Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-26
HUGE LONDON AREA 9Iaa
THE LOSS is NEARLY s2sooo
Zig Warehouse r,u
"."""ole Material. c,'' Ia.
Fancy Goods mn. =, osristn,.
Hundred Fire E,u, ers-O,.

Londno, Nov. 2O.-Ons ox.
astrous fires in Londons hi,to l"e Most Dis
great fire of 1866 broke on, since The
block OF buildings lying east Il. y. Arss
gate street and between tha, 81 Alden
faIe and Red Cross street. jus, atAo1sush
o'clock yesterday afternoon. 'T IT,. after
were famed by a strong wind Inc flames
fed by highly inhammabls ~ an. una Were
Christmas fancy goods and a.; socks Of
materials of all descriptions thst Ores an
every moor OF the six-story bu;, l, n'ed
the old street Consequently th u"ulng in
ration gained Roadway with sn .Oanag,
rapidity, and was soon far J., surprising
possibility Of being checked by WING th the
engines which were early on tha a' lew
ror Tour hours and half the aam.. 'pot
their own way, and it was ONLY af.as nad
than ioo engines had worked an h ha''
that the chief of the fire dspartm :" n0ur
out the signal that the fire wa. " us sent
control. was under
Started BY a Ga. Engine.
hamsei street was the scene Of H.. 49,,
break OF the fire, which was due 70 w.. "'
plosion in connection with a o.s al ex
on the premises of Walter Brow 1us ga
mantle manufacturers, at No. IN ~ 70,
thoroughfare. The building was c uo .aa.
with girls when the fire broke ont t"uss
1t was instantly the scene of a conn; @.d
the operatives rushing to the roof r. pI4 w.
building and thence crossing 10 -. .ae
buildings, and SO effecting their es. .as.
while the flames were pouring M, - r
basement. In less than quarter Of ' =.
hour the flames enveloped the ad;o;n;n :.
warehouse thence they leaped across n,
street to an enormous paper warehouse '
which was fully alight in less than "a
minutes. By this time it was ey;d.. NJ
to the firemen that they were faee to
face with great disaster, and a genera
alarm was sent out. Then. from all Il.
fire stations, even those quite five mil.
from the scene, engines were hurried ia
the spot and the police gathered in pre.t
force.
The district ravaged includes mart Il
Australian avenue. Paul alley, Cripule
gate church yard. Wood street sousr
Monkwell square and Fore street and i
bounded by Aldergate street, Red Cross
Maidenhead court and Bradford avenue
The historic church of st. Giles is much
damaged. the principal damage being to
the roof, the old windows. the baptisma
fount and Millions statue.
Men risked their lives in efforts to nv.
day books, ledgers, jewelry, valuable
chinaware, etc.
One man actually hazarded his life to
fetch his hat and cane, 200 feet of stone
work and glass falling at his heels a. he
emerged from the building.
Several fremen were almost buried in
the burning ruins as front after front Of
the burning warehouses fell in, hurting
tons of bricks and masonry into the
street, bursting and cutting the fire hose
in all directions, while tons of fiery mat.
ter were falling in every direction, max
ing it impossible to foresee where the
confagration would stop, as roof after
roof caught fire and window frames ali
about the scene began to smoke.
Loss Nearly @25,OOO,OOO.
1t is officially reported that $50 ware
houses have been Quilted. A later esti-
mate of the damage done places the
amount at nearly 100000 pounds Near
ly all the British fire insurance COM
panies are involved and fire insurance
stocks were practically unstable on the
stock exchange. after the fire was well
under way. Nearly 800 telephone wires
have been cut. thus interrupting com.
with many big provincial
towns. The fire will cause an enormous
advance in the price of ostrich feathers
which rose 30 per cent during the even
ing. Two feather firms alone have lost