The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-18 00:00:00

iisurante gmires'.

yORKSIIIRE FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY.

Ertablished at York, 1824.

The DIRECTORS of this COMPANY beg to announce that
they have appointed
MR. F. L. MAWDESLE Y, Merchant,
•No. 3, COOK-F,TREET,
to succeed to the AGENCY held_ by the late Mr. Mark Rimmer.
York, April 10, 1848.

GREAT FIRE
IN MARKET-STREET, MANCHESTER ;
ENTIRELY CONSUMING A LARGE SQUARE OF WARE-

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HOUSES, OFFICES, AND SHOP—
TN the last great Fire in George-street, Manchester,
J._ nine large Houses hail their Books burned in Iron Safes,
Closets with Iron Doors, Wrought Iron Fireproof (7) Safes,
&c. &c. &c. ; and again on the above recent occasion, a great
number of parties have suffered the same calamity. The only
Safe which brought its contents uninjured out of the burning
mass being the one alluded to below.
" Manchester, August 13th, 1847.
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"GENTLEMEN,—In the lute Fire in :Market-street., which
entirely gutted the entireblock of buildings of which my Ware-
house formed part, I have sincere pleasure in informing you
that my Looks, together with a quantity of valuable papers,
watches, &c., were preserve:l uninjured in one of your Fire-
resisting Safes, which I strongly recommend to the public.
" I am your oLedient s:,rvant,
"THOMAS HAIGH, Woollen Merchant,
" New Brown-street and Market-street.
" lfcssrg. Milner and Son.',
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The outside of this Safe was partially melted: the contents
inside unsingpd, 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 the numerous accidental Fires and experimental tests
which Milners' Safes have been exposed to—every descriptie»
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 at' 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 unequalled Fire-resisting Cham-
bers. Out of upwards of 20.000 of their Safes in use amongst
the Manufacturing and Commercial Houses of Great Britain—
the class best able to appreciate their valuo—utimerons cases of
exposure to accidental fire have occurred, from which Thorngs
Milner and Sou select the following as instances, in which they
'are of opinion that no other ftre than their own l‘rp.i!;l gat
Im:served ill cf.'ntents 110.arnt.
Fire at Mr. 3. 131“Aailcr's fillip and Chandlery Store,
Liverp;ol; a strong and tierc Fire; Safe most
severely burnt outside • contents unsinged.
l‘re 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 drawers,
starding 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.
VW at l'lnr.saul Brothers', of Ilvinonth ; a ven• extensirc
and destructive fire; a large lren Safe covered witlibrickwork
with double Iron door•: 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. It. and Thomas l3rowns', in Milners
Safe.
Milners' Fire-resisting Safes, Chests, and Boxes. suitable for
411 classs Of Buildings, impregnable Locks and Cash Boxes,
at the Works, NA, Lord-street and Cable-street, and Show-
oom, 15, South John-street, Liverpool.