The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-30 00:00:00

was given at the sta'aen".hy a straPgt'r-
bre-,seruer. giving way I saw the
in the eentre„whieddeene the ends
'r .1 the wall. I saw it bend rind the wall gave way.
I gave an larm.
By the C. rover—We are suppc,sed to be called by
the ;Ake, who we give a trifle for d g so.
Mr. Goff, at the briea ir, staid he was called by a
policeman on 131acafaiare-bridge before the last witness
was called ; the policeman on the bridge was attracted
by the light.
By a juryman—I have seen hundreds of houses on
fire and seen thefts fall. I never saw a house-fall so
quickly as this. Since the fire I find the timber had
not much hold. Tf the front hressenier bad not given
way I think the front wall would not have given.
Police-constable 34 E, Daniel Brown Sullivan, I gave
the first alarm of fire by springing my rattle at a quarter
past or 20 minutes past 2 o'clock on Sunday morning
the 28th.
The Coroner—Are yon sure of that t Because the
Chandos•street men did not get there with the engine
till half-past 3 o'clock.
A juryman—I saw it at half-past 2 o-clock.
The Coroner—Yes, but the Cbandos-street man was in
the immediate neighbourhood.
A Juryman—Yes, and thus were there before him.
The Coroner—lt seems there is no organised system
For calling the engines.
Witness—When at the corner of Montague and Rus-
sell-streets, I heard a cry and ran towards the house ;
just as I turned the corner I saw the fire rushing out of
the window on the basement. The door, I believe, was
fastened, but the fire was so strong I could not approach
the door. I looked up to the front of the house, where
I saw a man at the second floor f out window on the
west side over the shop, atove where the flames were
gushing out. He cried out and I to'd him to hold hard
where he was,. At this moment flames ru Led out, and
there was great cracklng of glass. I stooped down to
avoid the broken glass when a young man jumped out
and knocked me down. The young man was not killed
at the time, but be was se.iouslv injured. The man
Eastwood, his w fe, and three children got out of the
window by means of a ladder which the police put up to
the window. A. stranger went up Vie ladder and brought
down one cf the childr,n ; at that time A fire-escape bad
not arrived. Five persons were gut out safely. No
engine had arrived at that time. I can't recollect when
the first engine arrived. Policeman 56 E first came to
my assistarn.e. We sprang our rattle. almost together
and I sent him for the fire-escape, but not to the engine
station.
The Coroner—Are the fire escape and the engine-
station connected.
Mr. G .ft (tire brigade)—No, they are not.
Witnese oontieued—Tee only persons we saw were
those we took out and the young man who jumped out,
he came from tke second floor w ndow. I did not
see the other window touched. I saw no other living
person but those I have named at any of the windows.
When the last person was taken from the window, the
flames and smoke was so great from the basement that
I could not see the second window. It was about
five minutes after the last person was saved that the fire
escape came. It was there before either of the engines.
1 cannot say which fire-engine arrived first. The front
door was burning at the time.
By a Juryman—The fire when I first saw it was
burning the Museum-street end of the building. I
knocked at the door and sprung my rat tle. One part of
the door was burning at the time. The whole of the
lower part of the premises was on fire when I saw it,
but more towards Museum-street than the other. lam
sure the door was burning when I first saw the fire. I
can't say if the shutters were up in front of the shop.
Tae flames were rushing out in a body at the time.
By the C xoner.—l was at the fire about two minutes
before the young man jumped out. Daring that time I
sprang my rattle, sent for the escape, and went back to
the young man to desire him not to jump out, the
glass and flames rushed out against me, and at the same
moment the young man jumped out, fell on me, knocked
me down, and stunned me. My instructions with
reference to giving information to the fire engine sta-
tions and escapes are to go to all the nearest stations
and give an alarm. When the escape arrived it could
not be used. It was higher than the windows, and the
flames from below prevented its use. It was put against
the adjoining house, and the fire-escape man went to the
roof.

By the Foreman—lt was about ten or twelve minutes
after I discovered the fire that the fire-escape came.
By a juryman—I know nothing of a boy giving in-
formation to the station near the church.
By the Coroner—l think most of the delay in the
arrival of the eec ►pe arose from the beams of timber
across the street, to support the building, impeding its
progress.

BY a Juryman—l think the cries proceeded from the
men who jumped out of the window. Ido not know
if the occupants of the adjoining houses were screaming.
John Guile, 8, Bury-street, Bloomsbury, painter and
glazier—l was at the fire on Sunday morning about
20 minutes, or half-past two o'clock. I WAS
first alarmed by the ery of murder and the sound of a
policeman's rattle, which occurred simultaneously. I
had just returned home, and had passed the end of Gil-
bert-street about five tn,nutes pas, 2. I immediately went
to the fire, where I f )unt tWe po icemen, one of whom
was springing his rattle, and the other was close against
the door. I don't think the door was o❑ fire, but the
flames were coming through the chop window. It was
not great at first, though it was rai her a large lame that
came out.

[To be concluded in our last edition.]