unknown. No. 21 ditto, Messrs. William
and Bradnock, egg importers ; ditto, second floor,
J. R. 'Theobald—the contents damaged by water.
Both these persons were insured in the West of
England Fire-office.

LIST FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO

TilE METROPOLIS.

DILTSICIJNIS.
Antiquarian—Somerset House. Admission by application

to the secretary
Botanic— Royal Botanic Society of London, Regent's-
park. Admission daily by orders from fellows. Royal
Gardens, Kew. Open daily. 1 till 6, free.
British—Great Russell-street. Open free on Monde, s,
Wednesdays, and Fridays, 10 to 4 ; summer months 10
till 7. Closed Ist till 7th January, Ist till 7th May, and
Ist till 7th September; also on all thanksgiving days.
City— Guildhall. A collection of antiquities, et o. Daily,
10 till b.
Geological—Jermyn-street. Open daily (except Fridays)
free.
India—lndia Office, Charles-street. Asiatic natural his-
tory, antiquities, &c. Open free on Mondays, Wednes-
days, and Fridays, and on Thursdays by orders.
King's College—Strand. Anatomy and curiosities. Daily,
10 till 4.
Patents—South Kensington.
Open free daily.
Royal Institution-21, Albemarle-street. Various objeots.
Daily, 10 till 5.
Royal Military Repository—Woolwich. Models of fortifi-

Models and inTentions.

Cations, cannon, and warlike appliances. Daily, 10
till 4.
Loyal Polytechnic Institution-309, Regent-street. Soien-
tific, with lectures. Open daily, till 10 p.m. ls.
Soane's-13, Lincoln's-Inn-fields. Antiquities, curiosities,
and pictures. Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fri-
days in April, 114 y, and June; and Wednesdays from
February to August. Admission on application to tho
Curator.
Society of Arts—John street, Adelphi. Inventions, pic-
tures, curiosities, ecc. Daily: admission by member's
order.
South Kensington—Cromwell-road. Open on Mondays,
Tuesdays, and Saturdays, 10 till 10, free; on other days,
10 till 4,5, or 6. 6d.
Tower cf London—Ancient amour, &c. Open daily, 10
till 4. is.
Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of
lighthouses, ecc. Daily, 10 till 4.
Tussaud's Waxwork-58, Baker-street. Open daily till
10 p.m. is.

We have to record the death of one of the few
officers left of those who served in the army in the
153 t century. Col. Robert Terry, who died yester-
day at Winchester, in his 87th year, entered the
25th Regiment as an Ensign in 1799, and served
in the campaign in Holland in that year, and was
present at the battle of Egmont-op-Zee. Re was
also with the expedition to Egypt, and served at
the taking of Alexandria in 1801; also at the capture
of _Madeira in 1807, and at the capture of Guadaloupe
in 1810. He afterwards served as civil and military
commandant of the Island of St. Martins—after
its capture from the French. At Gibraltar, where he
was stationed with his regiment, he was officer of
the guard when the mutiny first broke out, and
there rendered such good service, as to receive the
thanks of the Duke of Kent. In 1826 Colonel Terry
was appointed aide-de-camp to the Marquis of
Hastings when Governor of Malta. He then left
25th, and served for some years as town adjutant
of Malta. He retired from the service in 1842 on
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