The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-10 00:00:00

Great Fire at Hull.

Hull has been visited with another terrible Cala-
mity by fire. The scene of the conflagration was
large oil mill, the property of Messrs. Wright
Brothers, corn merchants, &c. The mill, which was
perhaps the most imposing structure of its kind in
Hull, is situate in Trippett, one front of the Pre-
mises facing the river Hull. It is familiarly known
as Cato mill, and is a lofty and massive building;
It was fitted with machinery for seed crushing, and
the manufacture of oil cake, and these mills are kept,
with the exception of Sunday, constantly running
day and night. On Thursday evening, at a few.
minutes after 10, during a temporary cessation, in
which the hands were taking refreshment, the will
was discovered to be on fire in one of
the middle storeys. An alarm was instantly
raised, but as all the materials were of an inflam-
mable nature, many of them highly combustible,
before any aid could be rendered the pile was evi-
dently doomed to destruction. The men who are
employed on the premises did the best they could
under the circumstances by at once removing oil
casks, and whatever could be got out of the wag ,
the flames. The rapidity with which the flames rose
from storey to storey was astounding. In but a few
minutes they seemed to have the complete mastery
of the whole building. The mill proper is built itt,,
the form of a martello tower, its great height 0';
castellated appearance making it a most promin°
object in that part of the town. What its aPPear-
ance was when every window to the topmost storey
was pouring forth a stream of flame it is not easi
convey in words. The whole town was illuminated.
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The fire-engines were early on the spot, served by
a large body of police, and apparently copiously
supplied with water, but they could only avail o
save from destruction the adjoining buildings. d
At about eleven o'clock the whole mill appear.ts
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to be gutted, and the fire seemed to have reached its
climax. The alarm then began to be felt that tn
lower part of the tower being destroyed or weakened
by the fire, the whole of the building might fall. it
The wings were in great danger, but as soon as
became unmistakably apparent that the mill Pro-
perly so called was hopelessly involved in the flames,
the police directed their efforts with great ii energy'
and in the midst of a scorching heat, to prevent t. h
fire extending to those portions of the building whict.
were stored with cake and oil. There was no lack
of ready workers, and the wings were early emptied
of their contents. The efforts of the police to Pre-
serve the wings were perfectly successful.
By half-past one the fire was completely nude:
control, and shortly afterwards the flames Were
quenched. et
The value of the property destroyed cannot in
be ascertained with any degree of exactitude.
is, however, estimated by some at from £20,000 t°
£30,000.
It is understood that the property is insured.

ASSUMED LITERARY NAMES IN AMERICA. —0 I int
Optic is William T. Adams; Christopher Orowfield, J%-;
Harriet Beecher Stowe; and Major Jack Downing,

Smith.
LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL.—The annual 'fleet"
ing of the friends and subscribers to the abcY"
hospital was held yesterday evening in the " Freeraes°ll6:,
Tavern," Great Queen-street. The chair was taken b.,
the president, the Right Hon. the Earl of Devon. Frota *
statement of accounts submitted to the meeting by 31/.;
Owen,
honorary secretary to the charity, it appeared °S.
the receipts up to the 31st of December last, including it
balance of £534.125. lid. from the previous year,
amoun°
to £8,953 7s. 6d., and the expenditure to -£7,513 4s• Sod.
There had been invested during the year the sum of X'59,::
and the balance at present in hand approaches £l,OOO. 1';
Buchanan
read a lengthy and elaborate medical reP° ;
which stated that the number of patients admitted
du e
the year had been 3,355, being a larger number than "t:
aggregate admission for sixty years. Of the Patie,,:
taken in during the year, 1,961 were suffering from tyP'''
fever, and of this number 9 per cent. had died. '1'1):
deaths in 247 cases of scarlet fever admitted were seven
per cont. of the patients under treatment. A large utital:
ber of patients suffering from other kinds of feve, suitea"
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pox, and measles were also admitted. During the Y.
Strict;
and a single applicant for admission was turned wgl
and the hospital receives patients from all the and
in London, with the exception of Lewisham, roPlar' is
Mile-end. In order to meet the increased wants of
charity, the foundation of a building capable of
h°l
ing 120 patients had been laid, and the new extension,
cost somewhere about £5,000. The hospital is at pres.euts
considering the pressure upon its working Powers',
very efficient state. Upon the motion of Mr. Lowe, second:uo
by Dr. Finch, the report was unanimously adopted. 1 u
Right Hon the Earl of Devon was then re-electe Lord
d pre:
sident of the charity ; and the name of the present s
Monteagle was substituted for that of his grandfather, as
one of the vice-presidents. The names of Lord Overstou
and the Marquis of Westminster were also added to the
list of vice-presidents, and the thanks of the committee
were given to Mr. Charles Dickens, who was re-electedites
vice-president, for an article published byhimin
t'ssts.
Year Round, setting forth the merits of the charity.
trea-
Dimsdale and Owen were unanimously re-appointed
surer and secretary, and other officers having Earl of
the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the
Devgia for presiding. 'been chosen,

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