The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-30 00:00:00

Tremendous Fire in the Minories.

This (Tuesday) morning, at an early hour, a
terrible fire, attended with the loss of property
valued at many thousand pounds sterling, happened
in the extensive pile of premises belonging to Mr.
A. Warman, boot and shoe exporter, carrying on
business at 126, Minoeies. The discovery was made
by one of the inmates, who at once gave the usual
alarm, but he, and also the other residents, had the
greatest difficulty in effecting their escape, owing
to tho rapidity with which the flames extended. In
the course of a few minutes the fire escapes arrived,
as well as numerous land steam and manual—power
engines, by Shand, Mason, and Co., of the same
description as that just awarded the prize medal at
Paris. Captain Shaw, with a strong body of
firemen, and Mr. Swanton, with the London
Salvage Corps, and Mr. White, the assessor to
the County Fire Office, accompanied the engines,
but upon their arrival they found that the premises
of Mr. Worman were on fire from the base to the
roof, and the flames were belching forth from over
a dwell windows, and also through the roof, and
already ignited the premises of Mr. Carter, a
butcher, No. 127, in the same thoroughfare, and
were attacking the offices of Mr. B. Berend, com-
mission agent, and several merchants, at No. 8,
New-square. Mr. Poole, inspector of the New River
Company, arrived with several turncocks, when,
plenty of water having been obtained, the engines
were set to work with full vigour, and some tons
weight of water were momentarily scattered upon
and into the burning premises ; but the flames con-
tinued their ravages, and it was some hours before
the progress of the conflagration could be arrested.
An attempt was made to get the books out, but the
flames drove the parties back. It is satisfactory to
state that, having been locked up in one of the
patent Reliance fire-proof safes, they received not
the least injury, although exposed to such an intense
beat. Eventually the firemen had the gratification
of seeing the fire extinguished, but not until Mr.
Worman's premises were all but destroyed ; the
valuable stock in trade, furniture, and other effects
consumed. The premises of Mr. Carter, butcher,
partly destroyed, but a considerable quantity of
property was saved by the London Salvage Corps.
The offices numbered 8, in New-square, are also
extensively injured by heat and water. The origin
of the disaster is at present unknown. The City
and Metropolitan Police rendered great assistance
to the firemen by keeping the crowd out of danger.

IZARKE TS. —This day.

HAY.
SMITHFIELD —Meadow hay, .£3.os to £4 lOs Od ; clover,
£4 Os to .£5 15s Od ; and straw, £2 to £2 6s per load.
Trade steady.
CUMBERLAND—Meadow hay, £3 Os to V
.£l2 s
6s 6d ;
eclove,
£4 Os to .£5 15s Od ; and, straw, .£2 to 2load.
A good demand.
WHITECHAPEIifadow hay, £3 to £4 lOs Od ; clover,
£4 Os Od to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £2 to .£2 6s per load.
Trade firm.
Now hay is quoted at £2 lOs to £3 los, and new clove
£3 to £4 10s. per load.

COLONIAL.
TEA,—Business has remained very inactive, and prices
are unaltered. There will be no public sales this week.
SVGAR.—Tho market exhibits a very steady tone, but
the sales have been limited to immediate home require-
ments. Refined goods continue in liberal supply, and
quotations area shade flatter, ordinary to good testers
being quoted 43s 3d to 43s per cwt. •
COFFEE.—A fair demand, has been experienced for colo-
nial descriptions. Plantation Ceylon has sold readily at
ull values. The stocks on hand, compared with those of
the corresponding period of last year, show an excess of
1,000 tone.