The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-02 00:00:00

WILLIAM PITT,

WHOLESALE PAPER-DEALER AND STATIONER,
No. 2, STRAND-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
HAVING received the Appointment of AGENT for
the SALE of WALKDEN'S INK and INK POWDERS,
Manufactured by COOPER and PHILLIPS, (late Walkden,
Darby, and Terry, No. 53, Shoe-lane, London begs to acquaint
the Trade in general, that they can b pied with every de-
scription, in large or small quant ,on the same terms as
from the Manufactory in Lond .
W. PITT embraces the sent opportunity to thank his
Friends and the Public f e very liberal support he has re-
ceived since his comm cement in business, and begs to assure
them that it is his utmost ambition to merit the confidence of
all who may be pleased to honour him with their patronage.
N.B.—Merchants' and Shipping Orders particularly attended
to. and the full amount of Excise Drawback allowed on all Pa-
pers and Stationery for Exportation.
Account Books Ruled and Bound to any Pattern, and on the
most approved principle.

GREAT FIRE
IN MARKET-STREET, MANCHESTER ;

ENTIRELY CONSUMING A LARGE SQUARE OF WARE-
HOUSES, OFFICES, AND SHOPS.
IN the last great Fire in George-street, Manchester,
nine large Houses had their Books burned in Iron Safes,
Closets with Iron Doors, Wrought Iron Fireproof (?) Safes,
&c. &c. &c. ; and again on the above recent occasion, a great
number of parties have suffered the same Calamity_ Th. anly
Safe which brought its contents uninjured out of the burning
mass being the one alluded to below.
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" Manchester, August 13th,1847 .
" GENTLEMEN In the late Fire Market-street, which
entirely gutted the entire block of b • dings of which my Ware-
house formed part, I have sinc e pleasure in informing you
that my books, together wit a quantity of valuable papers,
watches, &c., were preser uninjured in one of your Fire-
resisting Safes, which I s ngly recommend to the public.
"I am your o Tent servant,
"TH AS HAIGH, Woollen Merchant, '
" New Brown-street and Market-street.
" Messrs. Miln and Son."
The outside of this Safe was partially melted: the contents
inside unsinged, being:steamed (boiled instead of burned) by
the evaporating principle of the Safe. Near to it a large
Wrought Iron Fireproof (?) chambered Safe, full of valuable
Books and Documents before the Fire, was found to contain
nothing but tinder and ashes after it !
In tne numerous accidental Fires and experimental tests
which Milners' Safes have been exposed to—every description
of Safe in use—Fireproof (so called) or otherwise have been
burnt out beside them, confirming the recommendation of the
scientific and practical authorities who have tested them, and
the Patentees during seven years' active working of their
patent, on a rapidly extending scale, have spared no pains nor
cost in effecting improvements, by 'which they are enabled to
pledge themselves at all times to supply the most complete and
secure depositories for Books, Documents, and Valuables ; in-
cluding the strongest Wrought-iron Safes, Closets, and Doors
in the World. lined with their uneaualled Fire-resisting Cham-
bers. Out of upwards of 20.000 of their Sates in use amongst
the Manufacturing and Commercial Houses of Great Britain—
the class best able to appreciate their value—numerous cases of
exposure to accidental fire have occurred, from which Thomas
Milner and Son select the following as instances, in which they
are of opinion that no other Safe than their own would have
preserved its contents unburnt.
Fire at Mr. J. Blackaller's Ship and Chandlery Store, Spar-
ling-street, Liverpool; a strong and fierc Fire; Safe most
severely burnt outside • contents unsinged.
I've at Messrs. J. and W. Walkers', the extensive builders,
Birkenhead buildings entirely gutted, everything burnt in
them, including the contents of large Iron Safe and drawees,
standing besides Milners'; the contents of Milners' uninjured,
and in use now.
Fire at Messrs. Garniss and Co.'s, Park-lane; a very strong
fire; again the contents of Milners' Safe the only thing saved
on the premises.
Fire at Plimsaul Brothers', of Plymouth; a very extensive
and destructive fire; a large Iron Safe covered with brickwork
with double Iron doors burnt out; Milners' entirely preserving
its contents. _

Fire in Queen-street, Glasgow ; a great number of Safes and
Closets burnt out; no books saved throughout the buildings
excepting Messrs. S. R. and Thomas Browns', in. Milners
Safe. _ _ _

Milners' Fire-resisting Safes, Chests, and Boxes, suitable for
all classes of Buildings, impregnable Locks au& Cash Boxes,
at the Works, 50A, Lord-street and Cable-steeet,, MIL Show-,
00111 x 15, South John-street, Liverpool.