The Sun.
London, England, 1819-11-02 00:00:00

AFFECTING CATASTROPHE.

,
(FURTHRR PARTICULARS. j—„ est erday morn-
ing, between one and two o'clock, as a patrole
was going his rounds in Whitechapel, he saw
smoke issuing from the windows of the house of
Mr. Aaron Oram, linen-draper, opposite the Lon-
don Hospital. He sprung his rattle for assist-
ance, but hetore any one arrived the lower part nt
the house was enveloped in.flames., .The most tts-
tressing scene that can possibly be conceived now
presented itself; the family, consistiag: of Mr.
Oram, his wife, 11 children, and 3 servanss, were
shrieking for sid front the upper windows of the
house. There was no possibility of their escaping
but through, the windows, and no ladders: were
near, nor was there any communication to the
:adjoining houses, 11Ir. Orate, Mrs. o!ani, and
Jim!. son (a youth of 17 years of age), threw
themselves out a. a. two pair of stairs. window„—
'Mrs. Ofam was eanght•by the watchman„Hand re-
ceived but trifling injury; I‘,lr. 'Orem escaped
most mitneulously, without any fracture of .Isis
limbs ; the son unfortunately had his leg ,broken,
amid Sustained 0' her serious injury. As :soon as
Mr. awd Mrs: Orant recovered theinselves, they
called oat for their children in the greatest agony.
yowl). was .carried: to is neighbouring sur-
geon. By this time ladders had -htett hraught to
trio premises,- and thelwu,adjoining tropes Om-

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curried by Mrs. Russ, a milliner, .and it Mr. Lai".
ItISY, were on fire. The ladders were placed against
the house of Mr. Orani, and tile servants and 7 of
the children were taken out of the windows of the
upper stories. ‘Vticn the seventh child was
taken from the window, the flame and smoke
rushed in volumes front the upper part of the
premises, and the servaiit-man who was on the
ladder, for the purpose of assisting the three re-
maining children from the burning pile, was com-
pelled, to save his own life, to slide down the lad-
der, leaving the little unfoitunate Creatures' at the
window crying for relief, which tin human power
could rentLer them. The agonizing feelings of
the parents it is,,itirpOssilile to describe : they saw
their infanta 'stretching. forth their .little hands,
until the- furious element hid Ahern from their
view.,The mother was taken inroja neighhotil's in
a state hth:detiug on'madne3S. The father, in a
stalevf frenzy, called for, his children; but., alas 1.
the,yror children, consist in of one boy 6 years,
one-boy i ye‘trs, and a third, 9 years of age; pe-
rished in the flames. While the neichhours
were rendering assistance to Mr. and Mrs. Gram, '
a gang of thieves stole property to a considerable
amount. The engines did not airive moil the .
premises were nearly dcstroyed. Lazirus's liouse
was occupied chiefly by lodgers ; they rushed out
in a state of nudity, and were received into the
neighbours' houses, ,:nd.supplied with ccore-,rii,g.
They unfortunately did not save a tingle article
of apparel, or any other ploy:erty. The house of
Mrs. Ross was also destroyed, and no property
saved. The body of one of Mr. Oram's children
(the eldest that was Imroi), teas dug out of the
ruins yesterday morning burnt to a cinder. Tl.e
other bodies were not townd yesterday evening.