Star.
London, England, 1802-09-18 00:00:00

Mute.

We mentioned yenerday the dreadful calamity
that hat befallen the qty of Liverpool, the influ-
ence of which will be more 'or lets felt by every
commercial town in the kingdom, and which for-
cibly points out the neeeffity of adopting fome
means for fecuring
.buildings, and particularly
thofe deftined to receive the valuable produaions
of our Colonies and National Induary, which mull
often be accumulated and kept till a market offers,
or opportunities for 'clifperfing them. We hope
this unexampled conflagration will have the ace
to make fomething of this kind be ferioufly en-
tered upon, and that it is not yet to late to apply
fuch ayreventative as we fuggeft to the ware-
houfes at the New Docks.
We fubjoin fome farther particulars refpeaing
the melancholy event

LITHAPOOLI itPTEIIIIIII 16.
On Tuefday laft this town was vilited by a ca-
lamity as fingrilarly awful in its appearance as it
was difaflrous and deftruttive in its efftEts.—About
ten o'clock in the evening fmoke was obferved
to Mee from a room in the warehoufe belonging
to THOMAS FRANCS, Efq. at Goree, whole (pact-
-Dos and lofty front has long attrated the admira-
tion of ftrangers, and which, if equalled, was not
tumefied in magnitude by any fimilar flmanre in
the kingdom. The alarm of fire was rapidly
fpread through the- town, and an immenfe crowd
were loon al(embled, where the danger had been
firft difcovered. For a time appearances teemed
to )(laity a hope that the tremendous mifchief
which had been announced and apprehended
might be fubdued without much effort—but no
fooner were the doors wad windows of the build-
ing forced, than the flames, which had been
(mothered, burg out with horrid fury, extending
their ravages in every clireilion, with equal rapt-
di!), and violence. In a few hours this itnmenfe
pile, together with that large and commodious
range of warehoufes, which was eredted in front,
at the diftance of 16 yards, as well as that which
extends from it, in aline, to Water-fireet, was a
heap of ruins, and a great proportion of all that
rich and various produce, with which every apart-
, ment of thefe buildings had been ftored and crowd-
' la, was confumed. The mildnefs of the evening,
and the tide, accompanied with light and variable
breezes, being fortunately at flood, gave an op-
portunity to remove the (hipping beyond the reach
of the flames, and fo prevented the devallation
which was fpreading on the !Bore, from being ag-
travated by a fcene of confufion and ruin, which
the imagination even &udders to contemplate.
iIiIIOTHER ACCOUNT, DATLD SEPT* Ile A tre-
asendous fire broke out on Tuefday night at this
place, which contained the whole of the beautiful
and extenfive warehoufes fronting Saint George's
Dock, justly the pride of Liverpool's enterprifing
inhabitants, and the admiration of all ftrangers.—
It is not known how this dreadful calamity origi-
nated ; but about ten o'clock &lobe was obferved
to iffue from the centre of Francis's Buildings ;
the fire bell was Mandy rung, the drums beat to
arms, the whole of the military turned out, and
every exertion that chive attention could furnish
was rendered. The remains of the Northumber-
land Fencibles were particularly aaive, command-
ed by their Adjutant.
66 Abaft one the flames bur& forth with tremen-
dous fury, and continued-raging and threatening
deftruaion to all around till fix o'clock 'in the
morning, when they were got fomewhat under.—.
The fury with which the conflagration raged, its
effeas will be& demonfirate, for all thole beautiful
and extenflve buildings reaching from Water-lane
to Brunfwiek-greet, with the correfpondingflore-
houtes called Francis, were, at fix
o'clock in the
'Deming, one prodigious heap of rains l I am juft
returned (twelve o'clock) from vifiting the ruins,
and cannot defcribe to you bow awfully grand
they appear—the walls which bounded thefe pro-
digious buildings being from to to 14 narks high,
Rand petfea but unfupported ; the front has given
way, except Tome large (lone arches which formed
its balls—thefe, as the buildings have fallen, are
mutilated, and aprear above the heaps of the rub-
Wit a perfea pianre.
66 George's Dock is 'one fcene of confufion—
bales of cotton, puncheons of rum, of fugar, bags
of corn, Sec. lying in promifcuous heaps; every
face bears evident marks of forrow or of fympa.
thy. The anal damage cannot be lets than n
million of money.
u The (hipping (for the dock was full clofe to
the (pot), were, from its fortunately being florid-
tide, removed and preferved, but every attention
was neceffary, fuch as *et fails placed before the
rigging, Ike. It may be confidered a fortunate
circumaance that the Areets of this populous
town were laid with water-pipes, and the attention
paid by the Proprictois of the Bootle. Springs to-
wards furnifhing a fufficient quantity of water, in
a great meafure checked the progrefs of the flames.
It is to be regretted the immenfe refeivoir cont.
pleting by this Company was not-411;0*d, as it is
calculated to'contain near 4000 tun); of water, at
an height commanding the utmoft acclivities and
buildings of the town.
A NOTHIti AccouNT•••••••44 A dreadful cataltrophe
has taken place here, which has obfirueed all
kind of bufinefs to-day. That noble pile, called
Francis' Warehoufe, on Goree, of 13 ftories
high, and feveril contiguous warehoufes, are, with
all their contents of Weft India produce and grain
completely deftroyed. They were full; antialof;
has occurred to the town of a million of money in
valve, about two-thirds of which amount is fup-
pofed to be infured. The accident was oecafioned
by the falling of a fnuff of candle among fhavings
in a porter vault.
44 The fire brae out at midnight, and raged un-
til noon this day."
On the agth ult. a fire was difcovered in the out-
premifes of Mr. THOMAS MOHR'S, at Dean-Farm,
sear Croydon, which raged with fuch fury, that
in a (hart time a large quantity of wheat, hay,
fawn' boon!, and a great number of valuable
implements, were totally confumed. It
fed to have been wilfully let on fire by
who had been reaping for Kr.

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MORRIS, and whom he had difcharpci tor impro-
per condo& Three of theni,hasee been-ap
prehended and committed to gaol.
On Thurfday night a fitb broid out in the
Rabies of Belmont Houfe,Vanxhall, which totally
deftroyed them, together with the other offices.—
By great exertions the fire was prevented from
communicating to the dwelling-honfe. All the
horfes were preferved except one, which was burnt
to death. -

Sunday night a fire happened at Mr. NEWELD'S,
furgeon, of Chelmsford, occafioned by the fringe
of the bed-curtains accidentally catching fire,
which immediately hurtling into a flame, dearoyed
the bed hangings, bedding, and part of the fur-
niture of the room ; and had it not been for timely
affiliance, the confequences would, no doubt,
have been dreadful, as the flames were rapidly
communicating to the main beam. An infant
was afleep in the bed, which was providentially
removed.