The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-07 00:00:00

WAR WIC.

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(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH•)

WELTER CUP.

King William
Theodora
Queen of the South ..

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN WATERLOO-
ROAD-THREE LIVES LOST. .

This morning, between the hours of four and five o'clock,
a fire of a rapidly destructive character, attended with a
serious loss of property and fatal consequences to three per-
sons, happened in the premises of Mr. J. Burton, wardrobe
dealer, 75, Waterloo-road. The discovery was made by a
policeman seeing smoke issuing through the apertures of
the shop shutters. He immediately sounded an alarm, and
sent off for the Royal Society's fire escapes and the engines
of the London brigade. After some trouble the whole of
the inmates—consisting of Mr. J. Burton, Mrs. E. Burton,
her daughter Mrs. Reid, and Edward Burton—were made
sensible of their danger, when they made an attempt to
descend the staircase, but were met with such powerful
bodies of smoke that they were compelled to retreat, and
make an attempt to escape from the roof. At this moment
a most agonising scene took place, when the smoke and fire
were seen rushing out of the top window, and persons cry-
ing piteously for help. The engines from the Waterloo
station, which is nearly opposite, were promptly on the spot,
as well as those from other stations. There being a plenti-
ful supply of water the firemen went to work in an ad-
mirable manner. As soon as the fire was sufficiently got
under Mr. R. Henderson, district foreman, accompanied by
two other firemen, went in search of the missing bodies.
In the third floor front, under the window, was found Ed-
ward Burton, aged 12 years ; in the gutter was Mrs. Eliza
Burton, aged 48, and in her lap lay her daughter, Mrs.
Reid, aged 27. It being a slanting roof they had nothing
to take hold of but twe high walls on each side. Mr.
Burton made his escape from the back, and supposed his
family was out of danger. Shells were procured, and the
bodies taken to Lambeth workhouse, there to await an in-
quest. The origin of the fire is at present unknown. The
loss will fall on the Phoenix and other offices.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

MANSION-HOUSE.
Robert Logan, a porter out of employment, was charged
with fraudulently inserting an advertisement in the Morn-
ing Advertiser on Wednesday last, offering employment to
400 workmen, to work at a new invention, at from 20s. to
30s. per week, and referring to " 0.P.," 208, Thames-
street, a publichouse. Thirteen letters were received
at the publichouse by Mr. Guess, in which were enclosed
between 70 and 80 penny postage stamps. Between 30 and
40 persons called on Thursday morning, offering to engage,
but no engagement took ilace, and the prisoner was taken
into custody for swindling.
Mrs. Jean Hutton, Waterloo-road, said she saw the ad-
vertisement, and her daughter wrote a letter enclosing two
postage stamps, and she delivered it at Mr. Guss's public-
house, as directed by the advertisement.
Miss Hutton corroborated her mother's evidence. She
received no reply.
Police-constable 411 took the prisoner into custody this
morning, at St. Andrew's-hill, on the above charge.
He said that be had an invention by which the Illustrated
London News would be printed in one-third less time and
expense than at present.
The prisoner was committed for trial for fraudulently ob-
taining from Mr. Richard Hutton, two postage stamps of
the value of twopence, and also with conspiring with other
persons, not in custody, to defraud others by false and
fraudulent pretences. . .

The Alderman cautioned Mr. Gross not to allow any per-
son to make use of his name without seeing the advertise-
ment, and knowing for what purpose.