, 1865-01-03

basement parts. Of the buildings them
selves, the value of which is estimated
at about $1,000, only a few bare walls
remain, and these are so shattered, partly
by repeated explosions of saltpetre during
the conhagration, that they will all have
to be taken down, but it is expected there
will be considerable salvage from their
contents which would otherwise have
entailed a loss of about $4,000. The
firm, in respect of the five warehouses
alone, were insured to the amount in the
whole of Flo, 9OO-namely 94,* 90 in the
the London and Liverpool Office, 92, 500 in
Royal, 92, 500 in the atlas, and FL 400
in the North British and Mercantile. Six
other warehouses belonging to the same
firm, and storing commodities of equal
value were saved intact from the des-
t~ruction which at one time threatened
them, as was also a large granary in the
occupation of Mr.. James Vogan.
The fire continued burning throughout
Saturday &Sunday; the land & watersteam
engines p.aying without lntermission on
the iute and other materials which lay in
enormous masses among the ruins, ready
10 break again into fame. On Saturday,
IIluuy Vi INC Ill6CLUIS vi Tie III lDCIBul
fte.otfices paid a visit to the spot, accom-
panied by Captain Shaw, who went over
the ruins with them, and related all The
more notable circumstances connected
with the calamity. 1t is gratifying to
have to add that not a single life was lost
on the occasion.
A correspondent OF ours states that in
the account Of the above confiagration,
which appeared in the daily papers, it is
remarked that the escape from destruc-
ton of the extensive granarirs Of Messrs.
Vogan Brothers, which contained many
thousand quarters of grain, "appears
quite miraculous" Although not mira
c%ulous, the manner in which The progress
of the fire was cut off in this direction was
both singular and providential, and wor-
thy of being placed on record. Upon the
arrival of Captain Hodges with his Vo-
%lunteer Fire Brigade, he found it impos-
sible to obtain a supply of water for his
powerful steam fire engine The "Tor-
rent ;" he !heFeupon, III company with
Mr.. Inspector Baddeley, commenced an
examination of the several endangered
buildings adjoining the burning pile.
On entering MeSsrS. VOgan'S granary,
they found the fire entering at several
places in the top floor and attacking
the roof. Captain Hodges immediately
ordered up a party of his men with a
hand-pump. who, being well Supplied
with buckets of water brought TO them
by Messrs. Vogan's labourers, kept the
flames at bay for upwards ofan hour, and
ultimately succeeded in making all safe in
this part Of the building. While this
conflict was going on as above, Mr.. In
spector BaddeIey found that a very large
quantity of burning timber had fallen into
the space between the wall of Messrs.
Vogan's granary and the adjoining burn
ing building, and had set fire to several
Of the window-shutters on the ground
floor Of the granary. Woodland Zone of
Captain Hodges's nlen) having obtained
a second %hand-pump, he set to work, and
with the aid of Messrs Vogan'S men and
some of the Holloway Volunteer Fire
Brigade, happily succeeded in beating
back the fire at all points. In the official
report, Messrs. Vogan's graaaries are
said to be "slightly damaged;" and
II is a fact. that nothing but the