Show LONDON on oci hundred and filly fifty Ware ta ars are eurn barald d since tie the famon ons rire fire of 1666 historic destroyed loss loas variously estimated Pati mated at from ten tea to sixty millions london lendon nov 19 one of the most disastrous fi fires res in londona Lon dons history since the great fire of 1666 broke out in a large block of buildings lying eastward of aldergate street and between that fare and red cross street just after 1 this afternoon the flames were fanned by a strong 0 wind and were fed by highly inflammable llam mable stocks of christmas fancy goods and flimsy dress materials of all descriptions that filled every floor of thebie the asis story building in the old street consequently the conflagration gained headway with surprising rapidity aul ani was soon aoun far beyond the possibility of being checked by the few engines which were early on the spot pot for four hours and a half the flames bad their own way and it was only after more than a hundred engines had worked an hour that the chief of the fire brigade sent out the signal that the fire was under control at 11 tonight the fire is still the scene of great excitement fifty engines f are playing upon the ruins ruing wagons are hurrying up and tons of water are pouring into the fiery debris debri aJ of people are s ile cardu by a thousand policemen reinforcements for cements for whom were hurried up when soon coon after 6 an increase in the outbreak lead commander wells to make a requisition for more engines upon the outlying stations the scene buet occupy the fire brigade for several days especially in view of the grave danger ot of the collapse of the shells shelli of buildings which fall now and again with a loud report it is ia officially reported that 1550 warehouses have been gutted A later estimate of the damage lone done places the amount at nearly five million pounds nearly all the british fire insurance com companies Danies are involved and fire insurance stocks blocks were practically on the stock exchange yesterday afternoon friday after the fire was well under way nearly telephone wires have been cut thus interrupting communication with many of the big provincial towns the historic church of st giles has been much damaged I 1 the principal damage being to the roof the old windows the baptismal fount and mildous Mil tons tous statue the church of st giles was built in 1545 it is approached approach td by an archway in red lied cross street also within the scene of the conflagration fla and contains the tombs of john milton who died in 1674 fox the frobisher Frob sher the voyager nho ho died in 1594 and the typographer who died in 1724 oliver cromwell was married in the church of st giles august 22 1620 and the parish register contains an entry of the burial of daniel de Foe author of robinson crusoe who died in 1761 milton is ia commemorated by a bust by bv bacon and the late gen W childs of philadelphia erected a stained glass window in this church to the poets memory in this churchyard is an old has I 1 tio lion of the london wall and close by in london wall is a small part of the churchyard of state containing conia ining another large fragment of the 0 old d wall built by ther the romans london nov 20 A number of fire engines are still playing upon the surrounding rounding cur ruins which mark tile the scene of the great conflagration ion near the general postoffice post office yesterday the I 1 last a st lames flames disappeared by 11 ll 11 this morning the official report says the cause is unknown A large number of warehouses warehouse from five bye to six stories high have been burned and have bare partly fallen the whole coveris cove covering riu 7 an area of 1 00 by yards bounded by nicholls square edmund place cewin avenue pauls alley and red cross street the burned district is surround ed by enormous crowds and the railroads are running excursion trains from the ro country antry in spite of the magnitude of the disaster di satter only ocly two firemen were slightly injured during the work of extinguishing the flames about GOO firms are seeking for new offices the tha estimates of the amount of damages range from J to but according to the best opinion the loss is about consuls and india 1 3 per cents have fallen heavily on the belief that the losses will be heavy sales by insurance companies compa nips and ald most of the insurance companies shares have dropped 10 to 20 26 shillings the standard in its financial article this afternoon says it is believed that the bulk of the fire losses will fall upon american insurance companies I 1 OM KEEN GREEN K KILLED A fatal shooting affray occurred at echo Echol last aBt night in which thus thos green a linion nion pacific fireman wan shot and killed byar by mr strong e keeper at echo k the men engaged in an altercation which quickly assume assumed d a violent nature and culminated in in strong drawing a pistol and shooting green w who ho died almost in et antly green is known to some railroaders here but strong is if not known the cause that led to the quarrel could not be ascertained hut but the claim is made that the shooting was done in self defense whether this can be supported by the facts remains of course to be seen the affair naturally created much excitement at the little town in which it occurred SENTENCED TO THE special to the herald idaho city ida nov 20 at 10 thi this S morning judge stewart sentenced herman st clair to hang bang on january 14 for the murd murder er of john decker in long valley on oct 21 or 22 2 2 the prisoner was very firm but pale st clair tenor 12 years ago was a resident of otah bitah and in 1882 was in the saloon business at bellevue on wood river this state ile he is tall and his hair bair and mustache are of a very deep red he has traveled a great deal in the tha west ile he claims to have bei been with the expedition in search of the north pole |