POSTSCRIPT.
THRDE MORE FIRES YESTERDAY.
ABOUT half-past four o'clock a fire occurred on the premises of Mr. G. Green, a builder, Paul-street, Finsbury, surrounded by numerous houses in Providence-row and Hill-street. The discovery having been made, in the course of a few minutes the Royal Society's escapes attended, as well as several fire-engines. Not a moment was lost in setting this force to work, but nearly half an hour elapsed before there could be obtained a sufficient supply of water to feed the steam .engine. Meanwhile the manual land engines were worked with full vigour, but the flames 'continued their ravages, and in less than 20 minutes another range of workshops, about 60 feet long, became ignited from one end to the other. The scene then caused the greatest excitement among the inhabitants of Providence-row and Hill-street. Many of the occupants, apprehensive that their dwellings would fall a; prey to the fire, continued removing their furniture and children to a distant place forprotection. At length an abundant supply of water was obtained, from which the firemen went to work, but in spite of their perseverance the work of devastation continued, and-very quickly the premises. of Mr. C. Haynes, but let out to several families, numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4, in Hill-street, became ignited. The fire next seized hold of the premises belong- ing to the London General Omnibus Company, and the straw-loft was soon in a blaze. The firemen kept to their posts, but the flames next extended to the premises of Mr. G.,Green (private), to those of Mr. Tabraham (No. 3), and also to the house of No. 1, in the occupation of several poor families. The hose of the engines were conveyed round the whole of the blalingipiles. Brinounting the roofs of the houses in Providence-row and il -street, the brigade were enabled to attack the flames at each point, and by that expedient they were at length enabled to stop their farther progress; but some hours elapsed before the flames could be entirely extinguished, and not until an enormous amount of property was either destroyed or greatly damaged.
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