5 NOVEMBER 1842, Page 8

A terrible fire broke out in the large cotton-mills of

Messrs. Pooley, in Mill Street, Ancoats, Manchester, on Thursday night. The fire began near the chief staircase ; and so rapid was the progress of the flames that the escape of some of the workpeople was cut off. That part of the pile of buildings called the New Mill was destroyed before the fire was subdued ; and many persons were missing. Six bodies had been taken out of the rains yesterday morning. The damage is at random estimated as exceeding 10,000/.