The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-01-27


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Another Steamboat conilagration--
Three Steamers Burncd--.Loss upwards o.
$4,000.
Bs,ween three and four o'clock Yesterday
,flernoon, our citizens we're startled " Tue
alarm Of fire. Upon inquiry Il was ascel.
tanned that the steamer New England No. :
living up at the upper end OF the l.evee, haa
taken fire, from some unknown cause, ~
The deck room, snd WIS being rapidly con
.umed. Thousands OF our citizens rushed
tow a ds the scene Of conilagrailon, aud soon
every avenue leading towards the ievee
was ,hronged When we reached the spot
the New England was one sheet OF flames
and the New Lucy, lying next above, nno
tho Galena packet Brunette, next below
had taken fire, and all efforts to extinsulst
the flames on either proved unasa'ilng
The New England burned, at the wharf
nearly to the waters edge. The Brunette
likewise burnt. The New Lucy was 1--WE
,hink) very impruden,ly cut loose from her
moorings, and suffered 10 drift along near
" the whole line Of steamers at the Lesee,
endangerng no, less than twenty or thur
ty boats.
Soon after the fire broke ont on the Ne"
England, the Alton packet Altoona, lying
il port with steam up, sentnred IN the "
cini,y of the burning boats, and pulled on,
into the stream the steamers Mlnnesota
Kate Koarney, Whirlwind aud J. NJ Glen.
endin, and set them adrii in periec, seeu.
ritz. The Shenandoah, Belle Gould, ant
one or two other boats, cut Their cables
md pushed out from the wharl IL avoid The
bnrning wreck. The New Lucy, 10 full
blaze from stem To stern. tloaied past the
steamers ST. Ango. FL pasa. Editor. Exc
md several others, when the gallant Ate
n, came To The rescue. aud fastening lln'
To the faied steamer, pulled her mi Int
lie channel, and KEEP, her in tow nntii th'
terry boat, with two or three engine com
panies on board ran up alongside and eA
tinguished the fumes
Too much praise cannot be best"a g
on HE o liant conduct the commander snd
oflicers Of the Altona Bat for their pres
ence Of mind and prompt actin III
destruction Of property along The Ies"a
would have been immense. Cpl LAM
oTHE deserves well oi The hoatlng Interest
u "nr city.
The New England n, ,, the boat upon
which The fire broke nut, vas owned b. tn
Kr.kuk Picket COMPANY. She was III
old boat, vaIned n $500 aud insured II
1000 in the Union Office oil Tbs city. Tn
Il tines originated in the deck rom, BIZ
from what cause is MT kn WI.
The New Lucy also belong IN the hee
kuk Packet CompanN. aud was built cur
ing last Summer aud f.ll At this point, Al S
cost Of S37 ,0O0. She came ont On the Is
It November, and made three ar four tffps
aud went into winter quarters. She wa
Insured for $4,000.
The Brunette was LAYING up, the next
boa, below the New England. She took
FIRE in a few moments alter the flames
were discovered, and burned at her moor.
ings. She was new boat, and was own,
ed by Capt. c. BaKGER, her commander
". l.. EWING & Co. # this city, and "
T. CooLBAucH, OF Burlington. Iowa. Tier
valuation was S2s,00O, insurance So,
900.
The machinert Of all the boats harnec
can he saved without difficulty. That uu
The New Lucy and Brunette il new. anf
together with the bulls may 90 FAR towara
making up the loss their owners have sus.
tanned.
Ia footing up the loss to the insurance
offices, we find the following TO be the re-