Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ...called French polish, boiling over, which set fire to some shavings of wood. The flames spread rapidly to the premises of Mr. Woolley, a stable-keeper; Mr. Stoddart, a pianoforte maker; Mr. Stout, who had a mahogany and timber-yard; Mr. Messer, a coachmaker; Messrs. Bolton and Sparrow, upholsterers; the Chapel of Ease in Margaret Street; Mr. Pears, perfumer; Mr. Arnold, grocer; Miss Storer and Miss Vennes. In Mortimer Street, the houses of Mr. Wales, cabinet-maker; Mr. Hunt, card-maker; Mr. Reid, sofa and chair-maker; Mr. Kensett, cabinet-maker; and Messrs. Holt and Scheffer, were in a short time reduced to ruins. 'A party of the Guards soon arrived at the spot, and assisted the police officers in aiding the firemen, and preventing plunder. But all the exertions of the firemen, with a plentiful supply of water, appeared to have no effect in extinguishing the flames. In the whole, not less than thirty houses and shops were destroyed. More than one hundred families were thus deprived of a home, and many, who were lodgers, lost all they possessed, excepting the property they carried about their persons. Among the property burnt were some of the valuable carvings belonging to the Duke of Rutland, which were deposited in one of the warehouses, and on which an insurance to a large amount had been effected in the Westminster Fire Office. The Duke of York, and several of the nobility, visited the ruins, and set on foot a subscription for the relief of those who had suffered loss or injury by the fire. ST. PANCRAS. CHAPTER VIII. ST. PANCRAS: EARLY HISTORY. The Brill; Dr. Stukeley's theory of its having been a Roman camp--Defensive works in 1643.--Pastoral character of the district.--Value of land.--The name St. Pancras.--Manors of Cantelows...