Show the great landing stage fire at liverpool liverpool papers contain tho the following the most disastrous niro nira that has occurred in connection with the port of liverpool throughout all the period of its kli Iii history story broke out yesterday afternoon and resulted in the total destruction of the landing an stage tho the most extensive and magnificent structure of the hind bind in in the tho world the fire broke out about ten minutes past 3 p mand so rapid was its spread eliat that in less than half an hour the whole population of both sides of the river were made aware of the factly tho the rising of ones ancs volumes of smoke that in the neighborhood of the rivel niver a fire of great magnitude had broken out soon the incredible story went round that it wa wag the landing stage which was on fire but the tho possibility that a floasin floating structure isolated but for the iron bridges connecting it itt with the piers from every other structure c could cluid could be the scene of a gig gigantc gigantic antl anti 0 conflagration could scarce scarcely I 1 y find place in the ordinary mind but the smoke arose in great volumes ol umes and after a brier brief time it itt became known that in spite of the a mple ampie supply ot of water there was eve ove every ry probability that the splendid promenade was doomed to destruction liverpool will not soon forget the alarm this looming mass of smoke rising from the river at first occasioned the landing stage of itself had been immensely throng ed during the day and it itt was in the very height eight of the commotion that the alarm of fire was raised an alarm that left the least possible interval for sayin savin saying saving anything from inevitable destruction the whole length of the stage which had been beon recently completed by the addition of a new portion joining the tilo old georgel georgea 4 and hud the more recent princes princess tage stage was nearly a quarter of a mio mie ale the cost of the structure was about a quarter quarte of a million sterling it is conjectured that the origin of the fire was a gas explosion underneath the newly added portion which was being fitted with gas pipes the fire spread quickly underneath the deck of the stage catching the timber work over tho dilo pontoon tn in 1847 the engineering skill of sir william cubitt put an end to the antiquated system of embarkation that haa baa existed in the shoals of the mersey for many years he designed the georges landing stage stab c and that structure which occupied a considerable time in formation was on the first of june of that year fixed to the moon moorings rigs to which it was attached until a few days ago when it was removed to make way for a stage so adapted is as to join that portion of the structure turetha that was destroyed yesterday it consisted principally of 39 iron pontoons pon and a wooden decking live nive inches in thickness in length itt ift was wab peet feet and in width fe feet et 9 inches its weight was 2 2000 00 tons and it could bear persons with the bridges the tile total cost of the stage which was built under the superintendence of the officers of the dock committee a body which at that time performed the duties of the present dock board was about the bre are continued to burn throughout 1 the night there was little h hope ope of saving anything except the new pontoon bridge wh ch runs far in toward tho the street this structure III ili in itself is valued at about L the loss occasioned by th the ic disaster I 1 will nil we believe fall almost entirely on the dock board from whom no intimation has been given as to any portion of the structure being covered by insurance |