Star.
London, England, 1807-10-26 00:00:00

FLEETSTREFT.

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Yellerday morning, between the hours of one and
two o'clock, a fire brokt out, on the premifes of Mr.
Henry Mogtetidige,, a flinemtker, Nu, tot, nest door
to the old ea abliSied &sloop hoofei and next but one to
Mr. Waithman's, the corner of B idge Itreet, Black-
friars. The flames were firth ohferved boraing with
great fury from the lower part of the houle, and Coon
got In great a head, that the Saloop-houfe was almoft
Wien'', involved in the flames. Stich was the ra•
pidity of the devouring element, that every thing in
Mr. Moggeridge's. house were reduced to antes, as
well as what was contained in the upper rooms of the
Saloop•houre, and nothing but bare walls appear-
ed. The !times now extended backwa.ds towards
Bride's•court. The watchoufes of Mr Well, the
leather.feller, in Bride-lane, were on fire, and re-
ceived tome damage, the flames deft toying a quantity
of leather that lay up (lairs ; however, by the timely
arrival of a !peat number of engines, his premifes
were raved. About three o'clock the back premifes
of the Hand in Hand Fire infurance Office, in
Bridge.flrer, caught fire, and for a confiderable
time threatened the delltuftion of their extensive
offices ; fortunately, however, from the great qnan-
thy of water thrown over the adj •ining pile of build.
ings on the fire office, it was, though with difficulty,
Paved. The rear of the Company's hoof: has Cur-
tained much damage and many of the apartments
are rendered uninhabitable. The premifes of Marrs.
Waithman and Co. at the corner of Bridge"and
Fleet-Areas, though encompaffed with fire on the
right by the C .mpany's houfe, and uh the left by the
Saloop houfe, escaped the flames. They received
confiderable damage in their property, from the
quantity of water thrown into the honk to Cave it
from the conflagration. The houfe of Mr. Braffiridge
the filverfmith, was adjoining that of Mr. Mogge.
ridge, and received confiderable damage. The fecond
floor is much burnt, and the roof is nearly defiroyed.
His valuable flop, in front, is raved, all) the fidt
floor. The flames alto extended to the Crown and
Sugar Loaf public hopfe, and unroofed a part of it:
the damage done this houfe is, however, apparently
trifling ; happily no lives were loft. Much pains have
been employed to find out the trite caufe of the origin
of this fire, but as yet without effeB ; yet, as far as
conjeCture ferves to fatisfy, there is every rearm to
believe that it was purely accidental. In the huufe
of Mr. Moggeridge, two Mifs Bridges, milliners, had
apartments, who were up when the fire broke out,
but they cannot fay that any of their light goods, to
their knowledge, by any accident caught fife. There
tires alto a fire left in Mr. Moggeridge's kitchen, in
charge of a female fervent, to iron and air clothes
by, who was alto up when the fire broke out ; yet it
cannot be clearly afcertained whether the flames fiat
broke out in the kitchen, as the fervent was in an°.
ther part of the houfe when it happened, and it raged
with such rapidity that the never could again reach
the lower part of the houfe, but inftantly ran to alarm
the familyt fuch of them as were in bed had jutt
time to escape over the roofs of the adjoining houfes.
Mr. Moggeridge himfelf was teen naked on the roof
of his houfe, and once made ap attempt to reach a
room where he had a confidcrable quantity of money,
but was forced back by the flames, and would not
have been able to ace his retreat, had not a fireman
' fortunately got over the adjoining buildings to his
affiffance.—Sbortly after tke dilcovery of the are,
I the neighbourhood prefared a must aflliaing scene ;
the houfeholders, their lodgers and servants, all male
and female, running naked up to the roofs of their
houfes, where they got out of the garret windows,
as the fire raged with In much violence below that
no one dared to venture going out that way. With-
out a fltoe on, or any article of chefs, hey crept
over the roofs of the houfes until Come friendly
neighbours in Bride lane opened their garret windows
and let them in. After that they ran for Come mi-
nutes in the molt diftrafted (late about the fireets,
not immediately thinking of what place they floutd
turn to for filcher. The Wicks of the Women, and
cries of the children, roofed out of their beds, and
shivering with cold, was truly dreadful ; and it is
apprehended that, notwithaanding the benevolent
exertions of the surrounding neighbours, who did
every thing that humanity could fuggell to alleviate
the diflrefs of the (offerers, there mull be Come whole
lives are in danger from the effeek of fright and the
sudden cold to which they were expofed. A filter
of Mr. Moggeridge is very ill at a friend's houfe in
Fleet market. The fervent girls at Read's and Mog.
geridge's areextremely to be pitied : betides the flock
of the fright' and the feverity of the cold which they
fuffained, they have to lament that their boxes, con-
taining fame trifling sums of money which they had
Paved from their !mall earnings, and all their wear-
ing apparel, have been 1 )11 in the general havoc of
the flames. The whole of the premifes are infured.

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