The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-16

GENT " Alnrit WprH 80 tho sAne period.
NiiAs Colston lost a large private coli
lection % most varied and custly nature,
including arm chairs. Pembroke tables
embrpldered panels. fire screens. an et-
tTemely rare blue and white Bristol bowl.
Worcester and Wheildpn services with
chelsea figures and groups; Langt"n
Hall. plate. Lady Pearson. a seventeenth
century carved walnut chair and another
~ tho same kind with "a tapestry seat
dated 1892. an early eighteenth century
miniature bureau 81 walnut. "A fire screen
and a mahogany cabinet with marquetry
~ various woods of the eighteenth cen
fury
Lady Denrnan and Mrs. Doughty also
lost eighteenth century furniture. Sir
Coleridge Grove lo-t some sixteenth and
seventeenth century carved oak furnI-
turs. J. l.. Gill. a collection " the same
kind including an oak panelled room Of
the Queen Anne psriod. =. I. Hall. "A mag
nihCant collection. including an early
seventeenth century carved oak buffet
inlald with hnNW ood lnarquetTy and an
inlaid and vrncered satinw Odd bureau.
Mrs Hau-ard lost a representative col
lection OF Lambeth ard Chelsea plate.
I ,..ed- and Bristol figures and Chelsea
groups
II u impossible at prrSen. to calculate
the amount ~ the losses in the British
section An officer II the British Legation
-aid this afternoon that u vas improbable
that any Of the pictures had been damaged
They were grouped IN a special exhibition
in the Pare du Cinquantenaire.
From reports made 10y various sections
81 the exhibition IL IL learned that one
British Are insurance company granted
policies aggrsgating nearly ti5.Hn.Nn
PARIS. Aug IA despatch to lie
Ma,in says that the loss at tho Inter-
national Exhibi of Brussels amounts
to 500. oOOoo The damage to the dia-
mond industries section 81 the exhibition
colossal The firsmen on the scene
saved many ,aluahles from the various
sections 1t - impossible. however. at
this time 90 estimate the amount Of the
saved exhibits
LoNDoN. Aug IS The FIRE IN Brussels
brings to a disastrous end the British
Government first oficial organizati ION
Of a national exhibit 20 be shown anv-
where II was the inaugural achievement
Of the new exhibitions branch IF the Boa rd
Of Trade
than year 70 justify their existence
10y assuring an adequate representation
81 Great BritaIn's arts and industries
az Brussels The Brussels exhibit was
generally acknowledged 10 I've the finest
display ~ British products ever assem-
hei
lher" vas much eJultation when Eng
land obtained one 81 IN. best sIt"s. hut
fate ironically ordained that this very
fact should make Britain one " ~ Z"
heaviest losers an the nag fire ~ last night.
Il IL likely that London underwriters lost
heavily although 1t - impossible" a. vet
10 even estimate the sum
Iloyd WIS greatly excited over IN"
matter t"-d'v \ large Iart ~ tha in
sUrlnCa was dpnc thrr- u - known that
N" Govern msn' asked for a policy -
~ os-l ~ nut - Was written for S2,s'.'H'.
Estimates of N" liabilities - Brit ish com
panias van - muSh as ii.2'rl go
IN" Brush com missioner general 10
the exhibition. who - in London re-
ceIv"l Telegram to-day stating that
the fire originated IN Belgian restaurant
at y 'CloCA last night and ds-truycd the
Briti-h and Belgian sections entirely
NothirE was saved bat the machinery.
Possibly ~" chief los 81 the English
a. tie exhibition - tho nImhs.r Of exhibits
.,au-i ~ IN. Victoria and Altert
Museum n" Ls' 81 these exhibits
overs al 'lo-"lv printed pages 81 the
catalogue O'h-r Brur-h l"~s'-- are five
1s"S u M"dgwupd ware and tlarenc'
" ll-on- Chipp-ndal.. calrn"' filled with
the earliest Worcester lud chelsea ware
The Board 81 Lducatron ct Examples
of metal work covering r"r,'d II @H
years These also were lot
The authorities az the South -k'u-,ug'un
Museum announce that ia" eNhiaits e
hat institution which Wer" sent 10 Rrus
sis were - no great valu" Nuu" II
them Vas r,sIral and the majority were
ei.ctrupIa's copies " old SILVER
Al officer ~ NJ. nt.rna'iousIENhIhIt
IN london confirms the report that m"
British pictures wer" not damaged by
the FIRE
There - Coust.rulfr among IN"
manufacturers u StaNurdshir- over TIA"
Oss' rI,tipu II their exhibits Manv 81 IT."
manufacturers -"u' priceless specimens
~ putt"ry R"rrari Moor" "Nhibltad
som" wonderful gIaza Effects - an old
r.dlsrpv-r.d he had many specimens
~ N" exhibition un which h" would not
yUi urIos ~ he would not s..ll them for
any amount
IN! IOST ~ IOkn DI>iSTER