The Fire.
A few minutes past nine last evening the fire bells sounded the alarm, and young and old, rich and poor, the maimed, the halt, and the blind, rushed helterskelter to witness the conflagration. Tue Thames has become so dull of late that a fire is looked upon by the benighted inhabitants as a God-send. Consequently, ten minutes after *he alarm wai sounded, hundreds of people were on the spot, and Eolleston street was lined with spectators. Here, you would spy a good dame jut out of bed, standing on the pavement, and putting a finishing twist to her back hair. Women with curl-papers, women with nothing to speak of to cover them; women with dishevelled hair like the Furies, awe-struck with the conflagration 1! There you notice a child with nothing but a blanket to shelter her from the cold night wind. The men, too, are scarcely uwre particular, and tome appear on the scene of action as scantily clad as the memberi of the fair sex. Some minus boots, othera coatless, and all looking generally elated by the expectations, raised by the elan* of the bells, that something has occurred to lessen the monotony generally prevail* ing, and although the fire only lasts a few | minutes, it is a spell, and is a sparkling 1 mote in the general obscurity overnansuuc j the town. The fire last night was man | unoccupied house belongingl to Mr Con* nelly. The Fire Brigades were toon on the spot, but their efforts were of little avail, and the house was toon burnt to the ground. The wind was blowing strongly, and MrDeeble'i house was at | one time in danger, but the Brigade! i succeeded in saving it from the ravage! of * the fiery element. The house, we believe. was insured for £30.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3728, 6 December 1880, Page 2
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301The Fire. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3728, 6 December 1880, Page 2
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