New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-10-19
LATER FROM EUROPE.

LATER FROM EUROPE.
By the packet ship Independence, Capt Nye,
we have Liverpool dates to the 25th ult--six
dares later than were before received. The most
important item of intelligence is that of the great
FIRE at L,verpool-the most terribly destructive
that has ever visited that cty-far more so even
than that of 1902. On that occasion, the estima.
ted damage was--warehou>es, e44500; grain,
S120,0oo; sugar, 100000; coffee, ss,5OO;
cotton, 100000 sundrics, eco OO0-,otal,
GS23, 1000; whereas, the present occasion,
one article alone, cotton. has been DESTROYED to
an extent exceeding the arhoic of the loss by chat
memorable fire. The total loss at this time is
estimated ct half million of pounds sterling.
At least THIRTY lives are supposed to have been
lost.
The FIRE originated in Crompton street, at the
north end of the town. and swept a space of
Dix or seven acres, the principal streets affected
being Cromp,on, Formby and Neptune. I, is cs-
tims,ed that some 10000 bales of cotton were
DESTROYED, worth s45,0OO; $4,000 barrels Of
four-lO, 900 of turpentinc-and 5000 tons Of
iron--in the aggregate amounting to 9I50000-
md that EDS, 900 would uot cover the loss on the
buildings; so that the FIRE must have destroyed
property to the amount of f635, 600. The fol-
lowing are the gums for which insurance was Of.
footed at the different Offices At the Sun Office,
100000; Globe, e35,000; West of England
10000; London, 100000; Liverpool, Cos.
OOO Phoenix, 940,00O; Royal Exchange,
$4,000; Manchester 100000; Imperial, go
600. The following account of the FIRE is
abridged from Liverpool paper:-
1t appears that watchman named Bernard
Coyle who was employed to guard the premises of
Mr.. Pc nison, bone-grinder and drysalter, during
the night, found the fire had broken out in the en-
CINE house, precisely at 3 o'clock, the FIRE having
been kept in all night to keep up the steam. He
Immediately gave the alarm TO police officer No.
"a, who exerted himself to the utmost; but before
the engines could be brought up, an immense
suantity Of warehouses, and three yards were on
fire in Crompton street.
The combustible nature of the premises was
such together with strong breeze from the north
west, that Mrs. Isaacs oil and color store soon
took fire, as well as many small crowded work
ahops of mill-wrights, smiths, Sc, in that mme-
date locality. The FIRE next got to Pooles
beaded cotton sheds" in Great Howard street, and
finally swept to Formby street, The whole of the
warehouses in that street successfully ignted
and are burnt to the ground, withs vast dcstruc-
ton of property, and, we lament to say several
lives. Ehe fre-police officer Samuel Hodgson,
Qt no. ] engine, was killed and crushed in the
ruins of one Of the walls, which fell upon him
while he was holding the pipe
Up to the latest hour last night at which we
could obtain information as TO the casualties, we
found it impossible TO ascertain the number Of un-
ier,unates who have lost their lives. On sthis
point all is as yet conjectural; but we lament TO
say that the general opinion is that not less than
so have persisted. We sincerely hope that this
estimate is far beyond the reality.
Two of the engines also smashed, and we
fear a considerable number of the fremen and
others were killed. Several men were carried to
the hospital badly burnt or hurt--some of them
MORALLY From eight to halerast nine O'Clock the
FIRE in Formbystieet, and in the adjoining cotton
sheds poole lin Great Howard. street, ragged with
an intensity that heated the atmosphere to greet
distance round Great exertions were made to
save the houses in Formhystree but those on the
North side caught Are chiefly by the intensity of
the fire just below the burning ware houses, the
ruins and burning materials of which were piled
to the height of so or 80 feet, throwing up i'm.
mense volumes of fame and smoke.
From time to time the high walls of the
warehouses fell with laundering crash, and
shortly after nine o'clock ONE man was killed
outright by the falling materials. The wall of u
large warehouse in Formby street, which had
been FIRE some time, and had reached, with
the cotton within, almost white heat, at length
Tell upon some of the sheds on the south in Nep-
tune street; and the consequence in short time
was, that the whole range of sheds at the top
part of that street, used for bonding cotton and
as cooperagcs, were isnited.
Neptune street was the southern boundary of
the IRE; the sheds az the top Of the north side
with the exception of the corner enc o., o,nos;,s
the Borough Gaoi-were all burn, ou, .t roon
Some slaves, hoops. &c, were saved from IN,
cooperages and yards above, but great deal or
cotton in other sheds was consumed, many OF rho
bags retaining their shape though red hot, and re-
duced to finder. The back or north wall oe
warehouse lower down, had fallen down from the
effects of the fire, that it could be seem ,brough
to "the burning mountains of cotton on n,
north Out of this warehouse great quantity Of
rice, in bags, was lowered aud TAX EN- away in
carss, and great part of this property will doubt
less be saved.
A 6re-proof warehouse near the bottom of
Formby-street, stood the effect of the flames sur
prisingiy. Men were employed in h,,isting buck
ets OF water into 1t u cool the walls, which,
however, were BY no means SO hot as might be
expected. The wall of the adjoining warehouse
oarnsd down against the gable end of the Ere
proof building, formed sort of protection from
'snuon by the immense pile of ret hot cotton