Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-15
INVADED BY FIRE.
THE HAMPTON COURT PALACE, NEAR
LONDON, IN FLAMES.

THE HAMPTON COURT PALACE, NEAR
LONDON, IN FLAMES.
Valuable Tapestries and Paintings Badly
Observation-Disclosures of the Manhattan
Beach Railroad Depot--Large Loss of
Property--The Jamaica Fire Less Disas-
trous Than First Reported Other Blazes
LONDON, Dec. 14.-Early this morning
flames were discovered issuing from the
front windows of Hampton Court Royal
palace, at Hampton, fifteen miles from,
London. The fire now III a. n.y. is pro-
crossing. The damage is already very
serious. Some historical paintings have
been destroyed, and it is believed many
have been injured. The local fire engines
are trying to conquer the flames.
1:3O p. m.-The fire broke out in the
suite of private apartments in the cloister.
The local fire brigade worked three hours,
and succeeded in preventing the flames
from extending. The first account of the
damage appears to be exaggerated. A
quantity of valuable property was removed
in time to save it. A woman was suffocat-
cd by the smoke.
The Times in its second edition gives
the amount of damage by the fire at Hamp-
ton Court at many thousand pounds. The
fire is now subdued. The Times says the
picture gallery was at one time threatened,
but the contents were removed.
About twelve rooms situated in the east
quadrangle of the court we're scorched by
the fire. The damage is roughly estimated
at 100000.
About twelve rooms in the east quadrangle
of Hampton court we're scorched by the
fire, and two actually burned. These
rooms were Immediately above the picture
gallery, the curiosities and tapestry in
which were considerably damaged by water.
The tapestry, which suffered most, is part
of that which represents Alexander the
Great entering Babylon, and the battle of
the Granicus in Queen Anne's bed room.
The celebrated painted ceiling was dam
aged. Pictures by Rembrandt, Rubens and
Kneller, and Ley's celebrated Beauties
had narrow escape. The rooms known
as the queens gallery, king and queens
private chamber, and private drawing
room we're partially flooded. Loss rough
ly estimated at 100000.
TIE KINGSTON FIRE.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 1.-THE fire
which broke out in the business quarters
of this city Monday evening was not ex-
tinguished until Wednesday. The loss which
was at first put at e6,OOO,OOO is now esti-
mated at 100000. The fire, which was
of incendiary origin, began in a lumber
yard, and high wind prevailing, gained
great proportions. All the warehouses,
wharves and stores we're consumed, Four
hundred stores in all were destroyed.
Buildings regarded as ire-proof did not
escape destruction, and nearly every one of
that class which the fire attacked succumbed
to the flames. The fire was attended With
loss of life. Five persons are known to be
burned to death. A new law will be passed
prohibiting the use of shingles here.
MANHATTAN BEACH DEPOT.
New YORK, Dec. 1.-THE extensive de-
pot and wharf, with sixty cars and ten To-
comotives of the Manhattan Beach rail
road, at Bayridge, were destroyed by fire
at o'clock this morning. just how the
fire originated is not learned, but strong
breeze from the bay famed the flames so
vigorously that it was only short time
after the fire was first discovered before
the entire depot was in flames. A largo
pile of lumber adjoining the Manhattan
depot, a canal boat at the dock wharf and
all in it were burned. The Manhattan
| Beach company had sixty passen-
ger cars and ten locomotives
laid up for the winter at the time fire
| broke out. but no one was about but
Waterman who, finding it impossible to
check the flames, gave the alarm and OBJ
tanned help, but there were no means of
checking the flames. The police tele-
graphed to the fire department for help,
but the chief responded by saying he did
not know it would do anv good to send as
sistance as there was no water, and he
wanted information from some other
source than the police. The fire, he said,
was outside the Brooklyn city line. The
company limit the loss at 100000, covered
| by Insurance.. Loss on canal boat and
lumber not learned.
| LATaB.--The fire is moro extensive than at
first reported. Among the sixty cars burned
were fifteen drawing room coaches of the
Woodruff pattern, worth probably $4,000
each. Also the private car of Austin Cor
bin, which took the first prize at the con-
teAnial. The fire originated in the oil
room of the round-house about 1:15 a. m.
The Waterman underworld to fight the
flames with buckets of water. but was un-
able to stop them owing to the bursting of
several barrels of oil. The flames swept
with great rapidity through two frame
buildings which extended to the waters
edge, distance Of 600 feet, and in three
hours the buildings and contents were
totally destroyed. A canal boat loaded
with coal which lay next the burning dock
caught fire, and bystanders fastened to
arouse the captain who was asleep in the
cabin. They broke open the cabin door,
hut we're compelled to retreat on account
of the extreme heat. The captain, an
Italian, is reported burned to death. The
canal boat was sunk. There was no regu-
lar fire organization at Bayridge and the
Rrooklvn fire department refused tn re-