The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-15 00:00:00

SHALDERS' PATENT PUMP.

At a Vestry Meeting held at St. Michael's at Plea, Nor-
April 23th, 1842, the Parishioners unanimously con-
ttalated Mr. Shalders upon having„ last May, fitted the
4ti`h up with an efficient, permanent, economical, and in-
;,lrialde Pump (60 feet in length). It was rightly remarked,
trilflat although the water delivered by the former Pump was corn-
-I:'l,Y cloudy, that delivered by the present one has been uni-
-411 clear, and raised with half the labour.
(Signed) GEORGE IVES,
WM. WOODROW,
H. J. STEEL,
Churchwardens in 1841, 1842.
Norwich, Saturday, May 23, 1842.

thnUTCHER ard SON beg to return their most grateful
otnks to those friends and neighbours who so kindly and
;°lllptly rendered them their assistance to extinguish the Fire
"Iltheir Premises on Wednesday last.
And they likewise take this oppo-tunity particularly to re-
wl4lzend Mr. Shalders' Portable Fountain Engine, which was
441 so efficient in preserving their premises from total de-
Itruation.
Qtleen•street, May 26.

AIARKS OF THE EDITOR OF THE " NORFOLK
CHRONICLE," ON VIEWING THE PREMISES
AFTER THE FIRE:—
About half-past one o'clock on Wednesday morniog the
rcpremises of Mr. Butcher, grocer, Bank-plain, were discovered
k Ile On fire by the night watch, who gave he alarm and called
cis; Butcher up. It was at first difficult to discover in the
tfirK what part of the premises was on fire. Mr. Butcher
I,„t'ught that it originated at his neighbour's house, hut going
},P to the top of his premises he perceived where it was ; when
time down aopened the door of his store-room over th
t'llek part of his hop, so the fire and smoke burst forth violently
Y
he could scarcely stand on his feet. It appears that the
ire had originated in this store-room directly over a paper loft,
INutit how, itis impossible to tell. Mr. Shalders, from over the
immediate
Butcher his house being sav ed • and per-
the whole street. for there being a good deal of gun-
'w(lerr on the premises, had this ignited the consequences
t:on 41 have been awful. Notwithstanding the natural ar,ita-
occasioned by the near prospect of danger from fire, "Mr.
,t,,titeber himself removed the gunpowder from the premises,
Cr 4 illost of the goods from the warehouss. and shop were
c,?ue.lit out and deposited for safety in St. Michael's at Plea
,!ir eh. The engine from the Guildhall was on the spot
I%,;""hin a few minutes of the first alarm being given., but it
th-s impossible to bring this into play for some time, as
tre Water was not turnedr. on ; but in th
and
meanwhile
P. Shalders' engines (M S. working one d his brother
te other) were supplied with buckets full of water from
sv', Pump near at hand. Mr. M. Yarington and his men acted
A:t q much enr and promptitude. Mr. Steel, Mr. Plummer,
Shalders,e an gy
d others of Mr. Butcher's neighbours, were
ost zealous in their services. In about an hour and a half all
anger was removed. Mr. Butcher is, we understand, insured
the Norwich Equitable Office.
s the delay which appears to have occurred in furnishing the
t'
sones with water on the above alarming occasion, impera-
tivt'ly demands the immediate attention of the proper authori-
4, s• If the New Mills Company's works are the main public
I„ltl'ee of supply, some arrangements should be made for the
sure and seedy turning on the water into the pipes ; or
e v
arywill sooner or later rue the consequences. j

Itv
THE EDITOR OF THE " NORWICH MERCURY."
Oq Wednesday morning, about half-past one o'clock, a fire
discovered in the house of Mr. Butcher, grocer, Bank-
k„4l4, 143, the watchman on duty. Mr. B. immediately rose,
a''' after examining his premises found it had taken place in a
.Ite-roont situated over the warehouse. On the alarm being
tven• Mr. Shalders attended with his patent fountain engines,
tt after great exertions the fire was extinguished before any
Zlriaus consequences had taken place. There is not the
ghtest doubt that this fire would have been attended with a
:raut loss had it not been for the fountain pump, and it was
at•trely by that and the exertions of Mr. Shalders that the fire
b so promptly extinguished, it being an hour and ten minutes
fore the engines could be got into play ; and at the time the
" 'ass discovered the whole store-room was in flames, for on
he smoke and flames. but fortunately received no injury.

Div%
wiIERTIES SAVED BY THE PORTABLE FIRE

ENGINE.
bwellit”t. House on Elm-hill, the roof on fire, but soon
`lrpluished by the Portable Engine.
i'lr• Horton Dyery, twice on fire, the second time, the pre-
:‘,ll, with 10 000/. worth of consigned pliverty, must allhave
Zgett a sacrifice, had not the Portable E-tgine, after a long
i:ftbat, got the fire under, which was completely effected just
before the first common engine made its appearance.
,%„"2,",*sis. Dixon's Foundry, the roof on file • these premises
boon have been destroyed, but for the new property
protector.
"Mr• NNatts' Foundry on fire, and saved by the new fire de-
kemrtor.
ilr• Plummer's Ironmongery warehouse, slightly oil fire,
La
In got under by Portable Engine ; and
tables, &c., Waggon and Horse-lane. The Superintend-
"t on duty that night considers this fire had a most alarming
21)Pearance, as different extensive premises adjoining, being of
n"rY combustible character, must all have very soon been in
psztactiheaAtrteotEtnhgeinfiere been i xtmedis.tely arrested by Shalders's