The misfortunes which always have attended the shareholders of the
Alexandra Palace seem never to end. On Monday after- noon the Palace, which had been open only a fortnight, was burned to the ground. A plumber had left his brazier in the dome, a cinder fell, and in two hours the building was totally destroyed. The loss must have been immense, as the building cost half a million, and was insured for only 2200,000, while the stallholders and employe's of every kind seem not to have been insured at all. Fortunately only two lives were lost, a fireman, and a man in charge of some plate belonging to the firm which supplies refreshments. The building will be rebuilt, and we hope a full supply of water will not this time be forgotten. There were hydrants in plenty, and engines, but no equivalent force of water, which is especially necessary, as the building stands on the summit of a hill.
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