The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-24 00:00:00

THE SIIN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1861.

all night long, and did a roaring trade, and so, for
that matter, did the pickets, who blended business
with pleasure, and had a ready hand for anything
remunerative in their particular line. But the fire
fortunately had done its worst, and though the
flames continued to surge and roar with unabated
fury for some time, the intensity of the fire at
length visibly slackened. The efforts of the fire-
men were redoubled, and by 4 o'clock yesterday
morning all danger of its further extension seemed
at an end. During the wholenf yesterday thousands
upon thousands of people flocked to see the ruins,
which even at midnight last night were blazing
as fiercely as ever within the area to which they
had been confined. As the walls are all in a most
dangerous condition, and certain soon to fall, none,
whether firemen or police, are allowed to approach
them. Late last night the danger of another terrific
outbreak of the fire seemed as imminent as ever.
The ruins extend over nearly three acres of ground,
and the immense piles of white-heat masses which
cover this large area might at any moment be fanned
into the fiercest flame, which nothing could prevent
from spreading. One small portion of the ruins,
that near the remains of the wall under which poor
Braidwood's body is supposed to be buried, have
been partially cooled. The great mass, however, is
burning fiercely, and likely to do so for a week to
come. The list of casualties from this great disaster
was, up to last night, as follows :—One poor Irish-
man, named Sullivan, was brought to St. Thomas's
at 9 o'clock with his neck broken by the chain of
the floating engine getting round him. Four men
were also brought to St. Thomas's badly injured—
viz., John May, a police-constable, with John Deane,
George Fraser, and Thomas Masson—all badly
burnt, the latter dreadfully so. At Guy's one per-
son was lying badly injured by a fall. Only two
persons are missing who are known to have been
near the spot on which the wall fell. These two are
Mr. Braidwood and the gentloman of flip name of
Scott, both of whose remains are still under the
ruins.

The following is the official report of damage :
_ . .

4.30 p.m. of Saturday, the 22d June, 1861, a fire broke
out in the promises belonging to Messrs. Scevell, wharfin-
gers, known as Cotton and Depot Wharfs. The cause of fire
not known. The fire was extinguished by firemen with
water from the Southwark Company's mains and the river
Thames. "II" warehotise, containing jute ; No. 3, gum ;
Nos. 2 and 1, containing cotton, with 1111, Nos. 4,3, 2,
and 1 floors, and G warehouse, containing coloniarproduce,
destroyed ; G, H, J, L, T, and E warehouses, containing
tallow, jute, cotton, and rice. The warehouses were divided
by double iron doors, but left open. The engines present
were those of the parish, those of Hodge's distillery, and
one of Mr. Roberts's, of Millwall, the floating engines of the
St. Katharine's and London Dock, and those belonging to
her Majesty's dockyards at Deptford. Mr. Braidwood, the
superintendent, killed by the falling of the warehouse in the
Depot Wharf.
Ditto, Messrs. Scovell and Co.—Shed communicating
with Cotton's Wharf destroyed. Insurance unknown.
" Ditto, A to Q warehouses, all four floors high, contain-
ing colonial produce—Destroyed by single iron doors left
open. Insurance not known.
No. 23, Tooley-street—Mr. Doyle (private)—Upper front
of house used as dwellings destroyed. Insurance unknown.
No. 24—Messrs. Cowderoy, cheesefactlrs—Ground floor
used as offices, and two floors of Q warehouses destroyed.
Insurance not known.

Hays-lane—B. P. Vickers, cider merchant—Contents
insured in the Queen Fire-office. Stock on ground floor
damaged by fire, and some windows burnt out. Insurance
not known.

No. 26, Tooley-street—Mrs. C. Shaw, stationer—Con-
tents insured in the Phcenix Fire-office. Back front damaged
by fire, and contents by water.
Ditto, Ditto—H. Perkins, auct:oneer—Contents insured
in the Atlas Fire-office. Ground floor used as offices. Seri-
ously damaged by water.
No. 42 Ditto—Mr. G. D. Legge, tobacconist—Stock in
shop severely damaged by water. Insurance unknown.
No. 43 Ditto—Mr. M. A. Smith, licensed victualler—
Contents insured in the Liverpool and London office. Con-
tents seriously damaged by water and removal, and back
front scorched.

No. 44—Mr. Pcake, auctioneer—lnsurance unknown.
Shop and contents greatly damaged by water, and rest of
house by removal of the furniture, &c.
Ditto—J.Hicks, private—Contents insured in the Phoenix
Fire-office. Shop severely damaged by water, and rest of
house and contents by removal.
No. 45—1. Rose, jeweller—lnsured in the Phoenix Fire-
office. Great damage to premises by fire and water.
No. 46—G. Langley, ironmonger—Contents and build-
ing insured in the Union Fire-office,. Contents broken and
damaged by removal.
No. 47—Mrs. G. 11. Wright, watchmaker. Contents
and building, Leeds and Yorkshiro. Similar damage to the
last named.

No. 48—T. Walker, chemist. Contents and buildings
insured in the Guardian office. Same damage.
Hay's Wharf, Counter-street—Mr. Alderman Hum-
phery, wharfinger.—lnsured in all the London and pro-
vincial fire offices. C warehouses, west wing damaged by
fire and water; the second, third, and fourth floors, F
warehouses, let out in floors, five stories high, destroyed.
G, 11, and I warehouses, five floors high, communicating
by iron doors, supposed to be fire-proof, destroyed.
A barque from New York, a screw steamer, and another
barque, damaged greatly by fire; insurance unknown.
St. Olave's Church—Buildings and fittings insured in the
Pheenix Fire-office ; vestry rooms greatly damaged by
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water.

Chamberlain's Wharf, Tooley-street—Mr. P.Tayl or, ham
factor.—lnsurance unknown. Building, of two floors, all
but destroyed ; insurance unknown.
Tooley-street—Messrs. —, pipe-clay merchants—
Buildings and contents of two warehouses entirely de-
stroyed. Insurance not known at present.
Chamberlain's Wharf—Mr. J. Barber, wharfinger—
Buildings and contents of two warehouses, four floors high,
destroyed. Insurance unknown.

Tooley-street—L:Selley, potato salesman, &c.—Similar
damage. Insurance unknown at present.
Ditto—J. May, potato merchant—Premises destroyed.
Insurance unknown.

Ditto— J. Bumstead, soda-water merchant—Similar
damage. Insurance not known,

Ditto—Mr. T. Dodd, potato salesman—Four floors burnt
out and contents destroyed. Insurance unknown.

Ditto—S. Smith, glass merchant—Similar damage. In-
surance unknown at present.
Ditto—J. Denny, glass merchant—Premises destroyed.

Ditto—Mr. Elmonhouse, blacklead merchant—Build.
ing-s and contents of two warehouses, four floors high, de-
stroyed.

Ditto—No. B—Mr. R. Modridge, licensed victualler—
Contents insured in the Phcenix Fire-office ; building un-
known ; back fronts scorched, and contents damaged by
fire, water, and removal.
Ditto, No. 15—Mr. W. Lalor, eating-house keeper—
Contents not insured ; building in the Sun Fire •office ; back
front damaged by fire, and contents by water.
Ditto, No. IG—Mr. Crawford, confc:ctioner—Contents
and buildings not known, at present, if insured. Buildings
and contents severely damaged by fire and water.

Ditto, No. 17—Messrs. Van Henry and Co, ship chand-
lers—Contents and briildings insured in the Sun Fire-
office. Back warchou;cs of two floors all but destroyed,
roof burnt off, and contents in shop severely damaged by
water.

Ditto, No. 18—Mesrs. I. Horn and Co, potato salesmen
—Side, front of warebouses, and roof considerably damaged
by fire, and contents by water.
Ditto, No. IS—Mr. J. Richardson, licensed victualler—
Contents and build* insured in the Liverpool and London
Fire-office. Back of premises and contents damaged by
fire and water.

Ditto No. 19—M'. Corner, solicitor—Contents insured
in the Phoenix Fin-office. Back rooms on third floor
severely damaged ty fire, and the lower part of house by
water, _ _

Ditto, C. Hall, cptieian—Shop damaged by water and
skylight broken.
Ditto, No. 20—Vorkshops on the third floor burnt off
and the roof off.

At 1 o'clock this morning continuous " blows" of
saltpetre kept going off, and there being no less
than 15,000 casks of tallow it was irnpoible to
conjecture how far the fire might extend, especially
as the vaults running under the street as fax as the
London-bridge railway were filled with those com-
bustible articles.
Not the least trace of the body of Mr. Braidwood
or the other persons supposed to have perished had
been found up to 1 o'clock this morning.

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