The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-12-21
THE LONDON FIRE,

Destruction of About a Block OF Tau
Warehouses Filled With Costly Bales
Loss Estimated at About Sis, 200, 600
Eight Persons Hurt During the Fire.
LONDON Eng. December 8.
TFis city has suffered within the past twenty
four hours from the greatest fire with which
London has been afflicted since the great con-
flag alton in TOoley sire t, in the Borough,
about eighteen years ago, when immense
warehouses filed with jute and other goods
were destroyed. This fire caused a loss of
about E4,O09,O01, and during the progress, Mr..
BraidwOoJ, then Chief of the London Fire De
partment and number Of fremen lost their
lives by the falling of a wall.
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.
1t is believed that eight persons were injured
some fatally. "
Following as closely as this great confagra-
ton has done in the burning of the Alhambra
Theater, in Leicester SQUARE, which alarmed
all London, the disaster has created intense
excitement. The actual loss is est mated at
&3,OO0O90, and the destruction extended over
an entire square in the heart of the city.
Tho fire broke out in the wholesale hosiery
es ablishment of Foster, Porter & Co. limited,
which is situate on the corner of Addle sire 4
and Wood street, Cheapside. 1t spread rapid
", defyng all the efforts of the firemen al
though nearly every engine in London was
summoned TO the spot when the magnitude OF
| the COnhagratiOn was realized. From Foster
/ Porter & Co.'S it extended north to the i'm
| mense warehouses of Ryland & Sons, limited
! dealers in flowers and fancy goods and Man
! chester warehousemen. BY this time i
| had become entirely beyond control, an,
! H progressed rapidly along the cas-
] side of Wood street until London wall an,
! Hart street were reached. At the same tim
| the flames ate their way back to Phil p lane
| narrow thoroughfare running parallel wit
! Wood street. Within these / mits amOS
| eVcryth ng was destroyed, the only exception
| being warehouse in tho northwestern corne
! of the square, on London wall Brewers Hal
| in Aid ermanbury, was Threatened, but the fir
was stopped before reaching that histor,
structure, and Sion College and st. AIphag
Church also escaped.
| The point whore the fire originated is onl
about 90 yarls from the C UiIdhall, and if th
wind had changed there was nothing to say
that building. Many of the Oldest of the cit
churches, including several Of the finest spec
mems of SirChristopher Wren's work, Iie-witl
in stone S throw of the scene, and in the in
mediate vicinity are the General POst-oifie
| ers Hail and BaTberSuTgeOns' Hall The CT
tire district is devoted to tha whOlesa trad
| many firms occupying several houses whiC
have been converted from rcsid dences an
! shops into warehouses. The streets are q
| very narrow. with the exception of LOndC
wall, where the fire was stayed.
1t is impossible to-day to do more than mai
a rough estimate OF the loss, as no details
indiv dual losses can be obtained. HOweVe
it is not believed that t3,00t000 will cover
: Nothing Is known accurately rs to the insu
ance. but the amount must lie very large, as
: is customary to insure to very nearly the fl
! | value of goods in stock.