The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-10 00:00:00

FRIGHTI

ON •
about 1.. orl_bic)cfh sp 3iesil
fire burst out in the worsted raarau3et
Wilson and Son, in Hillgate, Gateshead,.
ij ~„dhig,
tts
with inconceivable rapidity, and, notwitasa
prompt attendance of the police, firemen'
with the town and military engines, the larcdjoiailior
less than an hour, was one mass of flames- 05 S.,
manufactory was a bond warehouse, in
which
a quantity of sulphur, nitre, and, it is Saldu
racted
gunpowder. So large a fire naturally att
three °-.;5:
mense number of spectators, and abou Ww3.
when the whole range of Mr. Wilsons In"! •aih4
flamesexploded,; the
radius of twenty miles, and scattered the ,•
ock
material in every direction. On the firs; which ot;
inflammable
shaking m a ttehrei a l
vvihno lte hed
13 td “..;:iti ; 01:
people were buried amid the mass of rubbisu ofthe-.0
the neighbourhood of the fire; and a comp ding
Cameronians, who had broken into a, large itack
as a Wesleyan meeting-house, in the Churethe flr,
the view of operating with their engine °llbe old Id
neath, were covered up by the ruins of the old gad"
which also fell immediately after the explesoioo ova;
gious quantity of burning material Was thrnasysie
Tyne, and scores of people upon Newcastle
thrown down, and many of them rendered.l; gefn
the shock. The mass of burning embers Nottild,
Gateshead set fire to the ships in the rive,r, sof olo;
over the quay, pitched upon the dense ranrevotle 7,0
used as offices and warehouses by the 1\ beels
chants, which, in an incredibly short Pert°l;gles
mass of flames. The scene that followed side ev
scription ; the houses and buildings on h°tll /a tile
river were one sheet of fire. The vapour fro
,ver, cop
ing sulphur came in dense masses across theri„a is, s
scores of people to fall down insensible; (OA ve
direction the affrighted inhabitants of the len;;104,r0!
bordering the Quayside, Newcastle; and hi t, dire,;eic
of Gateshead, might be seen flying in ever' fl• to
before an earthquake. Expresses were sfe.tb°,.io,;, ft1:110
Sunderland, Hexham, and other towns, ta noel'
ctf
engines and fire-brigades from there. Til. rilaritvA
engine was also brought up from Shield her
by eight o'clock all fear of the fire extendiar e,lOO
gate, in Gateshead, and the Quayside,
moved; but from time to time it broke °tit
P_ TO,
the day, without, however, materially es-tendij;*a
The steam flour-mill of Mr. John Davls°,lj siv'd
took fire shortly after noon, and was totP Yi;
Mr. Davison, who is severely injured, i 3 garCe
to recover. AA eo:j
In killed and wounded :the loss is fenr"TtlecObecolv,
mary is full of wounded people, and a elltr• the
ber of injured soldiers have been removed t° effee.s4,
at the baracks. In Gateshead especially
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peculiarly awful. About fifty soldiers fro e
tbe
were advancing with the fire engine wilevil cies 'di'
met them, killing two of the officers, viz-,
and Corporal Stephenson, and wounding tilp ,46• /
remainder. °TC,
Newcastle ; Charles Bertram, Esq..
Mr. Robert Pattinson, a member of the Isite
head, and ten other persons were killed er,e,Der•
the flying materials, and the Mayor of atisL
narrow escape, besides which there we.,,Tre,woss,t,7B
people injured who were taken to the ."'" oft•:0,-
mary. This, however, gives but a faint id be rs
catastrophe. Many people were buried need tbdo
number of which no one can tell. 11:,1 sP,!;tr
which fell smouldered and burnt like a P"',flieetP`
doubtful whether many of those who were of 01,11, ,t"4
ever be recovered. Nor is this all. Sere! locg'00e;
inhabited by the poor, in the immediaewhile,„
blown up, with the people in them, an"
them descended in the ruins which lay baßrito t'ere
it is believed that others were precipitated $ll,
The sulphurous fumes fatally interferer the &Ili°
the to ,jet
yours to save human life. Destructive ° dots fe'4
also rendered it all but impracticable in °,o' eke' dli100•L'
their assi4ance, so suffocating was the tres 1(4,,bf
those who were taken to the Infirmary, e—dect
a maniac sod
or less wounded, many of whom were atteaq od
vate practitioners. The Newastle side wrsossAil
without some loss of life —and serious Pe °Nei P',l-f.
The concussion threw scores of people °V iclA,ees
their feet, rendered many for the time giej
Ithteis faellstiinzatebdrantidlast seriously
ofinsjuooredpoz_,lAtebl:To);ol4le;
more or less injured in •
Newcastle and 00e 'lllO
explosion. Such was the loss of life and reitt,,,,e poi
greater in amount than ever occurred ''Neh,ef4o
towns, and rather rivalling in its horrors 'fps oPter
battle or the sack of a bombarded toriarlictili
fs
resulting from an ordinary fire. The ue,.„-b1 greV
perty was enormous and equally dePl°i7,,ls
head, Messrs. Wilson's premises, Mr. Sis"fory, I ate
a large building used as a vinegar mallu°cce I'W
Hugh Singers and Co., and the extean'rotis
Davison, were destroyed. Most of the 5q ,
party was strewed in ruins by the exples,',ti the r'
quent avalanche of fire. On Newcastle 'trio ofFeirl,
was even more disastrous so far as destruc'S
was concerned. The explosion had scarell'fio:l,
and the ignited materials, bricks, stones, L''';os.
other explosive ingredients fallen on the v.troplo4
the Quay, opposite the scene of the ent3sid tliso
the wail of women, the cry of children, e'kpod
men for safety from the falling raissil°s',rioln tcreel
brimstone, than it was found that fromtbem-44S
the Quay, the block of warehouses hehiaeuragrV4.,l43
Bank, and even so far off as the foot °I ecliff.i;;?'l'
where the descending fire fell, flames sPe 0407 ;
sulphurous smoke filled the atmosphere, `/' e 5
clioenifiteaxwgparl
aos
ts
iiroOeinia,llwyh
ha
doomed
oe dm:
almost justify the fear of the panic.striciii
.headewntsotufdpre:sfiry7.ll:teilleiactsofilo
ptwollowmsnim‘,, thate t
concussion, and the unexpected nature to
me
tion, rendered all parties for a time tgri- °ConniL
decisive efforts which are invaluable at —ees. all
of such an occurrence to quench the Or° soYstoclft:
will 11 ot 1,,
The loss on both sidesofthe
water
,ty ‘Of
a million sterling. Most of the PrO'N'elfe":, "40,f
trade are said to be insured in the :ve; o',
British, Sun, Norwich, Royal Exchang`'t form,' 'ea'
shire, and other offices. The loss, aPar deed his
however, will be severely felt; never in„,.t0f.,,cl
disaster occurred in either this town or Plare,:"thilf!
try. The loss of life is even a darker f°341p1),',09,
are yet missing who may lie buried in tb,etiie folpf°,
ruins, where the explosion occurred- r
file; 01,
fifty or sixty injured, a considerable niril-ge 10.40ie'
not recover; and there will be hunare—e ',AO'
injured, making up a melancholy catalog e°ooo
and suffering by this calamitous event' a 091.401
of a communication from the mayor 003'4 ilcoi
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on behalf of the is Sin
questing the aid of a government office; diretico
into the disaster, the Secretary of. State ohad we'
Ducane, of the Ordnance to be present' 111 P t
, pr. 11$00.,IPp,
the proposed investigation. lete
St. Mary's Church, Gateshead, is coniZolbot,froi,voft
the windows are all smhed in ; the
Of
Vjorrol,
churchyard are broken stand manY tl'eirtrec
tides are forced into the roofs and again- the 600,
adjoining houses. Without an exceptil' veep'
the shops in the High-street, GateshenrAlietio,
some thousands of panes of glass aref or
passing along on the railway the rods °bees I'
sent the appearance of a town that bag
a powerful army. 0^
The Guildhall in Newcastle is 1113 C b
oloP d
whole pane of glass is left in it. The," tlirt),,,`ol`
hill and Dean•street are also close", PA, 0
sustained ; and the offices of they lectr";
pany and the British Telegrap n11)59' SeAelledi
removed to the central railway statiertivv-tDe
quarters of wheat have been burnt law, eS .114
the Quayside, and a large quantity et'
A 0
also burnt. ofile
The shock of the explosion, like the' itte
was heard at Shields and Tynemoutl,,,lelS",-,,, fsry
at Sunderland, eleven miles distant. -`,l o°..„tri•
and material from one warehouse an Cow'
carried a distance of four miles into the

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MILNER'S SAFES AT THE GREAT 40,,he
—Few conflagrations of magnitude l'es's 'Oro(
the value of Milner's safes are no. dor( „lea, JO
and the recent calamity at Newcastlei; rec,vertll6
stance, in addition to the many alreaThf
invaluable efficiency for the protectiltier irtles/1,
be seen in the following extract of a ~eovero,st
Mather (Messrs. Milner's age it at `.,-1101',:tbehe"
very happy to say that two Of Your tit 0',•0741
Messrs. Leidemann's office, were dug* °,, e
their office (in a red hot state), and, °'^t of nlO4,
contents (including a very large arautsafe' el'
notes) were soaked with steam and as. i,05 t)
office one of your single chambered tilui n ws'eople get
~t
so fortuuate—contents destroyed; t 1180
the holdfast safea, More particulars ",:relf,
all is confusion.—ln haste, yours slue' JOU'
Newcastle, Oct. 7th, 1854

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sCeit
.7 Xeftcil o'l,
AT SOUTHAMPTON, says theta atil_ or
trees which. have blossomed, afroossolyes
been picked this year, are now in I
RETURN OF THE QUEEN PROMI.3"‘" afl -
to present arrangements, Her MaJesrretor°r
will leave Balmoral on Thursday neilirindlarrl, tot
rood that night, and proceeding to 1,3
morning. It is possible, however, "foot*"
Majesty's stay in the north will be P' folio`te:;4l
days beyond the date mentioned• xeci at cotli:eo,t
THE COUNTESS OF HOPBTOITIC pte.e
Sunday last week, in her 62nd Year.of the, Illtsool
daughter of the late and sister_iti„ tbent
Macdonald, and by her marriage `;'l,o prete 015
tt
Hopetoun, in June, 1826, had issue Gooei.iestieti
THE EDITORSHIP Of the Londe/lit Des ;00,
the death of Mr. Francis %%rafts.
_dredllitince"o e
its twenty-one thousand and slit '
11uto be re g 1 °f
salary was 21,200 a-year, but It ls co Went
THE EMPEROR OF TUE F111{1';',1)110111710'°Pell'
from his private purse for the es nologre to
omnibuses between the camPs anuibuses t°l oet`
the use of the soldiers. Tile °I osinP „.41 Cr/
for the men, and are to leave each
and to return four times. %tittiflo°
• WENCH OF THE 31114E11;VA giot,eo
ings consequent on the loss of tniioe
.11,011 t ,t
property of the Cork ComPanr— A trla
parties who had goods on b9ard•
Jull'orrellee t
of tij't Cora
November, before a special
MURDER IN CLARE. —An °cc egtll talrogl#ol,sof
ful nature occurred on FridaY attire „ice Ol4,
Feakle. Two boys, named 14n.„ guar out 0,0
Twaddle, each aged twelve Yea;i:osted diArsoit
trifling affair, when Grogan I,nabeonsef ofuje
hands the spade with which n of °1,',(0,u
die immediately went to Ins i'ldistalleetip
Jo v 0
a gun, and shot Grogan at th? op, t 3
unfortunate lad died almost
__vie eleef,t
arrested on the same evening. la. o t 5
REPRESENTATION OF Ligsl:leceSSa".ollloeve
of Mr. Potter having rendered ior the tire t„;,t "„11
Limerick, several candidates,
otile!eo.. 11,
already been announced, aPn,e, Sls,4„rch.
Limerick paper says Mr. Brolasi'r: pe 'o.4st viy4
the field on the Tory side. •gr'oo of 0010
canvassed several of the elect° is opoltie,4o
son of Sir Mathew BarringtonfAin, aT sersw
Alderman John Reynolds, vuokeh
Mayor of Limerick, are also „orite,
however, is considered the faly