Another Dreadful Fire.
The Times, 1824-11-16T00:00:00

Tire Fleet-street conflagration, which we mentioned yes- terday, uad not ceased to agitate the. pub-io mind by.its smnoulderinge steamn, whenl another fire, of very considerable magnitude, burstforth within twoor threehundred yards of the former.-- At about half-past seven o'clok iast night, the fire we now speak of burst forth at the rear of Mlessrs. Wilkinsoii anl Son's premises, No. 14, Ludgate-street, ecabiuet-'mkers _. and upholsterers. The extremne drynesm bf the timber: accelerated the progress of the dessructive - eleThent, and it mounted with astonishing rapidityg to the upper - floor, where a great quaztity of ;anufactured goods were placed, before any intimation coald- be given ef the occurrence. The roof soon after went in, and the flames shot up in one strong, column, at least fortv feet- above thie tops of the surrounding houses, asd shed a bIil- Bant illumination thtrough the various streets and alleys, in- somtneh tliat the clock of St. Paul s was quite as discernible as at noon-day. The wind blowing pretty freshly from the S. W., a vast sheet of fire was carried to tlie iobfs of the adjacent houies on the right. Nos. 15, 16, and 17,are s joint oncerin, (the " Glocester Warehouse"), occupied by lr. EHarveyj and No. 18, occupied by Mr. Randall, print-publisher, Both of which were at one per.iod considered in imnminent danger. The proprietors of these, and aU the adjoining tenements at the back (many of which ate inhabited by the poorer cls%ses), commenced the removal of their goods, under the impression that their own premises would spee- dily be devoted to the flanmes; and haviug to carry them' throughl an iinmmnse throng of active and idle spectators (thieves and lookers-on), considerable loss was of coarse sustained The inarrowness of the aven3uees leading to the- theatre of conflagration served to increase the ditficalty of its exticc- tioIn, because the engines could not be brought into close play, and the tlischarge of water (haviog to pass through four lengths of hose) was materially weakened. However, s^vcrai engines were plan-ed in Lmxdgatt.-street, and the tuibes being introducedl through various houses, a copious discharge o)f water allayed tbe fury of the flames muchk soor,er than was at first expected. Various rumours were afloat as to the origin of the fire, but in a seenie of absolute tuitnlt, it was impossible to ar- rive at certainty; the most satisfactory points that remain for us to add are-that Bo lives are lost, and that the pro- perty, generally speaking, was inssured. [F1IRTrER PAUTICULA1S. The followiing are the names of the parties whlo are at present ascertained to be sufferers by the above calamitous event :-Mlessrs. Wilkinson and Son, the upholsterers, have experience(i damages to an enormous extent; Mr. Harvey, the linendraper, the back of whose premises are considera- blv damaged; lessrs. Barlow and Blake, the wine-mer. chants, have sustained a great loss; iMr. Blades, thie glass-manufacturer, is also a great sufferer; - James, the foreman to the Hant-in-Hand Fire-office, had his house entirely destroyed, besides most of his house- hold furniture; the houses of MIr. Larkin, a glass- cutter ; Snith, a rocking-horse-maker; Gregory, .fanes, andl Holland, in Evangelist-court, were extensively in- jured; all these houses were mostly let out in tenements to poor labouring artisans, uvho, from the fright occasionsed by the alarm, in endeavouring to save their property either lost it or it was destroyed. As yet it is not precisely ascer- tained how the disaster originated. At one o'clock the walls of the burning pile fell down with a tremendous crash, and smotlhered the fire ; but still an immense eolumn of smoke continued to ascend; although the flames wore thus subdued, it was still found necessary to continue pouring in imMense bodies of water. We are sorry to state that one of the firemen belonging to the Beacon-office is missing, and it is feared he was buriea underneath the fallen materials; and during the night anxious inquiries were made after individuals who could not be irsr;ediately found, but we trust that nothing fatal has occurred to them. . Dauing the period of the fire, the bridges pre- sented a peculiar appearance, being thronged with persons, and the reflection of the element had a most beautiful effect upoR the Thames andl the craft. The light-fingerod gentry were, as usual, on the alert, and made a successful harvest upon the property of the persons assembled, and that of the unfortunate suffirers. We are happy to state that some of the thieves are in custody. ANOTHER DREADFUL FIRE.