372 Mr A. J. Avis on the Expansion of Stone, &c. 
siderable distance from the buildings ; and, so long as the stones 
continued to fall, it was impossible to save any of the very valu- 
able property from the shops below, which, but for this, might 
have been easily and leisurely done. Now, no part of the stone 
was at any time red-hot, and the firemen were standing on the 
window-soles very soon after the flames retired from them, so 
that no danger was to be apprehended from the risk of cast-iron 
being melted in such a situation. Indeed, the cast-iron columns 
in the interior of the building did not appear to be much injured 
by the fire. 
Eprnsurcu, April 4. 1835. 
