The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-12
The GREAT FIRE Ar NEW ORLEANS.
NEARLY FORTY LIVES LOST.
Six Steamboats, and Other Property
Burned.
Loss NEARLY SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL. LARS.
THRILLING SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
From the New Orleans pis.yuus r.

Il 4
Hetvsec snc O'Clock this morning the inha tsnts
OF the upper part OF the town awakened by the
alarms sounded On tHs breatng out OF ire. Those
sciDg IN he part Of the city discovered hst
the Of the neuong disaster was
ieyee. at the foot Of julia and St Joseph streets near
post No 10 Thousands OF the citizens and the Areneu
with their engines, the SPOT ami ss the
flames cononsd 70 spread with irrs1ttss rapdty snd
the alarms were r.dcuoisi the excems nj soon became
| ipmsnfe, 5nd the whole city aroused.
The h,mes lad comsneIced board the Charles
Belcher Cipt1iu Garlic which had arrived from Nash
Vile curing he night Some reports that ST was
on FIRE ~her she arrived snt put in among the aet OF
boats at Ieve BAT rs FAR these involve ia inua.
ton that hsr oissfs AWAITS Of tins fact aui vet
lesy ran her in they will be considered as utterly
unworthy ofs moments unless untl uueq aiyo
CO, prrot OF them De ESTABLISHED, which az est
not believe possible
TIE certainly was discovered no long tims after aha
rad arrived, but it Ia far from foloups ths shs MAS
then on are and utterly pcredbla that II she vas hsr
oaleert we're aware % it, Short Wme ~ IL sas after
her srIv. that III. FIRE ciscoverd, II yet long
Eoueh 10 bring II vitsia the limits Of probability that
eedrg cotton for their fuel would not have
attined far greater sscendAncy than they had And
there are other circumstances WHICH deprive .he
OF the semSlAncs Of probability Thsy were Ara,
uncovered ait on tho lover Geek they coul moi
have burnt any length o, Tins without being asn1
when discovered they spread rapidly that tn. boat Vas
amoat instantly enveoped In sheet OF dsyourin
and fury, vas with great dfcaty that
and officers saved their lives Mrs Csrlls wife OF Can't
Care sick in her berth only saved hers chat OF her
child, by jumping from the hurricane deck on t. ths
Mohicsn
From ,hs Charles Belohsr the Are communicated
to the hohican Captain lrvo ioadei for snnesss river
BfeanbOat NstchRY Ia tllsr
From th'se spread to ths Lsh Tuas plain H.yg ,od
tbs Crescent Captain Moore and ths Saxon. Captain
Rerchevs ell cading for st Louis all of which rsro
totally destroyec with all the eargo.s sy bsdan boari
by 1--WE oclcc1. They sso caugh. thu Sultsns and
heavily laden barge which she had tow the latter OF
whoa totally destroyed, and to the barge OF G E.
Waikins which arrived yesterday in toW OF the stessc
David Glo on from Cincinnati laden with lsrg. uuan.
uty Of Western prod usc and which aIo totally oou
sumed. The SultanH having only jrst arrived from
Lousviile, although shs had commenced landing sti
bad her steam mp AND. with tbs aid OF doctor was
sbe TO pat out he aes which took hold of several
times, ard shs fusily bHcked the arssm and
gave what Assistance abe could liz saving lie and pro.
or the boats spoken of ~ destroyed all have suuk At
tho time write with che exception Of the Ns,hez
whish lies chsr-sd smout srng mass of ruins lo,tpg
wi.hie few feet OF where she lay when she cok fire.
The Grand Turk which lay Saxon while shs was
burning, also took ire several tmes but com
parfti,ely little Damage Tao nc covered with
half burned cotton damaged proyisi ,ns &c but vhAt
may be considered rAsher strange, under the crccussu
ce the wharf said not to have sustained the ehtat
injury from The fire. Werg et to have TO add th, the
occasion seized by mary who prowl about wretoes
they are watching for snch for the pur
pose OF punderiDa whatsoever they lay hands
on. Some thirty OF theas have already been arrested
and numbors, Terhrps gnita rs bad they, o dranh
about the tvee from the effects Of tho hqgo which
they deubtsss as others, dd to .ms
bsf gage, &c
Al this "a sad enough, but reports which, however.
l'es cenhfmstion give lruch more afcting for
as maay forty liyes have bssp
sacrificed on he eocaa,on lncnsy.ss hossvsr LEAD
to hope thai il win ba found th. shis narnber Is n,uoh
beyond the rs,niy We learn ths b,st authority that
Capt James Lesthsrs brother OF Capt ?. Ls,thera of
the NAohs2 ID suoEg the sacrifesd Reports alec an
nounced the obstruction Of Capt r p Lasther but this
is certainly Icorreot They ais, report the oss OF the
mate OF tbs Nachez but this we have Vo,d reason to
DOUBT The ctsmbermsid dang htsr and the pastry
cook Of thst vetsc rese however, ALI desroye and un
der shocking eiroumstnees The frat had gons sshore
followed by her Daughter but Ythss AN ing the en-
treaties OF the latter returned TO eEdesvor 10 save some
OF her things but only to lose her m and cause the loss
sitting in goirg Tho pastry cook is eAd been 60
n'oxioAted ~ to be unable 10 rave hicsel
a. 81. NIL.
and children who preysotea froei rat
ting from tie After deck the wharf ia
OF the eugrs room being crowded with freight asd they
we're reported to have all psrlshed either in the hsnss
or in the river on junppg ovesbokTd Wehavs good rea
to hope however that Of them have found
20 have escired and othtrsusy hsye been equally ora
nate All the cabin passengers of this boat positive
y ieported to have scsped Tso deck hands no ~evsr
aaesd to those who positively repo,fei 10 have
heen ost Tn, report OF tina wife Of ca otan Ls.taers
having been lost believe TO be upfounosd.
some q tbs BOOKS saa papers, aud also the valuable
serp however, lost all their luRgsys
TINS N1tct.z had arrived here only yester'ay, with
some zoo bales OF cotton bosrl OF which a. least
500 bales yet remained 20 be discharged Tas Nohic.u
lad large ard valuable tgo .nd 20 left this
morning the Tennessee river. The Crsrc.rt and .h
runa sd cuohArged oft OF their csrgoes The Saxon
loacng for ST. louis and had about onsht OF her
cargo on board The Antelope, Captain Brown and the
TsxI ftesnshp Louisiana, in consders ole danger
hut fortunately escaped without any iojary,
The loss s varousiy etlmstsd at from haNs million
to million. We think the former figure nearest tn,
ans Charles Bechsr had on board l55 bales of cotton
and b2I hhas tobacco.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
From the New 0iIesns Pic6yune Feb 81
Since accoupt of the great conas grafton OF yeser
Is, morning. which in last evenings etiop,
have gathered the folio sing corrections and addition
particulars ore OF The diHcu pquries to be Al.
svertd 10 In regard to tbs loss Of life Tnsre thou
sand rurs floating about bat few Of them be traced
James Lestheis the brother OF cf. Ls.tsers OF the
hatcher rot to be found and t. is feared that he
burned ~ board OF that boat.
The msts OF tho N.tchsz IL sad TO be msHiuR.
The chsmbsFmsis, her child sad the pastry cook be-
longing beard Of the Natohez said 20 be lost
One white seizsd BY the haig while be 10
the water By peTtons 10 bat Tney let 60 their hol1
and the man seen to sifk.
Th teen segross bell ngng 10 Nj wsddls aye negroes
beongsg to Mr. GAbrath, three negroes bslongiog TO
Mr. CappoD and three negoes under The charge OF Gen
ner are sup posed 70 b. lost they had bse, misscg
all cay yeerda, These twenty fous slaves all on
bo.rd OF the Cnailes B,lsher.
man, vhose nsme was unknown, yesterday rnorains
seemed 70 be overwbslmtd with grsf said that he
had lost VI OF property and his frecds by the
He st,emPssa 10 l1np a;o ne Iivsr whoa ne was pre-
twice ia the breas, Hs was taken to the Charity H,spi
tsl ~ tie police.
shiie man found during tho morning eiuginy to
the tlmbers 90 the under side Of the whsrt he
ne.rIy dead ~btp re rescued He stated that he had
oo veal to make his voice heard amidst great
The police boat OF The First estr,e which was uudsr
The charge OF officer w,ndovsr did great seryic. The
OF the boat tsved six PERSONS from the watsr who
would othsrwife have soon been drowned. We hear
r.ny glowing accounts of the bravery rnd coosess OF
onioer w,ndoysr during the battls With the are
gentleman who ssve5 his wife sod child, states that
when he mad, his sfcpe WITH great d su,y he ft ten
y hieen persons en- board q the Nsteh.. Hs thinks
that rosi OF them mus have been lost bat be IA not
tain that any oi them we're lost
Many q the passengers lost aetEy al their baggage
ss, q 'le@ p ss'i ,5 ssns ',,Srs There
the vh.R near tie burnins boats. soue Of 1t re-
rovsd to rae p.es, reh q 4 w.s damaged s:oss
arreEtipg hyidred persons VINO found the