The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-12-23 00:00:00

instruments to,

account for the rapid progress of the fia
under the first range of workshops was composed of con-
crete, nearly two and a half feet in thickness, in order to

The flooring

render i
fnl ! hut

•to some extent proved success-
f there being two staircases, inde-

to, the flames were

drifted by the strong wind which prevailed round the
different floors- with unusual rapidity. With as little
delay as possible, the
.engine belonging to the parish
arrived and was set to work, but the water thrown on so
large a body of fire made not the least impression, and the
moment the window glass gave way the fire shot up the
- les and staircases with such violence that before a
e engine con

arrive the two upper floors presented
nne immense sheet of flame, The engines belonging to
the London establishment, to the number of eight, as
well as that of the West of England Company, arrived
almost simultaneously, when the firemen beheld a scene
of fearful grandeur, for the flames were issuing out of not
fewer than eighty-eight large windows, and rising so high
into the air that the whole of London and the suburban
districts were brilliantly illuminated until, daybreak. In
spite of every exertion of the firemen the roof at length
fell with a crash resembling the discharge of a heavy piece
of artillery, which carried the three upper floors down,
when for several minutes large flakes of blazing wood were
scattered over the neighbourhood, to the danger of the
houses around. The branches from the engines were
placed completely round the factory, which prevented the
houses numbered 23,. 24, 25, and 26, (already smoking
with the intense heat,) from sharing the same fate as the
factory. Notwithstanding that the firemen laboured to
their utmost, many hours elapsed before they could get
the fire under their command.
From information obtained from one of the firm, it ap-
finished the day previous for abroad, and due notice had ..................vivv............2,
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peared that an order to the amount of £20,000 had: been
le 's apartments in Bold-street %model,
arrived, Mr. C
been given for the attendance of vans on Friday morning, visitants—some to witness his blonde
,opli
be crowded by , CHRISTMAS
to convey the goods to the wharfs.
extent of the loss, and, if possible, bow the disaster origi- others (and these by far the most numerous), whole',
During the day the surveyors of the different insurance
the t'
themselvesdeceptions
astonish their families during the holiday
new tricks
.cipooßT !--Although Christa:o:i t
) noted. ResPecting the latter not the least idea could be whfceh Mr-C. has added to his collection, are 9.._ Liver
formed; and until the ruins are perfectly cooled it 4111 lih .11' h '
already delighted thousands i'...•‘,gai•
- to those which nave
impossible to state with accuracy the PrOcise aro.ooo, of l. We understand Mr. C. has already been r"Soubr
property_consumed. The whole of the workmen_ lima
been bereft of their tools, each man's stock being on the thafbe will Meet with equal, if na greater t"'
elst
average worth £25. attended him last wioter.--See ncirertifern
i:e
.n()t to their juvenile friends. Some of the
..ite otis:
rattend several evening parties. and we ba,l:::_.°ss Or