The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1872-11-08 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

STANLEY. • I I DISAST;XIUS FIRE AT HYDE, • On Tuesday evening Mr. H. M. Stanley delivered i On Monday at a fire, attended w_ ith the that of two lectures in St. James' Hall, Loudon, considerable destruction of property, occurred at in which he related hie adventures in Central Hyde, Cheshire, at what are known as the Hyde Africa, and gave reminiscences of his four months' Chemical Works. These works are situated near residence with Dr. Livingstone. The lecturer's ap- the Hyde station of the Manehester,;Sheffield, and pearance upon the platform was the signal for loud i Lincolnshire Railway, and the principal operation and prolonged applause, the audience being very I carried on is the dibtilling of tar. This is fperlarge. He gave a brief history elf the earlier life if Trued in a large three storeyed building, ro,m of Livingstone, of the expedition of which he was i which the tar is run off into tanks in the ya d, the head, and the supposed murder; and the ap- wile eit is left to cool. About half-past two o'clock plans. was renewed with increased heartiness ;the men were employed in running some tar into when Mr. Stanley stated that Mr. Bennett's in- ; one of the tanks, when, from some at present unstructiona to him were that, at any cost, he must explained cause, the liquid ignited, causing an exfind Livingstone, and not come back without him. plosion whic.hknockeddown the men en,gaged though The lecturer then described the difficulties which without Fell:m:4ly injuring them. The the spread beset him in fitting out his expedition, and in a :rapidly to other parts of the premises, and mated graphic manner explained the various incidents considerable alarm, from the fact that there was a ' which occurred in his seven months' journey from ; large quantity of combustible material in the building andyards, while immediately adjoining are the works Zanzibar to tijiji. He first received information of . Livingstone when he WAS ten days' march from the ,of the Hyde Gas Company, and the spinning mills latter place, and was overjoyed at his success. He 'of Massie. Hibbert anti Nephew and Messrs. Handfoend him and relieved his necessities, and Living-.d I ford. In a short time from the alarm being given, stone himself said he had brought him new life. i fire engines arrive from Denton, Hyde, end 'Ashton, He remained with him four months, and heard the and a good supply of water being obtained from heavy and woful tale of his sufferings. He then the adjacent canal, they were soon got to work. Meanwhile, however, the fire had obtained a firm hastened back to the coast to bear the good news, hold upon the building, and the exertions of the and secure the necessities to enable the doctor to . firemen preduced but slight results. Fortunately complete his work. a large quantity of benzoline and oil bad shortly THE LORD CHANCELLOR IN GUiLDHALL. befere been removed from the took; and placed in casks, and these being robot outside the preiniees, On Tuesday night, the Lord Chancellor presided danger from that Foam was areited. The fire at the opening of the new library and Museum at burned with great rapidity, and very soon after it Guildhan. The ceremony took the form of a con- had broken out the roof Cl the works fell in. The versazioue, and the brilliant company present at: firemen directed their . fforts to the adjacent pro. the time the Lord Mayer arrived numbered perty, and were successful in confining the flames fully 2,000. The Lord Chancellor, who ar- to the buildi 1,:, waere the fire originated, which rived about half-past eight, was received with was completely destroyed. The damage is esticheers.—The Lord Mayor expressed his great satis• - mated at £30,000, and the basis, partly covered by T