The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-01 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Guildhall Hotel, City, Aug. 30, 1845.
SIR,—You have reported very incorrectly the fire that
occurred on my premises on Thursday last. There was
no burning of bond timber or wood of any description,
and the heat was entirely confined to one room, it having
been caused by a lodgment of soot in an old flue which
had not been used for many years. By correcting the
mistake in your next number you will oblige,
Your most obedient servant,
JAMES WALTERS.

RAVAGES OF THE SEA AT CROMER.—In spite of all
that has been said and done to prevent the inroads of the ocean
on this healthy watering-place, we regret to say that it con-
tinues to make so much way that there is now very little doubt
that, unless something be speedily done of a more substantial
nature, the whole of this delightful village on the cliff will be
swallowed up in the ocean. It is little more than half a year
since we recorded some very important shoots that then took
place, which, though they were denied at the time, were but too
true. Those shoots and the force of the tides washed away the
entire jetty, with large portions of the cliff, and in part under-
mined some cottages on the Sherringham side of the town
We regret to add, that on Wednesday night last, by the
power of the laud springs and of the high tides (the moon being
at the full on Sunday), other portions of the cliff fell, and
several of these cottages, belonging to a Mr. Rust, toppled into
the vortex below. The cottages had been unoccupied since the
farmer shoot took place, and were about to be pulled down ;
indeed the men employed to do so had only a few minutes before
they fell left the premises. A wall, recently built by Mr. Step_
pings, the proprietor of the Hotel de Paris, was also washed
away, and has left that part of the town unprotected. We
know not what degree of fear may be felt by the inhabitants,
but when we reflect on the large shoot that took place on the
15th January, 1825, when twelve acres of cliff were en.
gulphed in the ocean, we own that we feel some alarm for the
safety of the town. The proposed protection walls, with tun-
nels behind to carry off the land-springs, would in ail proba. ,
bility have secured the town, but after spending 1.2001 for an
Act of Parliament, there is scarcely a chance of the money ne-
cessary to effect these projects being raised. It is quite out of
the power of the inhabitants to do it, and without the assis-
tance of the benevolent they must commit themselves, their
land, their houses, and their handsome church, to the chapter
of accidents ; and in that case Cromer will assuredly follow the
fate of Shipden.—Bury Post.

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