The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-13 00:00:00

CALAMITOUS FIRE AT ST. JOHN'S,

NEWFOUNDLAND.

The following is a letter received at Lloyd's from their
agent at St. John's, Newfoundland, dated Sept. 22 :--
" On the night of Sunday the 20th inst. this tow.*l was
again visited by fire, which destroyed about fifty tenement's in
two hours. It was happily confined between the north side of
Water-street and south side of Duckworth-street, and thcreb v
prevented reaching any of the mercantile establishments. The
*Scene of devastation was in the western division of the town :
with few exceptions the buildings consumed were unimportant.
It is confidently stated to have been caused wholly by accident.
" To W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary of Lloyd's."

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
(From the Newfoundland, Royal Gazette.)
This devoted town has been visited with another calami-
tous fire. On Sunday evening last, between the hours of
seven and eight o'clock, flames were observed bursting from
the roof of a house oceupied by a person of the name of
Crane, a cooper, rosiding .:early opposite the premises of
Messrs. Rennie, Stuart, and Co. In a few minutes the de-
stroying element had extended to tn' adjoining houses, and
soon afterwards the whole stack of bOdings fronting oil
Water-street, and occupied by Mr. Matthew Pope, Mr. J.
Cullen, Mr. Patrick Doyle, of the Globe Tavern, and others,
with two houses on both sides of Waldegrave-street, were
enveloped in flames. Happily, there was no wind, and by
great exertions, and with much difficulty, the fire was pre-
vented from extending, in Water-street, to the houses occu-
pied by Egan and Kenny, Mr. Palk, and the houses of Mr. Fun-
chen, at the head of Waldegrave- street. The premises of Messrs.
Rennie, Stuart, and Co., being built of stone, fortunately
prevented the flames extending to the south-side of Water-
street. Such, however, was the great heat from the burning
pile opposite, that the wooden ;voter-spouts on the premises
were burnt away, and some of the lead on the roof melted.
We cannot too highly praise the indefatigable endeavours
made by the military, the fire companies, and inhabitants ge-
nerally, to arrest the progress of the flames, which, about ten
o'clock, was accomplished, but not before sixty tenements
were reduced to ashes ; and it is stated, at a rough calcula-
tion, from seventy to eighty families (mostly very poor people)
thrown houseless, and many of them entirely destitute, on the
charity of the world. One or two distressing accidents, we
are sorry to say, occurred. A soldier, belonging to the
Royal Veteran Companies, fell from the roof of a• house,
and was so much injured, that he almost immediately
expired. Also, another man, of the name of Norris,
was run over by one of the fire engines, and very severely in-
jured. But for the early hour at which the fire broke out, it
would doubtless have been far more extensive and calamitous
in its effects. We understand that it originated from the
accidental igniting by some children of a bed of shavings in
the attic of Crane's house. We have not yet heard of any
estimate of the loss of property sustained ; it must, however,
be very considerable. We shall probably give further parti-
culars in our next. In the meantime we would urge the ne-
cessity of setting on foot a subscription for the relief of the
sufferers, many of whom we learn are in the most deplorable
situation, and with scarce an article of food or raiment left.