The Sun.
London, England, 1835-08-05 00:00:00

FIRES.

ANOTIIER ALARMING FlRE.—Last night about ten o'clock
fire was discovered in a hay-loft belonging to Mr. Reid, coaell
painter, Great Rupert-street, Haymarket. The premises ad-
joining consisted mostly of coach-houses and stables, vebie
were let out to different tenants, in which horses and CO''
were placed. As the materials which composed the building
were chiefly of wood, in a very short time the whole 'velar
involved in flames, which quickly communicated to r_ne,
houses in Rupert-street and Archer-street. Several engke;
speedily arrived after the first appearance of the fire, when, v.'
the activity of the firemen and the abundant supply of waters
about twelve o'clock the flames were nearly subdued. Brairui:
waite's steam engine attended, and contributed greatly townr`"
arresting the progress of the flames.. A large body of police'
under Mr. Superintendant Baker, and a troop of the FO°V.,.
Guards, kept off the crowd. How the fire originated is no
known, though it. is stated to have taken place from the spar'
of a candle falling in a load of hay which was placed in tiler
loft that ;day. The Plough public ho'use, No. 39, Rupert
street, is entirely gutted ; and Nos. 38, 37, and 41, in the'
same street, much damaged, besides several houses in Archer'
street. Two valuable horses belonging to Messrs. Barclay
and Hanks are said to be destroyed, besides other horses at
cows. Several horses, by the great exertions of the neigh'
bours, were saved from the devouring element.
While the above fire was raging, the engines were reqen' •
at the premises of Mr. Vollum, cabinet-maker, next door bal
one to Messrs. Pickford's van-yard, Wood-street, Cheaptgide'4"
For some time it burnt with great fury ; but the London E'
tablishment engines from Whitecross- street quickly arriville,
and a plentiful supply of water being obtained, the fire i'‘a'
confined to the roof, the whole of which is consumed.
In the early part of the evening, two houses situated 5°
Willow-walk, Tabernacle-row, were burnt to the ground. P°'
persons belonging to them, but not a vestige of furniture 15'
saved, or are the parties insured. The cause of the fire „
not known.
At half-past two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, about twell
hours before the destructive fire was discovered in Charre'
house-square, flames were seen issuing from' a stack of he
belonging to Mr. Emmett, an extensive dairyman and fame
residing in the Old Kent-road. The fire originated from th
hay being stacked too green, and in a few minutes after et°
flames were first discovered, no less than seven stacks, CO
sisting of from 1,500 to 2,000 loads of hay were in one Oar
plete blaze. Mr. Emmett's farm, and the whvle of the 11
tensive adjacent buildings (excepting two cow-houses se
the dwelling-house, which is detached) were entirely c°ll'
sumed, in addition to the seven stacks of hay and the P
duce of about eight acres of barley. Immediately after the
fire broke out, the police and firemen set about r enloving
cattle, consisting of horses, cows, &c., to the number of I's
wards of 100, from the stables in which they were, and Whi‘iir,
were destroyed, to the detached cow-house. The, lose., „0,
Emmett has sustained is estimated at above 8,0001.. and
fortunately not one penny-worth of the property was isiure"A"
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