Star.
London, England, 1805-12-13 00:00:00

ANOTHER. ACCOUNT.

Laft night, between the hours of eight and nine
o'clock, an alarming fire broke out in the printing
oSces and warehoufes belonging to Mr. Gillet,. a
moft refpeaable printer, in Salifbury-fquare, Fleet-
ftreet—the back part of the premifes were fituated
in Hanging Sword.alley, thickly furrounded by a
great number of (mall honfes, and joined by a fort
of wooden bridge to the dwelling houfe. In a (bort
time after the fire was dircovered, the town was tie-
mendenfly illuminated to an immenfe diftance all
round ; the blaze reftelted upon the Temple build-
ings, the fteeple of St. Bride's Church and feaffold-
ing, Blackfriar's Bridge, the works at the other fide
of river, as prong and red as the Petting fun in
the middle of Comma. The (parks flew in !bowers
of the moft alarming appearance, and were carried
acrofs the River, even into Blaclefriar's road, by a
brine North Weft wind. All the lighter materials of
the bufrnefs were Peen floating in the air ; fragments
of books, paper, &e. &c. were carried off by the
ftrength of the fire to an amazing height, and threa-
tened the neighbourhood with the moft alarming
confequences—in lefs than half an hour all the up.
per parts of the printing offices were confumed, and
the roof fallen in. From the want of a fupply of
water, and the flames gathering llrength every in-
fant, a general conflagration of the neighbourhood
appeared alma inevitable, and' the premifes being
chiefly compofed of timber, increafed the alarm to a
frightful degree ; the inhabitants were teen flying in
the greateft contternation and terror, in every direc-
tion, carrying with them whatever little article of
furniture firft came to band. The confufion, in fo
thickly inhabited a part of the town was indefcribible.
Furniture, of various defcriptions, was heaped up
againft the (hops and houfes in Fleet-greet, and every
one teemed to prepare for the deftruOion of that
quarter. Fortunately, however, about the fame time
that the wind abated a little, a plentiful fupply of wa-
ter was procured, but not until the flames had com-
municated, by the wooden bridge, to the dwelling-
houfe, and, at the fame inftant, were teen to burlt
through every window in the houfe, from the top to
the bottom. In lefs than an hour and a half the
whole infide of the premifes was confumed to the
foundation, leaving only the bare walls and a few raf-
ters. Finding it unpoffible to fate Mr. Gillet's pro-
perty, the firemen's attention was direaed to the
prefervation of the adjoining houfes—and, by play
mg on them from fix or (even engines, in all direc-
tions, with a plentiful fupply of water, they nearly
accomplifked their purpofe ; but not before the Vac-
cine Inoculation Houfe, which joined Mr. Gillet's,
and fome others, were much injured. Some time
after ten o'clock the fire was very much reduced ;
and, before eleven, all apprehenfions of further dan-
ger were diflipated. The great majority of the fire
engines from all quarters of the town were colle.led
with the greateft imaginable expedition. The drum
beat to arms, and a large body of the 3d, 4th, and
sth regiments of London Volunteers, the Temple
‘7orps, add feveral others, were muttered in a few
"4. ments, under their refpeaive officers. By their
liely exertions, the firemen were enabled to 20
.4 jai effelt, and the unhappy inhabitants, who had
citoved their furniture into the greet, were protected
trom plunder. We have not been able to afcertain
from what caufe this dreadful accident originated,
but we are informed that it arofe from Come (parks
of fire coming dawn the chimney, and communicat-
ingwith tome paper in the warelloufe.

The following vettels have put into Romig ate,
ith the lots of anchors and cables, via. the Utz•t-
•s, (a collier) ; the Three Brothers, La.
London for Surinam; the lvanerva,
London for Lifbon ; the Stork, Do.
Union, Goocm, from London fur
ter with the lots of malls; alto the
from Limetick for London, with
wrs and cables.
I, Hews, tom Tobago for London,
,lf Plymouth, towards the end of hat

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The Montreal,
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