A fire of some magnitude occurred yesterday morning in the
exten- sive premises of Messrs. Glover and Boulket, leather-dressers, No. 31, Long-lane, Bermondsey. They cover a large space of ground, and the factory was fitted with expensive machinery. The discovery was made by the policeman on duty, who observed an unusual glare of light, and heard a cracking of wood. Feeling convinced that the premises were on fire, he instantly raised an alarm, and sent messengers off for the first fire-engines. By the time they arrived they found the premises enveloped in one tremendous body of flame. Some thousand tons' weight of water were thrown upon the blazing pile, but without effect. The roof fell in after a time with a tremendous crash. The firemen, however, nothing daunted, kept to their posts, and eventually suc- ceeded in stopping the further progress of the fire.
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