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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 26, 1843

Page

6

Tooley Street Fire Destroys St Olave’s Church and Vessels

A massive blaze in Tooley Street Borough began two o'clock Saturday near Ward oil warehouse. It rapidly consumed Topping’s wharf Loftus alum warehouse and ships at the wharf, spreading to St Olave’s church and Watson’s Telegraph. Fire engines fought the flames as the tower, bells, and pews burned, with extensive property loss and two vessels badly damaged.

Tooley Street Fie M 105 Samuel Ward Toppino’s Wharf St Olave’s Tooley-street Watson's Telegraph St. Olave’s Ward St. Olave’s Church MN Division Messrs. Ward’s Camberwell Peckham Tower of London Topping’s Wharf Watson’s Telegraph Langley Carver Evans Walker Southey Mason Yates Braidwood St. Stephens Walbrook St. Stephen’s London Southwark Blackfriars Monument St. Paul’s St. Bride's Goodchild Cornwall Truro Teser Weymouth Saint Olave’s Church Kenney Dr. Kenney Fenning’s Wharf

Fire devastates High Street shop in Tooley Street blaze

A fierce fire in Borough's High Street at 268 High Street, the shop of Robert Jones grocer and tea dealer, damaged stock and windows. Fire crews from Southwark Bridge Road arrived swiftly, water from mains extinguished the flames. The blaze began in the fireplace area, spreading to bags of foreign fruit and sugar loaves. owner insured.

High-Street Borough Tooleystreet Robert Jones Southwark Bridge Road Jones

Official Statement of the London Fire Loss

An official damage estimate places losses at no less than £50,000. The report lists warehouses, merchants, and wharves along Tooley Street burned or damaged, with St. Olave's church roof destroyed and three vessels at Scovell's wharf partly burned. Many frontages scorched or water damaged. no injuries reported. The origin and insured offices remain uncertain.

St. Olave’s Church Looley Street London Father Schymed Church of St. Olave Christopher Wren Boyd Fenning’s Wharf Humphrey West of England and Tooley Street Brigade Braidwood J. Scovell Watson and Co Telegraph Association St. Olave’s Jos. Goodchild Fenning’s Scovell’s Wharf Tooley Street L. G. Bennett

Meeting of St Olave vestry in Bermondsey after fire

About fifty leading residents gathered at St Olave s Girl s Schoolroom Bermondsey Street with Sheriff Pilcher presiding. Vestry clerk Corner outlined fire damage, partial insurance of £6000. Renter Warden Bloyd praised firemen and police, proposed gratuity subscription. Clergy debated worship plan and licensed place rules, deciding to petition neighboring churches and await the Bishop of Winchester before resuming services.

ST. Olave's St. Olave’s Bermondsey Street Sheriff Pilcher Corner Phoenix Office Bloyd Braidwood Yates Division of Police Scovell St. John St. Saviour St. Thomas Winchester

Horrific Hoxton Fire Explodes at Fetterlane Killing Several

A massive blaze in Mr Newberry’s chemical premises at No 60 Fetterlane Holborn triggered a devastating explosion. Police and firemen found Mr Newberry and Mr Rose dead at St Bartholomew’s Hospital after aid arrived, as the building and nearby shops suffered severe damage. Mrs Rose and two Miss Crindells were among those feared dead or missing, with rescuers still sweeping the ruins.

Fetterlane Holborn Newberry 245 St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Mr. Rose Hostal Norris Mrs. Rose Bartlett Bartlett's Coxcaster John Butterfield Corporation of Doncaster Priory-place Doncaster Earl of Eglinton Corporation of Liverpool Goodwood Weatherby Corporation Glinton and Winton Eglinton-castle Irvine Fisher Lord Eglinton Car- Marthen Rebeccaiies Llangendeirne Carmarthen Trevor Reebecca Somerset Wastern Bridge Crown Court Justice Coleridge John Skinner Fitzherbert Carrow Coleridge MunpEr Union-hall Red Lion Westminster Bridge Traill Crouch Haggett Treneate Stangate Huggitt Samuel Hinton Mackintosh Cottrell Jemmy Wagstaffe Frientrut Tracepy Dumfrres Dumfries Haining Dorsetshire Nith Fatan Ramsay Payne Soy Heital William Deacon Croydon Neckinger Road Bermondsey Greenwich London-bridge James Thompson Emerald Keehan Canning-dock Hewitt Cork Kanturk M‘guire Cahill Keeffe Hickie J. Keefe Hackie D. Leahy J. Warren J. Fitzgerald Hunt’s Bank College Inn Castle Inn Robert Gill Harriet Simpson Gill Bellhouse Ms Simpson

Fire destroys premises with powder blast and fatal blaze

A catastrophic explosion and ensuing fire at a building caused immense damage in Fetterlane and Bartlett's buildings. Firefighters and police battled the inferno as flames hurled debris and a body was recovered from a shell. The blast sent a chest of drawers through a wall fifty yards into a dairy.

Bartlett Braidwood London Fire Brigade London Bridge Fetterlane

Official Damage Account for Fetter Lane Fireworks Event

The document lists damages in Fetter Lane Holborn with insured properties and losses. It names addresses from No 60 to Bartlett's passage and notes glass breakage, water damage, and building or contents insured across multiple trades including chemist, butcher, oil seller, bookseller, and builders. Some properties show partial or extensive damage, with several fronts and walls affected.

Fetter-lane Braidwood Holborn Newberry Ditto J. Franklin E. Whitney Mr. Norris England Barnard’s-inn Bartlett’s Passage F. Foster W. Jones G. Wagstaff Pheonix Bartlett S. H. Langham Royal Exchange Phenix Messrs. Noble and Mee Messrs. C Compford and Falkner

Calamity claims several in Bartletts passage fire victims

A devastating blaze in Bartletts passage killed Mr Newberry Mr Rose Mrs Rose Miss M Crindell and Miss Eliza M Crindell. Many injuries reported as a shower of furniture and debris scattered through multiple houses. The fire destroyed most of the first floor and left charred beams and burned feathers. the family Bible lay open near the doorway.

Walter Norris Newberry Rose Aberdeen Miss M‘crindell Eliza M'Crindell Mr. Lewis Gough-square Fetterlane Morley Bartlett’s

Inquest on the bodies of the sufferers

A coroner's inquest at St Bartholomew's Hospital considered the deaths of William Rose William Newberry Isabella Rose Eliza McCrindell and Margaret McCrindell. Witnesses described explosions gunpowder fulminating mercury and a fire or collapse at a premises in Fetter Lane and Holborn with many residents injured. Verdict recorded accidental death with gross neglect for ladder safety.

Payne St. Bartholomew’s Hospital William Rose William Newberry Isabella Rose Eliza M‘crindell Margaret M‘crindell George Walter Holborn Mr. Newberry Blewitts Mr. Rose Edward Wilson Newbury M.crindle Fetter Lane Riday Riday) At A Quarter Past Eleven, In Company With Mr. Newberry, and Mr. Scott Bouverie-street Newberry John Grant Baker Mrs. Rose Mr. Barrett Rose James Sharp Fetterlane Henry Scott Bouverie Street Witness Alexander Duff Lucas Bartholomew's Hospital Falconer Bartlett M‘crindells

Stirling's Stomach Pills Offer Health Benefits

An editorial extols Stirling's Stomach Pills as a broad aid to health, claiming life expectancy rises with medical advances and temperance. The pills are praised for universal use, no mercury, safe for children and elderly, adjustable doses, and marketed by J W Stirling of Whitechapel with price points and stamp authenticity.

Great Britain Stirling J. W. Stirling High Street Whitechapel Genuie

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