The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-05-31
ST. LOUIS FIRE.

We have few particulars Of general iu-
tsrest in relation TO the fire which % re-
Gently devastated the most business por-
tions Of St. Louis.
The Republican contains list four and
q half columns in length of the sufferers by
the FIRE, and estimates the amount Of prop
erty lost At three millions Of dollars.
To the list Of twenty-threc steamers.
mentioned in our last AZ having been burnt,
the Aaron Hart can be added, as il 10 since
ascersained she was among the Inflated
ones. Twenty -four steamboats, in flames,
drifting helmless, twining their flames and
clashing together, what grand, an awful
spectacle!
The following from the Republican is a
summing up Of the losses, etc., among the
steamboats:--
"Among the boats destroyed 1t will be remem.
bered that there were but three or four OF . very
large class. The Sarah, .Mamai.ke and E.,dora,
WCtC sssG bosxCess tuc sosS vi tlo lttst UoWeu u.
mounted 10 over 100000. The .Mamai,4ie a.
Eudora were both lying up, and therefore had no
cargo on board. The steamer Martha Is the sec.
ond on the list Of losses; the boat was valued at
$4,000, and the cargo, consisting principally OF
goods for the American Fur Company, Of $780,
OOO-making the enine loss 1000, which Is
said to be fully insured. The next IN the order
OF amount, are the Taglioni, Tinour, Prairie
State, Moniauk, Edward Bates, Alice, Kit Car
son, Alex. Hamilton, American Eagle. 81. Peters,
nc. The books, papers and money Of several
were lost, and many Of the officers were hurried
from the burning craft with nothing but their
clothes.
"There was 1880 lost from the Kit Carson.
and various smaller amounts from others, max ing
Ia The aggregate over $1,000 Captain Cosson,
OF the American Eagle, had narrow escape,
reaching shore with nothing but his clothes; bis
entire wardrobe, books, papers and money were
burned, end his fine steamer went 10 the bottom
with only $500 insurance. Captain Ba,ger,
Of the Red Wing, had no insurance: his boat was
valued At S6,OOD, the whole loss OF which will
fall upon himself aud the clerk.
Gin our estimate Of the value, insurance, & c.,
we have taken the trouble 10 call on all the cap
tains, with one or two exceptions,) and have
obtained the amount from them, and il will I've
seen that, according 10 this statement, the entire
amount lost on steamers IL $3.50 ,OED. I'm this
there Is insurance Of So, 800, leaving Sti3, 10
uncovered. The loss 81 cargoes, we estimate
from The most reliable information, al 80, 900, a
large proportion, IL not the whole Of which was
covered BY insurance The largest cargoes were
those OF the Sarah and Martha, both valued at
S3O,OOO each. Next TO these in amount, was
that Of the Taglioni, saln.i at xl2,OOO The
Montauk's, which had arrived bui an hour previ-
Gus 10 the alarm, at SG,OOO. Next in order was
the Timonr, valued At S6.O0O; and live others,
valued ut gil 900, making in the aggregate S9,,-
OOO.
"Ihere were three barces and one canal bcat
consumed, besides number Of wood boats and
ether small craft. the total loss OF which may he
estimated In round numbers nj 5000. From
this, we.make the total loss Of water craft incl-
ding ell the steamers and their cargoes, money,
&C., SA46, 1000"