[ 290 ] 
The third houfe, inhabited by Mr. Robert Harris 
fenior, corn-fa&or, lies at the north-ead corner of 
the fame dreet, at the diftance of about 40 yards. 
Here I found fome damage done to the glades and 
China ware in a clofet contiguous to one of the bell- 
wires in a ground room : mod of the wire in this 
room was melted ; and a piece of the deal moulding, 
nine inches long, covering the wire, and adjoining to 
the brafs thumb-piece, very near the faid clofet, was- 
fplintered off, and druck the fervant maid in the face, 
as die was entering the room, at about 1 4 feet di- 
dance. 
In fome of the rooms in the fecond dory, the 
wires were in part melted. In one room of the third 
dory the wire was intirely didipated ; the wall 
fcorched ; the whole plaidering over the door, ad- 
joining to the bell, driven out in a body ; the door 
burnt ; and the dieets and quilt of a bed, near the 
bell-wire, fcorched and dre-pitted in like manner as 
at Mr. Tawke’s ; only the efforts of the ignited par- 
ticles were not fo general through this houfe, nor was 
any thing- here abfolutely fet on fire. 
I was afterwards informed, that tho’ all the wires 
were not dedroyed, yet they had been obliged to re- 
new the whole ; for, when they came to be exa- 
mined, they were found fo unpliable and brittle, as 
to be rendered quite ufelefs. 
On the 28th of July I went again to Mr. Tawke’s, 
who, being then at home, conducted me to a garret, 
whicli lies partly over the before-mentioned dark clo- 
fet, from whence a bell-wire was directed to this 
room, by me unobferved before ; nor did the family 
very foon difcover, that this wire was intirely melted, 
and the partition greatly fcorched. 
This 
