Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-22
THE GREAT FIREIN.LONDoN.
Destruction of About q Block of Tall
Warehouses Filled with Costly Bales
Loss Estimated ut About SI5, 900, 600
Eight Persons Hurt During the Fire.

Destruction of About q block OF Tall
Il warehouses Filled With Costly Bales
Loss Estimated at About SI5, OOO, 900
Eight Persons Hurt During the Fire.
LONDON. Eng. Dccembers 8.
ibis city has suffered within the past twenty
tour hours from the greatest fire with which
London has been afflicted since the great con-
nag alton in Tooley sire 4, in the Borough.
ABOUT eighteen years ago, when immense
warehouses filled with jute and other goods
were destroyed. This fire caused loss of
about "a ,OOo,001. and during the progress, Mr..
Hardwood. then Chief OF the London Fire De
partment, and q number of firemen lost their
lives by the falling OF d wall ~-s'--ssAaasss'a-
The fire which broke out last night and
which is not yet extinguished, although it was
gotten under control about noon to-day also
resulted in loss Of life from the same cause,
Ii is believed that eight persons were injured.
some fatally. -
Following as closely as this great contiagra-
ton has done in the burning of the Alhambra
Tneater, In Leicester Square, which alarmed
al London, the disaster has created intense
excitement. The actual loss is estimated at
4S,0OO,0oO. and the destru stien extended over
an entire square in the heart of the CITY,
The nre broke out in the wholesale hosiery
estaoIshment of Foster, Porter & Co., limited,
which is situated on the corner of Addle sire It
ly, defying all the efforts of the firemen, al
though nearly every engine in London was
summoned 10 the spot when the magnitude of
the confiagration was realized. From Foster.
Porter Il Co. 1t extended north to the i'm
mense warehouses of Ryland g. Sons limited,
dealers in flowers and fancy goods and Man
chester warehousemen. BY this time it
nad become entirely beyond control and
! 1t progressed rapidly along the east
T I,
| Hart street were reached. At the same time
/ the flames ate theirsway back to Philip lane, a
narrow thoroughfare running parallel with
! WOOD street. Within these / mits almost
everything was destroyed the only exception
1 being warehouse in the northwestern corner
| OF the square, on London wall. Brewers Hall.
In Aldermanbury, was threatened, but the fire
was stopped before reaching that historic
structure, and Sion College and ST. Alphage
| Church also escaped
The point where the fire originated is only
about % yards from the Guldhall, and if the
| wind had changed there was nothing to save
| That building. Many of the oldest of the city
churches, including several of the finest speci-
| mems or Sir Christopher Wren's WORK, lie with
In stone s throw of the scene, and in the i'm
mediate vicinity are the General Post-oHice.
| Goldsmith's Hall, Coop ers' Hall, Haberdash-
ers' Hall and Barber Surgeons Hail. The en-
tire district is devoted to the wholesa e trade.
many firms occupying several houses which
nave been converted from residences and
shops into warehouses. The streets are all
very narrow, with the exception of London
wall, where the fire was stayed. h.
1t is impossible to-day to do moro than make
rough estimate of the loss, as no details of
individual losses can be obtained. However.
1t is not believed that 93,0OlOOO will cover it.
Nothing is known accurately as to the nsur-
ance' but the amount must be very large, as if
Is customary to insure to very nearly the full
| value of goods in stock. 3