Middlesex to Wit

The Information of James Gubbins< no role > taken
before me this 1st. day of April 1788

Who being upon Oath saith that he is [..] Surveyor to
the Sun [..] Fire OfficeThat between the hours of Ten
and eleven on Monday Morning the 24th. of March last he went to the Fire
on the Ruins in Pultney Street then into the Room on
the Ground Floor where he saw Broughton an other
FiremanThat he saw Clarey now present raking
with his handsThat he asked [..] Broughton what he was
about when he replied that he was looking after Clareys
PropertyThat said Clarey informed this Informant
that he had lost sixteen or seventeen Guineas in Money
Informant then asked him if he had lost no other Property
when he replied that he had lost five hundred Pounds
in Bank NotesThat he said his Money and Notes were
in a Chest and pointed to apart of the Ruins where
he said the said Chest had stood. That upon searching
the Ruins be discovered the end of a Chest on which
was an Iron handle when said Clarey observed that
that was the Chest, as he knew it by the handle
That after removing [..] a little in the depth of the
Rubbish he discovered that the lid of the Chest had been
burnt and that it contained several pieces of Hay
Bands, Rolls of Paper, and pieces of coarse Cloth. That
in a few Minutes afterwards he returned to the Spot
where he saw said Clarey tearing the Rolls of Paper and
flinging them about the the Ruins. That he then
observed