Glasgow Courier. — 1864-02-25 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THREE LIVES.—On SaturclaY morning a most destructive fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Barnes, lodging-house keeper, Mint Street, Borough, London involving the loss of three lives. At the time of the outbreak, between three and four o'clock, no less than thirty-six persons were sound asleep on the premises. On the alarm being given great confusion ensued, as the flamee were already spreading with rapidity. The fire escapes from St. George's Church, Southwarl Bridge Road, and the Elephant and Castle, wer° quickly brought by their respective conductors, who placed their escapes against the burning building, which they endeavoured to enter, hearing that several persons were in the house. UnfortunatelY they were driven back by the flames, which shot out right across the street ; they still persevered, and endeavoured to get through the roof, but were agaio driven back by the flames, which now rose high in the air. The premises were entirely burned out, and the adjoining premises considerably damaged hi , fire and water. As soon as the ruins were sufficiently cooled, Mr. Enginer Metcalf and Fire-Escape Conductor Wheatley went in search of those mis Sing, and found three men in a second 11°°r nearly burned to a cinder. I • 1. SIIOCKING MURDER AT BIRMINGHAM —At nu" night, on Tuesday, Police-constable Gelder was Oil duty in Dartmouth Street, opposite Richard Street, , Birmingham, when he heard the report of a pistol a few yards off, followed by a deep audible moaning. He ran towards the spot, and found a young womao lying in a pool of blood, her feet being in the gutter, and her head towards the middle of the street. 10 lifted her up, and recognised her as a young womao living in the neighbourhood, and lately married to a young man of the name of George Hall. He found a deep and profusely-bleeding pistol wound on her face. Having sprung his rattle, a crowd soon as" sembled, with whose assistance the woman was conveyed to her mother's house. She was quite insensible, and unable to speak. A surgeon was sent for, and was in attendance with promptitudeHe found, on examination, that a bullet had shot' tered the young woman's jaw, and, passing throuell, her neck, had lodged in the yertebrre. He remove°. portions of the fractured bone, and did everythio" in his power to alleviate the sufferings of the unfortunate young woman, but gave no hope of her recovery. About an hour afterwards, Police-coo' stable Dromage, while on duty, was accosted by 5, man having two pistols in his possession, who tola him that a short time before a relative of his, name(' George Hall, aged twenty-four, came to him in th°, Wellington Inn, and asked him to take 'a glass °I brandy with him as it would be the last be wool' ask him to take. On being asked what he meant', he replied that he had shot his wife, and hande' him a couple of pistols, and having taken his braedY, he left the house with the landlord to go home t° his father's. The man gave the pistols to the offiet.' who accompanied him to Hall's father's house. arriving there, they found Hall sitting on a sofa, the same room with his father, mother, sister, a% brother, and the landlord of the Wellington. ir'')-(' 1 officer claimed Hall as his prisoner, and charge him with having shot his wife with the intention murdering her. The prisoner quietly said, `• It true; I did," and gave himself up to the oince.,, The prisoner was brought before the Bench of inagia trates, at the Public Office, on Wednesday ; on'a medical certificate being produced to the eiree 115 that the Smung woman was in a highly danglog state, he was remanded till Saturday. The 3).401 woman died the same evening, after suffering fea'ote. agony, aggravated by an unsuccessful surgica,l chs tempt to extricate the ball. The cause 01 'tragedy is believed to be jealousy.  " T the p, difficu Pictui  1,4  rauch whict exami GOO; Price at lid a Ralf-. 110 Av  .pitt greate Epti4 411 Peri N.,. t utries  0 u \Tarj qualit Rlt arceir  The a fident thoug vrOoct  135 s, -,_ IVI  St; It' 12.4  A Lo St‘ Chev  scot( A Ikt,  13.4; elps hes, gatis  atid TR] %toe  ;;