, 1893-05-20

Sparks ara now flying quite a quarter of q
mile from the timber yard, and the greatest
anxiety is felt for the safety of the oil mills.
In another message the same corresspon-
dent says Shortly before six o'clock a
wharfnger in the employ Of the Hull Dock
Company saw smoke issuing from No. t Shed
in the Humber Dock. There were in ''this
shed FIVE RULES, laden with wool. One of
these ruliIeS was ON fire. The alarm was
given to the police, and reaching the spot in
the nick Of time, they cast several bales into
the dock and Others into the street, thus eff.
f%ectually eXtinSuishins the fire.
Tylegrapning at nine o'clock the correspon-
dent states About four O'Clock his afternoon
a boy named Slingsby went to p Marks.
who was on duty with one or two more off
GERS on board the steamship Right, in the
Victoria Dock. The lad said he had seen a
man running away from the timber stacks
The man said to him, Don't tell t}e--,"
Marks at once wSnt to the telephone AMI
communicated with headquarters. Afterwards
q crowd of some hundreds CT men gathered
round the Right and began throwing stones
at the free labourers. a religious service had
been going Oh below. The men went on deck
with Captain Wilkinson, who is in charge Of
the vessel. The stone throwing continued.
Captain Wilkinson warned them to desist, but
tH6 dtttCh went on, ana the captain was tnNn
struck on. 1.-The breast and arm. He then drew
his revolver and fred in the air. John
Knight. a stevpdore, who also was on board.
drew his revolver and dis charged seven
chambers in a similar way. This demonstra-
ton Kept the crowd back for q moment. 1t
did not drive them away. There was no gang
way to he vessel, and the alta kers were i'll
The act OF getting a ladder belonging TO the
Citadel Estate for the purpose Of getting on
board when twenty police came on the scene
and they were dispersed. The deck of the
Rl-in was Uttered with stones. and several
panels Of the cabin were broken. Amongst
the stones were several tlattened bullets,
which Captain Wilkinson thinks must have
been fired by one Of the crowd from an air
gun.
Adespatch, timed at ten o'clock last night
%stetes The whole of Messrs. Wade and Co.'S
timber has by this time been destro y4d, and
that Of Messro. Grice and Hutchinson is In
immediate danger. The party of ssamen from
the g~unboats Hearty and Bullfrog is render
ing valuable service. Thousands Of timber
piles are twenty-five to thirty feet in height,
and these which can be approached are
mo"ntcd by petty Officers and seamen, then
spked, and pulled down with ropes hauledhy
bllejlckrts. Little Gf any effect is being
produc d by he hose.
1t was unfortunate thai the fire began at an
hour when the tide was out. Tile hose snow
being protected by Dragon patrols, and at va
IouS points are stationed scarlet-coafed troop
ers, whose helmets and flashing Sabres lender
them conspicuous objects IN a scene which
for wild grandeur could be scarcely pa aileled.
Every vessel in The Victoria Dock Basin is
mmned from deck to truck, and along the
wharyeS bordering on the river Hull and ad
jacent to the Highs rect warehouses the
faces of thousands arelit with the ruddy glow.
The contiagration has been seen twenty-five
miles distant. and kilograms of inquiry have
been received at the chief telegraph office
from several townships.
Superintendent Elliot has made a remark
able statement. He says that at q distance
from the spot at which the great fire original
cd startling discoveries were made. H. two
particular parts of he Citadel Estate mating
was found stuffed beneath deals, and this
mating was already ignited. Luckily the
police were able to extinguish both these
smaller outbre ks. At this hour huge masses
Of burning timber are falling almost with the
crash Of tia lander.
At eleven o'clock (says a later telegram the
fire was still burning with undated vigour.
Efforts are now being directed to confns the
fire within its present area. The origin Of the
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