The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-03 00:00:00

AL ARMING FIRES.

A fire broke out yesterday in the premises belong-
ing to Messrs. Collins and Abrahams, hat makers, 35,
Lambeth-walk. A police-constable of the L division,
in passing along his beat, discovered smoke pouring
out of the lower part of the house. He succeeded in
arousing the inmates, who happily escaped. The en-
gines of Messrs. Hodges, the distillers, of the parish,
and several of the London Brigade were soon in attend-
ance, and were set to work from the Lambeth and
Southwark Comp inies' mains. While the firemen
were actively engaged a fearful explosion took
place, which blew the front of the house out. One
of Hodges' firemen fell through the flooring, but
was rescued by one of the Royal Society's escape
conductors. The building was entirely consumed
before the fire could be extinguished. Another
fire happened at No. 71, St. John's-street, Clerken-
well, the property of Messrs. Guppy and Clarke,
grocers. The inmates were fortunately saved by
means of a ladder by the police, before Bunsigh. the
conductor of the escape, had time to arrive. The
engines of the parish and tour of the London bri-
gade having arrived, the firemen, under Messrs.
Fogo, the superintendent of the B district, and en-
gineers Swanton and Perryer, went to work, but
they were unable to get the fire out until the stock
in trade was destroyed. A third fire happened on
board a vessel lying at Shad well, which consumed
the cargo. The losses will fall upon the Pheenix,
Scottish Union, and other offices. Last night a
fourth fire also broke out in the premises numbered
7, in Commercial-place, Kentish-town, near the
Assembly-rooms and Police-station. It originated
in the back room second-floor, and rapidly extended
to other rooms in the buildings,—a very extensive
one. The engines of the parish and four of the
London Brigade were quickly on the spot, and a
good supply of water was obtained; but the fire
could not be extinguished until the premises were
nearly destroyed. The origin of the fire is un-
known. Fortunately, the sufferer was insured
in the Sun Fire office. A strong body of police
rendered essential aid to the firemen by keeping
an immense crowd of spectators out of danger.
The second fire in Tooley-street continued to burn
during' the whole of Thursday night and through-
out yesterday. Even as late as 8 o'clock last
night there remained a great body of flame under
the ruins, and it seems questionable whether the
fire will be completely extinguished for some days
to come. The powerful steam floating engine of
the brigade, under the direction of Mr. Gerrard,
the superintendent of the steam apparatus, has
been kept at work, and about 8 tons weight of
water have been scattered hourly over the flames.
The fire last night was ray ing fast in every direc-
tion on the wharf. Under the direction of Mr. En-
gineer Tozer and Mr. Wade, however, a wall was
run up, composed of bricks and clay, whereby some
thousands of pounds' worth of property have been
saved, including resin, turpentine, and other
equally inflammable articles stored in Mark
Brown's Wharf and other warehouse:.

THE DANBURY MURDER.--Mr. T. M.* Gepp,
under-sheriff for Essex, has received a letter fi om the Home-
office in reference to the woman convicted of the murder
of a little boy at Danbury, near Chelmsford, whose execu-
tion had been originally appointed to take place on Thurs-
day, commuting the prisoner's sentence to penal servitude
for life.