The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-13 00:00:00

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TWO O'CLOCK.
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The Fourfold Fatal Fire at Tooting.

INQUEST THIS DAY.

This morning, at ten o'clock, W. Carter, Esq.,
the coroner for the eastern division of the county
of Surrey, opened au inquest at the Mitre Inn,
Lower Tooting, on the bodies of the four unfortu-
nate persons who perished in the fire that occurred
in the Rising Sun Tavern, in the same district, on
Monday morning last. Some particulars of the
melancholy occurrence appeared in this journal of
Tuesday.
It is probably a long time since that an inquiry
has excited a more painful amount of interest than
the present one, the opinion in the neighbourhood
being that there must have been some neglect on
the part of the authorities in not sending sooner
than they did to town for the aid of the engines of
the metropolitan fire-brigade. As it was it is
stated they were not called until the city policemen
saw the flames in the distance from the metropolitan
bridges, and by the time London firemen arrived
the place was levelled with the ground, and the
unfortunate persons, the subjects of the present in-
quiry, were burnt to death.
Mr. Douchester, the head engineer of Messrs.
llevelt's brewery fire-brigade, attended, ac well as
Mr. White, the assessor of losses to the County and
other fire offices; Mr. Swanton, the chief of the
London Salvage Corps ; Mr. Inspector Fraser, of
the Metropolitan Police ; and various other officials,
were present to watch the proceedings on behalf of
the parties interested.
The learned Coroner, before swearing the jury,
stated that he was very sorry to say that the gen-
tlemen had a very painful duty to perform, inas-
much that they would have to inquire, in the first
place, how the four persons in question lost their
lives. On that point he conceived there would be
little difficulty in concluding that they lost their
lives in the fire that occurred in the public-
house. They would, however, have to inquire and,
if possible, decide by the evidence that would be
laid before them how and by what means the fire
took place. He (the learned coroner) thought they
had better proceed with him and view the bodies of
the unfortunate deceased persons, as it was a por-
tion of their duty, painful as it might be to their
feelings, but it was a duty imperative upon every
gentleman to perform.
The Coroner and jury then proceeded to view
the bodies of the victims, which presented a shock-
ing spectacle. As the jury were returning they
had some difficulty in getting to their seats owing
to the crowded state of the court.
The preliminary evidence of two witnesses merely
proved that they saw the fire in Mr. Weaver's pre-
mises, one said about twelve or a quarter-past on
Monday morning, and the other about one o'clock.
The bodies having been identified,
The inquest was adjourned.