Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-12-21
THE GREAT FIRE IN LONDON.


Destruction of About . Block OF TAN
Warehouses Filled With Costly BALES
Loss Estimated at About $4,000. 00O-
Eight Persons Hurt During the Fire.
LONDON. Eng, December g.
Tits city has suffered within the Fast twenty.
four hours from the greatest fire with which
London has been afflicted since the great con-
flag alton siH ToaleE streftsf in the trough,
about eighteen years ego, when Immense
warehouses filed with jute and other goods
were des.royed. This fire caused loss Of
about e4,e0Q00ls and during the progress, Mr..
Brentwood. then Chief of the London Fro De-
partment, and a number of firemen lost their
lives blythe falling Of q wall. 800 .ft,
The fire which broke out last night and
which 10 not yet extlhgnish edo ALTHOUGH it was
gotten under control about noon to-dsys also
resulted in loss Of life. frcm the same cause.
It ia believed that eight persons We're injured.
some fatally. $1,000.
| Following as closely as this great conXAaera-
ton has done inthe burning of the Alhhtnbrsl
Theater, in Leicester Square, which alarmed
all London, the disaster has ecreated fhtense
excitement The actual loss is estimated at
SO, 900 900, and the destruction extended over
an entire square IN the heart Of the city. ~
The fire broke out in the Wholesale hosiery
establishment of Foster, Porter s. Co., limited,
which is situated on the corner OF Add1e street
and Wood street, Cheapsfde.t Tt spread rapid
ly, defying all the efforts of the firemen. al
though nearly every engine in London was
summoned TO the spot when the magnitude OF
the confagration was realized. From Foster.
Porter &Co.'sit extended north to the inn
mense warehouses of Ryiand & Sons limited,
dealers in flowers and fancy goods and Man
chester warehousemeu. BY this time Il
had become entirely hey ond control and
it progressed rapidly. along, theg, east
side of Wood street until London wall and
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the flames ate their way back to Philip lane, .
narrow thoroughfare running parallel With
Wood street. Within these limits almost
everything was destroyed, the only exception
being awarehouse in the NOTWITHSTANDING
of the square, on London wall. Brewers Han,
in Aldermanbury, was threatened, but the fire
was stopped before reaching that historic
structure, and Sion College and st. Alphage
Church also escaped '7o8 "En Ff"'sf
The point where the fire originated 10 only
about 100 yards from the Guildhall. and il 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 of Sir Christopher Wrens work, lie with
in a stones throw of the scene, and in the Inn
mediate vicinity are thei General Postodfce,
Goldsmith's Hall, Cospars' Hall, Haberdash-
ers' Hall and Barber Surg cons HALL The en-
tire district is devoted to the wholesale trade,
many firms Occupying several houses which
have; been converted from residences and
shops into warehouses. .Thesstreets are all
very narrow, with tho exception of London
wall. where the fire was stayed. * t4
1t is impossible to-day to do more than make
a rough estimate of the loss, as Nc details Of
individual losses can be aobtainetE However.
it is not believed that 600 will cover it.
NotI ng is known accurately as to the iinsur-
ance. but the amount must. be very large, as it
Is customary to insure to very nearly tho full
value of goods in stock. s;s'f' - ie sf'ts 'Assf