The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-08-07 00:00:00

DREADFUL FIRESIN LONDON.

A very dreadfulfire, which created' great alarm in tke neigh-.
bompood of Charter House-square and Aldersgate-street, oc-
curred on Monday, morning, between two and three o'clock.
At that time the watchman perceiving a great light-in oue of
the bed-rooms of the house of the Rev. C, W. Goode, 31, in
Charter- House-square, gave an alarm, and on entering the
house he found the bed furniture of one of the rooms, occupied
by a lady and gentleman, on fire. The lady and gentleman
had lately returned from abroad, and Mr. Goode, at the,request
of a neighbour, had accommodated them with apartments in his
glipuke until his lady and family returned from the country. The
Watchman wrapped a blankk around the lady and, conveyed.
her :to another house in the. square. The fire spread very
.rapidly, and before any ftirther assistance could, be obtained
'the apartment was in one flame. Mr. Geode and his two female
servants, ,the only API:, .Vrsons_in _the house, gere,
alarmed, irnd at that tittle the -fire- halt taken suer hold of the
'premises that they could with difficulty reach the street, with no
other covering t han their night dresses. Mr. Goode, who:is
very !lame, had his hand severely burned in attempting to
escape. The house was in a very tew minutes on tire true, top
to button, and we regret to state to state one article of Mr.
GrOode's property was preserved.
• The flames, impelled by a strong easterly wind, commun.
cated to a timber-yard and cabinet inanufaciory at the back,
belolving
to Mr. Smith, and at the same time set.fire to the
house of Mrs. Currie, N0..30, in Charter- fkouse-square. Mrs.
Currie, who is the widow of a clergyman, Was from home at the

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- and had. left. her house in the care of her son_and her
servapts. ThesepersonS with greatdifliculty saved theniselves,
.and sought shelter in the houses of the neighbours,by,whom
they were kindly received. „The. whole of this houso.'was en-
' tirely, destroyed, together with its handsome furniture. The
nest itouse•.whieh .took fire. was that of 'Mr: Grayitle, a watch
.and clock marrufactti rer, 29, Chatter • House-square, part of
which was entirely destroyed, -and the: remaining-portion, was
inaterially•injured by the quantity cif watee-thrown.into
*which has greatly damaged the articles used in Mr. Graville's
busirkss. The house of Mr. Watson, surgeon,. next to Mr.
WaS slightly ignited on the roof.
• • While the work ok destruction %vas going on;in these premises,
the tire:spread its ravages to the premises at the back of Mr.
Goodeis house: The timber-yard and workshops fur the mane-
rectum of cabinet-work were very soon 'in flames, throwing a
,brilliaaW light over the clouds, which- was' seen many miles
round. Mr-Smith's shops contained a • great deal of valuable
-furniture, birth prepared arid in a state of manufacture, not a
vestige of Which-Was saved.- There were two iron chests on 'the
-premises which contained some books and valuable papers;
but these chests- having- become red hot, and' not being proof
-against the action• of tire, destroyed their contents instead of
preserving them.from the !tarries.' The timber in the yard was,
as. we'll as the work-shops, entirely consulted'. There were a
greattmany small courts at the back of'Mr. SiMth's premises,
principally occupied by poor persons, and it is to be regretted
that five trillion- humble dwellings were' burned, causing a very
severe loss".to toe poor persons who occupied. therri.
• The houses in Charter House:.square, which haVe been men-
tioned as having taken fire, were situated en the left ;rf
Goode's house. On the right, and at the 'corner Of Charter
House-street, stands the house and nilice of" MeSsrs. Robinson,

-Hine, and Robinson, solicitors.' This house, projecting more
into.ithe street than •of Mr. Goode's, took fire only at the back
part, but very serious damage was done to the whole of the pre•
during the •progress• of: the -fire: From this house the
flames communicated to the premises, cousistingbf two large
houSes, belonging to Mr. Macgregor, the extensive jeweller, in
Charter -flume-street, and front thence to the house of kr.
Solomons, furrier, adjoining. Thus were eight hirge houses on
tile at one time, together with the extensive workshops and
timber-yard at the back, and five small houses.
• Mr. Macgregor and his family were at Margate when the
fire •happened, and it was stated that there were several thousand
pounds' worth of property on the premises; 'but- that it was
saved through the means of Mr. Macgregor% foreman, who
conveyed it to places of safety.
Mr. Goode's lady, and her two children, ware fortunately.in
the country at the time, and from whence Mr: Goode returned
only on Saturday night to perform duty the next day •at'St:
Antholin's Church, of which he is the Minister. Mr. Goode-
has a small insurance upon his property, but not by any Means
sufficient to cover the amount of his loss. 'Mr. Smith, 4-w..1.4
stated, would sustaitl'a very SMous Fins, htittbe other property,
except that Or the poor personsin the court, is, we understand,
cnvered by insurance.
From the inquiries that hayd beerrm-ade into the chose orthe
fire it appears to have originated in-the bedionin of the Lady
and Gentleman in Mr. Goode's house,' and'from the statement
of the Lady herself it seems that, suspecting snare insect was
crawling on her neck, she in a great fright-totik up a lighted
candle Which stood by the bed side, to' honk for it, and set fire to
the curtains.

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A great crowd of, persons, and among them no doubt a great
Many thieves,
,who visit-sires for the purpisse of, committing'
robberies, hastened to the shut, but on' this occasion thil were
greatly disappointed. The gateS.of the square were closed at
eleven o'clock at night, and they were kept
,e.losectduring the
night and the whole' vesterekty, ne One tieing alloWed to enter
but the firemen, the paice,-and those having busine.ss to tran-
sact. 'lbis had, a veiy good effect' iri preventing' the crowd
pressing upbn the firemen when at wo, k at the engines.
In the course of the Morning the trout wall Of Mr; Goode's
house fell with a tremendous crash; hringitig with it a pOrtion of
the frOut wall of Mrs. Currie's house. Several other walls re-
main in a very dungetoui situation.. No lives were loit:
• A NO'hillt ALARMING FIRE.

Tuesday night about ten o'clock a. fire was discovered in a
hay-loft belonging to Mr. Hein, coach painter, Great Rupert-
street, Haymarket. The premises contiguous consisted mostly
of coach-houses and stabies, which were let nut to different
tenants, and in which horses and cows were placed. As the
materials which composed the buildings were chiefly of wood,
in a very short Limo the whole hecaMe involved in ti,mes, and
which quickly communicatedto the houses in Rupert-street and
Archer-street. Several engines speedily arrived after the first
appearance of the tjre, when, by the activity of the firemen an t
the abundant supply of water, about twelve o'clock the flames
were pearly subdued. Braithwaite's steam-engine attended,
and contributed greatly towards arresting the progress of the
flames. • A large body of pike, under Mr. Superintendent
Baker, awl a company of the Foot Guards, kept off the crowd.
Flow the tire originated is not known, though it is stated to
have taken place from the spark of a candle falling in a !owl of
hay which was placed in the loft that day. The Plough public-
house, No. 39, Rupeit-street, is entirely gutted; and Nos. 37,
38, and V, in the same street, are much damaged; besides
several houses in Archer-street. Two valuable horses belong-
ing► to Messrs. Barclay and Hanks are said to have been de-
strayed, besides other horses and cows. Several horses, by
the great exertions of the neighbours, were saved from the de-
vouring element.

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