The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-02-12
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NHw DRt,FaNs. Feb. bth 1pI

week ago, the city was startled witt
news Of d terrible disaster that had
just happened at the Lake end Of the
Carrolton Railroad. During the ear
lier hours Of The morning the sky was
lit up with Il glow which betokened b
fire i'll that direction Our fire bells
rang the alarm, the firemen evei
prompt rushed forth with engine, hook
and ladder to battle with the flames
wherever they might be; but after
wandering over the Eastern and Nor
thern portions Of the city, searching
In vain FOR The fire, they returned to
their respective quarters. only to hear
the news, that the steamer Georgia,
which had just landed 1T the Railroad
pier, had burned to tho waters edge and
involved in its own fate, the lives Of
from forty to sixty human beings
The particulars Of this conhagration
are familiar to you, and need not re-
peat them, and ] only melaion the
fact as d prelude to another eonflaera-
ton which took place at The city
wharf at the foot Of Julia street, early
yesterday morning, involving an equal
loss Of life, and ten times the amount
Of property, which was destroyed by
the former. Tie Telegraph and the
city papers have already given you
the full particulars OF this last great
fire, but as | pass along it may be in
tereating to your numerous readers, to
view the scene rs II presented Itself at
the Levee yesterday evening when |
last visited it. The river in the yicill-
ity Of The "burht district" was filed
with floating barrels. boxes, bales, cot
ion and burning or chafre1 tiinbers,
amongst which glided here and there
y dozen Or more small boats filed with
men picking up, hauling over, or
throwing aside whatever came in
their way. The bulls Of tho Saxon
aud Natche1 were still burning or
rather smoulleriug, and now and then
long slender streaks of fame leapihg
rom The nnsa Of blaekened timbers,
bales, &c, al of which we're so low
Town ii the water, that flames seemed
0 come from tn J waters wherein they
foaIed. The fire engines had all cea-
4ed their operations and gone to their
several quarters, but the throng upon
he Lovee near the scene of the fire
'ould be counted by thousands. And
uth a scene, thank God is not often
oo'Sed upon, even in this land Of
teanboat burning and life killing dis
lsters. II lacked but one feature to
ender the picture horrible. lacking
hat is was merely interesting. No
orpses, burnt, blackened, or torn to
,iecea were there to remind one Of an
awful explosions" and fiji up the hor-
ibte, as | have said; but hero were
thousands upon thousands Of Sides and |
partly burned and still |
to give ono an idea Of The
ind Of freight that WAS on board Of
ONE Of the unfortunate boats. Seat
cred far and wide over that portion Of
be- 'Ieyco, were half burned merehan-
" of III kinds, and Of every quality
'ork and potatoes. corn and coffee,
ry goods and aeef goods, silks and
aiins, nails and screws, cotton bales
nd cottonnades, sugar aud salt, mo
'sses and merlnos, iron and brass,
rolsen croekery aud roasted cocoa
TITS, and many more articles too mum
rous to mention, lay in promiscuous
lies, or were scattered re CT la" in
lost delightful confusion. Among
nd over these ruins. the multitude.
lually proIniscuous in the character
ties, and colors, puehsd and leaped
nd ran like so many interested per-
ms, all in pursuit Of the same object.
utchy dug among this heap Of Gin
ors, Africa pulled way at that pile Of
'gs, Ireland cursed and swore with
mself or herself, while Yankee stood
: walked leasurly along, coolJy eye
& the whole, as if calculating the
Profits and loss" or making a guess
the "main chance" Thus within
'out seven or eight hours, seven
eamboats and property valued at
'out 100000, which on Friday
ght, came up to the Levee from
ght or ten different States, we're des-
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