The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-05-30

OF TIE CONSTITUTION, &c.
a reference in our ,clcgraphic despatch
:. i made 10 Tic brrning &c this boat a.
,ho Mcmph;s wharf on the goth inst. The
following pnrliculats CLEANED from Tue zap
,o;n of The unfortunate boat, nre from TUG
!, Io,;s Republican Of last Saturday:
The c Constitution landed at Msmphis anou'
half-pas. eight on me evening . nv 49, -, and
landed alongside OF the lower wnni' oo"., .s
.,.s;,n ongncea in discharging small qnantity
er freiohr-whch could not have exceeded .eh
n';nr,as-..,he cry Of fire was heard ~ the nI'er
~, ~ ,hc boat. and in the next slant dense
fI,n,n oc smohe issued from the engine rooms
~ - n few moments enyelofedt entire iof-
| ward mar. OF tho boat At the moment Z. y. ny
al. yu the first nnd second clerks were ": ~" ~.
wharf attending to the delivery OF some ',e'en''
md The first effort made was TO secure me oooN.'
norey and papers: and IN order 70 expedite mat
| tors the contents of the iron chest, ana al .he
/ mos, valuable books and papers belonging % 'nc
hoat were placed in trunk, but before ms WoIn
/ had heen completed, the Cabin was hl'ea Win
/ fame ard smoke, aad il was found Impossible %
%, the trunk into the social h;f- ING su1
door lsadne from the office 10 the afhosFa guai'
was then tried, and after getting the trunk Ial.
j tally through. tHtsG HuNiHS - :"
| competed 10 abandon il, and narrowly escapeu
with their lives. Mr.. llolgenian, the first clerk
] was s,iohty burnt on lie neck and lace 10 ma ~,
/ L;nr his 9.cape down tie larbOu.d gangwSy
| TIC ,rnnk contained besides the books and pa
ners. ahout $500 in money belonging TO the
/ boar. all the bills OF lading, and many les,rr'
containing drafts, money, nc, were loss. VIZ
are told tha, Mr. H. thrush some OF the inosI val
lpable letters in his coat pocket, but IN me hmI'
/ ~. and confusion, they were lost. After INC
+ b,at was cur adrilf the levers of her engines be-
i inc raisea she started up stream, and IN going
short distance. came IN contact win a. n. shaw
/ & Co.'S wharf boat, which was soon ehveiopeo
/ in flames. About this time, the ropes holding
4 The levers burnt in two, her headway was checN'
i cd. and the boat ioated down stream, but run
ming acains, the steam ferry boat, Icing below
that was also set on fire, and consumed 1nt
fire originated in The hemp in the engine room
1 lust aft Of the boilers where some two hundred
i bales = ere stored. How it caught, no one knows
1.-THE boat was not over an hour IN burning 10 IN
waters edge, and after floating some two miles
down the river, the hull sunk. No'hng wa
saved A minority Of all on board escaped With
/. nothing but the clothes they wore. only on
person is known have beer last--ihe barheep
err Mr. Daniel Moore, of this city. lie was las
seen on the boiler deck. and il is supposed that
in attempting 10 max his way down the torwari
ranrwav he became sufiocated by smoke
was also rumored that a woman ard child, dec'
passe npers were burnt. but the officers think tn
i report untrue Mr.. Moore was certainly LOST
! he leaves famly in this CITY. There were sev
eral deck passengers, bnt all are believed to hay
been saved b. the yawl, which was lowered D.
some deck hands, who were unable TO get ios
ward themselves. They stated that all in I'll
Storage were saved The freight list OF tn
boa. was insured; the cargo, which is suppose
10 have exceeded 500 tons, is believed TO hav
been fully covered. Everything will be lost
with, perhaps, tho exception Of The lead. which
NAV he 20, ont in n melted condition. The boa
was insured for $4,000 Tie entire loss o.
boats cargo. &c., cannot fail much short Q
81 100, 900. A. Il. Shaw & Co, We are told
we're partially insured, their loss is eshna'ed a
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