I told some m.m aera of the Brigade to break the lock, tvhich they did, with their hatchets. When , •he door wa3 opened the smoke was stifling. [ took the nozzle of the hose under my mn, and .crept iv upon my hands and knees. I came up to what eeeined to be mother flat having a clay floor. In a minute, I saw some sparks fall into the : liar below, and then a flame burst out l'rectly. There was a stack of cases, three high or four high, and the flames ?eemed to come from between the cases. Prom where I waa the flame appeared to be :m the loft of the case 3. (The witness waa shown the plane, and marked on them the positions iv which he paw the cases, and (rom where he imagined the ftarnes came ) T could not judge whether the blaze was in the corner. I do not know what wai burned. There were boots, boot legs, and tools in the cases. All of them were full. I cannot form an opinion jis to tbe origin of the fire. By the Jury: The lrck of the iron door was fastened on the outside. On the side opening out into tbe yard, I believe there were bolts at the top and bottom, and I believe they were drawn by some of the fmmen. The door might have locked from the insiuje. It was not a padlock but a rim look, and one of the men wrenched the haso off. Ido not know whether I parsed through another door before I came to the iron doors. Iwi nt through Mr Armstrong's shop into the right-of-way, and having never been in the place before or since, do not know it. J. 11. Milk: lam an express proprietor. I went to the, fire, and assisted the police to take down the ehuttere. Finding no fire in the shop, I went to the* back. I saw Mr Wain on his hands and knees in the building. The doors were opened when I went in, and I cannot say whether they opened from the inside or outride. I paw the fire in one part, and it was burning up along the ceiling. I pulled down two ■ or three trunks near the spot and threw water round it. 