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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Huggitt
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Mackintosh
Cottrell
Jemmy
Wagstaffe
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Dumfrres
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Haining
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Payne
Soy Heital
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Croydon
Neckinger Road
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Greenwich
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Keehan
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Great Britain
Stirling
J. W. Stirling
High Street
Whitechapel
Genuie
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