The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-31 00:00:00

FRIDAY.

A Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for all ages;
the winner of any lalndicap after the weights are declared
to carry 51b extra ; the winner to be sold by auction im-
mediately after the race for £5O, the surplus (if any) to
go to the fund ; half a mile.
Mr. E. Brayley's Ring, 2 yrs, sst 71b
Mr. G. Debenham's Dabble, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Sadler) 2
Won by a length and a half. The winner was bought

in.
The Devonport and Stonehouse Plate of 25 soya, added to a
handicap of 3 sovs each, for all ages. One mile.
Mr. Jarvis's Don John, 3 yrs, Bst (Ducker) 1
Captain Currie's Grillade, aged, 7st 121b....(Lambourn) 2
Lord Palmerston's Orbit, 3 yrs, Tat 71b . . (Pringle) 3
The following also ran :—Wanderer, Ulysses, and Water-
sprite.
Won by three-quarters of a length ; a bad third. Wan-
derer fell at the last turn, and broke his leg, and was im-
mediately destroyed ; the rider was uninjured. Don John
was objected to in consequence of Mr. Evans, who is alleged
to be his owner, being in default for £99 unpaid forfeits,
and he ran under protest. The stakes are withheld.
Her Majesty's Vase of 100 guineas, added to a handicap of
15 sovs each, 7 ft, and 3 only if declared.
Mr. E. Brayley's Sycophant, 3 yrs, 9st 121 b (Donaldson) 1
Captain King's Pitman, 4 yrs, lOst 101 b (J. Goater) 2
Mr. Burrows's Magenta, 6 yrs, lOst 21b (Jarvis) 0
Mr. J. R. Riddell's Frederick, 5 yrs, list 121 b
Won by a length.
The County Members' Plate of 25 sovs, added to a sweep-
stakes of 5 soya each. 6 subs.
Mr. Starky's The Brownie, 3 yrs, lOst 101 b (inc. 71b ex)
(Cowley) 1
Lord Portsmouth's Vinegar Hill, 3 yrs, llst (Mr. Scobell) 2
Mr. E. Brayley's Clotilde c, 3 yrs, 9st 121 b (Mr. Edwards) 3
Won by four lengths ; the Clotilde colt beaten off.
The Chelson Meadow (Selling) Stakes of 3 soya each, with
25 added; heats; three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. G. Debenham's Dapple, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (£3O)
(Sadler) 1 1
Mr. Brayley's Ring. 2 yrs, sst 121 b (£3O) .. (Taylor) 3 2
Captain Currie's Watersprite, 4 yrs, 9st (.50 )
(Lambourn) 4 3
Mr. Boulter's Delusion, aged, 9st 5% (X3O) (Leake) 2 0
First heat—Won by ten lengths. Second heat—Won
by six lengths.

GREAT FIRE NEAR' Taff LONDON

DOCKS.

Early yesterday evening the city and eastern
part of the metropolis were again alarmed by the
outbreak of a fire in the immediate neighbourhood
of the London and St. Katherine docks, involving
a great loss of property and, it is feared, of human
life. The premises on which the conflagration oc-
curred were the extensive sugar works and refinery
of Messrs. Harrison and Wilson, on the west side
of Dock-street,Upper East Smithfield, in close prox-
imity to the London Docks, and in consequence of
their lofty proportions formed a prominent pile, as
seen from the bridges. The warehouse, a massive
structure, was nine stories in height, and with the
boiler-house, store, and departments covered a large
area of ground. At the time of the outbreak the
works were in full operation, and workmen were en-
gaged on the several floors at their various avocations.
The fire is supposed to have commenced in the
lower part of the building. The sudden rush of
smoke into the upper floors seems to have been the
first intimation to the workpeople of their danger,
when a desperate attempt was made to escape by
the staircases. The men, however, found that
means of egress impracticable, and the intense heat
and smoke drove them to-the upper floors, and they
finally got on to the roof. Almost at the same
moment flames burst forth from all the windows of
the lower floors, and the poor fellows seeing their
very critical position, as all hope of escaping
through the warehouse was cut off, made for the
south-west angle of the building, where there was
a short ladder which communicated with the store,
a building which adjoined, and the roof of which
was some 25ft. or 30ft. below. A rush was made
to descend to it. Some got down in safety, others
slid down the water pipe, and three, we under-
stand, fell over in the scramble to escape and were
so shockingly injured that they had to be imme-
diately lowered and conveyed to the London Hos-
pital. Two men were reported to be missing, and
it was feared, no information having been obtained
up to the time this was written, that they had,
unhappily, perished.
The different floors being loaded with sugar, and
the timbers strongly impregnated with saccharine
matter, the fire made the most rapid progress and
extended from floor to floor with astonishing
rapidity. The huge cloud of black smoke which
rose from the warehouse darkened the neighbour-
hood, and being distinctly seen from the different
bridges caused a general alarm throughout the
metropolis, attracting an immense crowd to the
vicinity of the fire. The fire brigade displayed
their usual alacrity in arriving at the scene.
Nearly a dozen land engines, including the power-
ful steam land engine, were brought into operation
in a short time. In the absence of Captain Shaw,
the successor to the late Mr. Braidwood, the
direction of the force devolved upon Messrs. Hen-
derson, Bridges, and Gerrard, the chief officers who
were in attendance. Notwithstanding the vigorous
efforts made to check the flames they continued
to extend and defy all power to subdue them,
and at length within an hour the whole of the
lofty warehouse presented one body of fire, the
floors falling in at intervals with a crash resembling
distant thunder. The wind, which was blowing
from the north-west, carried the flames and burning
embers in the direction of the warehouses and ship-
ing in the London Docks, and at one time serious
apprehensions were entertained for the security of
that establishment. The company's dock-floats were
brought up into the western basin, and the two bri-
gade floating engines were also hauled in from the
river and brought near the north quay. Mr, Randall,
the superintendent of the dock. got some of the
land engines to work on the roof of . the new wool
warehouses abutting on to East Smithfield, where
the most danger appeared to exist, and it was
some hours before it was deemed safe to cease ope-
rations.
By 8 o'clock the main building of the sugar fac-
tory was gutted, the whole of the floor and roof had
fallen, and nothing remained but the huge tottering
blackened walls. All the exertions of the firemen
were now directed to the store warehouse and stores
which stood at the rear, and contained an immense
stock of sugars. They communicated by an iron
door at the basement story, which being partially
open led to an apprehension that n oth' ng would save
those departments from a similar fate with the
sugarhouse. The brigade, however, seeing the great
peril in which the property was placed, worked with
admirable courage and energy, the workpeople
rendering the most valuable aid, and contrary to
the expectation of the firm, after the most fear-
ful labour, for the heat was intense, they succeeded
in keeping the fire at bay and eventually this sec-
tion of the works was saved.
The flames in the gutted warehouse raged furl-
ouoly until near midnight, but no further destrue•