Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1889-01-12 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED. neatly attired. The circumstances under which the defendant was found have evoked an A fire occurred on Tuesday at Oldham, by astonishing amount of symplithy,and letters from which heavy damage was caused to property all parts of the kingdom have been received at and nine persons were injured. The tire took the Police Court, Infirmary, and by the police place at the Alexandra Mill, which is a large I containing subscriptions and offers of building, and is worked and owned by Mr 1 clothing and a home. One post brought Robert Stott. It broke out in the spinning. i room, or the third story from the top. As ei 95 letters to Kensington. Searching enquiriea have been made concerning the boy was carrying some fines he accidentally I girl's antecedents. It seems she is 19 years brought it in contact with the gas, and it old, and an orphan. She ran away three times ignited. The flames communicated with the from an aunt with whom she lived, the last time spinning mules, and then spread in all directions being in June, 1887. She then tramped to with great rapidity. For • time the workpeople London, and being there found destitute VMS , endeavoured to cheek their progress, but un- removed by a missionary, and sent to successfully, and as the fire gained headway the a Home at Barnet. She was transferred thence workpeople retreated from the burning mill, and to a good situation, but behaved so badly that a number of them, in making their escape, her employer telegraphed to the Home received injuries of a more or less serious char- saying that if she were not fetched sway she actor. One little boy, who worked in the room would be handed over to the police. She was then above that in which the tire broke out, on his _, taken to Lady Aberdeen's Home in Regent's way down stairs was burned severely. "'"'" Park, but ran away from there, and was soon after others broke windows, and made their exit by found destitute and homeless in Kensington the fire ' escapes, cutting themselves with the Gardena. Thorns's Bell, the park-keeper, took glass, and a few were hurt in the general rush of compassion upo'n her, and, helloing her threat the betide towards the mill doors. The hands to commit suicide, took her to his home, where he and his wife cared tor her for being unable to check the tire, the Oldham Fire Brigade was telephoned for, and font steamers three months. Bell also endeavoured to get her and two manuals were sent. Although they i a situation. She coolly left these benefactors without the least intimation or aelniowledement arrived on the scone quickly, the fire had by this When she left Oldham she was in good work time taken a thorough hold of the building, aid eery shortly the two rooms above that in which as a weaver. e She bad relations there who had the conflagration originated were ablaze, abandoned her because of her idle:wsys. It ap• There is another mill in close proximity, peered now a lady was willing to give her another but fortunately the wind was blowing in trial, and money which had been subscribed would the opposite direction, or it would have he used to supply her with a good stook of been gutted also. The three rooms, which were clothes.—The Magistrate sissented to this, but severely reprimanded the defendant, and said filled with spinning machinery, and contained ' about forty thousand spindles, were completely she must enter into recognisance& to appear wrecked. The throstieroom and card-room, again if called upon.—Warbust appeared much which form the bottom part of the mill, were left affected, and left the Court in hysterics. intact, being fire-proof. The damage will amount to something like, £30,000. The premises are insured. A number of worlrpeople in es-