The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-16 00:00:00

FHE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

building and offices above, we heard of the follaWing losses:—.
The Lord Mayor's Court—offices eutireiy destroyed, with the
books and papers, desks, &c.
No. 12. The offices of Messrs. Broughton and Denistend,
stock-brokers, partially consumed.
No. 11. Mr. Robert Peake, English and Foreign stock-
brokers, destroyed.
No. 10. Messrs. De Hague and Holmes, brokers, gutted by
the flames.
No. 9. Messrs. Davis and Swift, stock-brokers, destroyed.
No. 8. Messrs. John Foster and Sons, brokers, nearly con-
sumed.
No. 7. Messrs. Richards, Sutton, and Sons, brokers, nearly
consumed.
No. 4. Hore's Steam-packet office to Dundee and Perth, to-
tally destroyed.
No. 3. Messrs. Jarvis, Bethell, and Sons, stationers, greatly
damaged.
No, 2. Messrs. Withers and Scores, notaries, destroyed.
No. 1. Williams and C,0., chronometer, watch and clock-
makers, destroyed.
The office of the London and Croydon Railway is greatly
damaged by the water from the engines.
CORN HIL L.
No. 96. Williams and Co., silversmiths and watchmakers,
totally consumed. We understand that some portion of the
valuable stork was removed before the tire reached the shop.
• No. 37. Messrs. Chappell and Co., news-agents and book-
sellers. The shop and its contents were consumed; the slot k
of papert and books it. the shop was partly reuibved, the remain-
der fell a prey to the flames.
No. 98. Toe shop 01 Messrs. Effiingham Wilson and Co , is
greatly damaged by tire and water. A •great portion of the stock
was removed before the flames reached the south-east angle of
• the Exchange.
No. 89. Messrs. Blythe and Co., stationers, nearly destroyed.
No. 9U. Mr. Evans, tobacconist, (as we understuud,) consi-
derably damaged.
There are several other shops and offices totally consumed,
but the occupiers are unknown at present.
'SWF.ETING'S-ALLEY.
No. 20 Mr. Wilson, bookseller, greatly damaged; the stock
by removal. and the shop by tire.
No. 21. Mr. Joseph, Wigmaker greatly damaged by fire.
No. 19. Mr. Barber. hatter and military cap-maker, partially
deer rnyrd.
No. IS. Mr. Barton, confectioner, greatly damaged.
No. 17. Messrs. Smith and Co., hatters, lids sustained great
damage.
No. 16. Messrs. Dryegan and Co., gre"atly damaged.
No. 15. Vernon and Co., notaries, considerably damaged.
No. 14. Mr. John M French, chionou►ter-maker, damaged.
No. 13. Mr. John I'awley, map cud priutseller, nearly de-
stroyed.
No.-12. Mr. Tent, shirt-maker, greatiy damaged.
All the shops above-named are rendered untenantatile.
THREA DNEEDLE-STREET. UNDER 1.1.0 Y D's ROOMS.
Carter and Co., pruitselleis, consumed.
No. 2. Mr. Hodges, totally consumed.
No. 3. Mr. , auctioneer,- entirely consumed.
No. 4. A large shop, completely burnt down.
. No. 5. Burrup and Blyght, consumed.
No. 6. Forrester and Co., notaries, destroyed with a quantity
of valuable documents.
Ni. 7. Mr. Mitherey, optician, close to the north gate, con-
sumed.
The shops, Nos. 7,8, 9, 10, and 11, in the occupation of va-
rious persons, are all burnt down. with their contents, and the
shop, No. 12, is greatly damaged by fire and water.
Considerable difficulty was experienced by our reporter in
ascertaining the losses of various individuals, and so great was
the confusion in the neighbourhood of the Exchange that he
had much trouble in making his way about the mitts, and, al-
though every effort has been made to give as correct a state.
meat as possible, there may be some inaccuracies in the above
description of the ravages of the tire in the shops under the
building. The business of the Lord Mayor's Court offices has
beet. removed to the Mansion house, and Guildhall has been
granted for the meeting of the merchants, hankers, and trailers
until the Exchange is rebuilt. The offices of the news agents
under the projecting arcades are either burnt down or so much
injured as to render them untenantable. The losses of many
small shopkeepers will be severely felt in the destruction of their
nroperty and ruin of their business. The shops and houses on
the east side of Sweeting's-alley, which were preserved from
total destruction by the fire brigade, have sustained great da-
mage by the Intel-14e heat, and the interiors flooded by the water
The goods of the tradesmen have been likewise injured by hasty
removals.
Hamilton, the engineer of the Whitecross.street station,
whose leg was broken during the fireat the House of Commons,
met with another misfortune yesterday morning. While di-
recting the branch-pipe on the Lord Mayor's Court offices a
brick fell from the top of the building, and struck him on the
face. He was severely wounded, but did not leave the spot.
When the bells came down from the tower, one of the County
men was in the act of running across the road towards his en-
gine, who stood opposite the south entrance, and he had a very
narrow escape, the brick-work and timbers of the belfry falling
into the middle of the road, within a few inches of his person.
The fire-engines are still kept- near the building, to subdue
any fresh outbreak of fire. The coolness and intrepidity fre-
quently exercised by Mr. Braidwood, the superintendant, is de-
serving of much praise. He did not leave the spot until late
yesterday evening, after more than 20 hours' incessant exer-
tion.