Liverpool has been visited by another alarming fire. It was
disco- vered on Thursday afternoon, in the top story of one among ten ware- houses belonging to the trustees of the late Duke of Bridgewater, be- tween the Duke's and the King's Dock's ; and it soon spread to the three stories below that, and to the upper stories of the three adjoining ware- houses. The Mayor and Mr. Rushton the Magistrate were quickly on the spot ; the firemen were at work without delay ; by great judg- ment and activity, the further progress of the fire was arrested ; and at six o'clock the flames were subdued to a smouldering fire, the conflagra- tion having lasted two hours and a half. A ladder broke down under a fireman ; and he was carried, much bruised, to the hospital. The.origin of the fire is unknown. The damage is estimated at 20,0001.
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