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others. She Is insured for $40 900, which Will ptooa-
bly, cover the entire loss. We have been anape =
a.ceItan how the IRE originated. One report mas
that rat carried burning candle among heap o'
coubustiblesi another statement is that the person
on board were smoking ou.Jas; while others yet a.
that the fire broke out last night, and that Wi
smoulderpg in the hold sll night.
About 10 O'Clock the nee steam engine Of the Phila
dephia Hose Company was broush. upon the ground
She was in service and the tire n@ndous stream
throw by her quickly deadened the danes in the up
per part Of the hull and accomplished more than ali
the hand engines combined had accomplished before
The keel of the ship rests upon the bottom of ths
river, and scuitling was II course useless. When
left the spot there bu. tile hope Of saving ID.
vessel, notwithstanding the immense quantities oi
wster thrown by the s:ean engine. The latter drew
her supply from he river.
Two Of Phillips Fire Annhils,srs were brought I,
II wharf before we eft. II designed TO try
them but az loss 10 conceive how they could
be brought 10 besr on he fsmes.
The ruined ship was built at Wilmington Delaware,
about three years ago, for sblpoog hrn IN TINS city
Sic was christened the james Ray. Her mt voy'
age was 10 be 10 Rio She sailed for that part
Of the world with cargo of -four, but she was 80
"crauk" Tor, in other words, top-beVyI that she
came near capsizirg in Delaware Bay. She was
brought back TO the city, and when soout 10 sa agan
the crew refused to 60 in her, alleging that sue was
not seaworthy. Some of the men were imprisoned,
ard the affair made no little stir at the time.
The name of the ship was stterward chsngea 70 me
" Dian ord State" Her last voyage was to New-of.
cans trenOa dnC lsegnOTn. Sne
name on the 23d of November, 1851, aud reached
this city the 9th of lest mon b. She was laid up
for the Winter at the spot whers her wreck noS hes
During her short serious mutiny took place
board of her. and she ends her short, but h-sarTed
existence, wi h q contagration.
Those of our readers who were compelled TO be
abroad in the streets of the city during the hight OF
the snow storm this morning, doubtless Thought tand
with much us'iceI that il was pretty severe But 10
appreciate the full fury of the storm, 1t was necessary
to the river and be exposed to the gale on some
such exposed spot as that TO which tue burning snip
was secured The crossing of the river with the Keen
snow aod hail cutting the face and binding the sight
to objects than few yards distant was strongly
suggestive If the stories we have read OF the foar
seas while the weather on the Jersey shore was cniy
eQuaed in our repor0ral experience, by the furious
storm of the night Of the 18th of January 1884, when
the Tabernacle church was burned
There were yery few dlsnterested lockers on at the
sceLe of the fire this morning. and the hrst dea that
struck new conner upon the ground was that all the
fremen and citizens present old men. The snow
which fell in clouds gathered on the halr, eyebrows
whiskers and mustaches of those who We're 10
il, giving them a very venerable appearance. ihose
who approached close enough to the hre had ne snow
melted upon their garments, ard they afterward
moved about in armOrs of ice
The scene with the snow and ice.coated remen and
citizens, the apparatus embelshed WIN icelcs, !ue
ground whitened With snow the binding drifts flying
through the air. the floating ice in the river, ana the
great central object oil attraction the burning snip,
made up Of the most picturesque scenes we ever
witnessed.
fBy Teleg,ph.I -,
PHmApELPHi, Saturday, Feb. %, lS1S;
The Diamond State has become total loss. Inc
fire originated in the hold while the watchman was
asleep The ship was in ballast, laid up IN ordinary,
and is in ured for about S5O,OOO ,o-o
PHmADELPHIA, Sunday, Feb. 81, 1888.
The ship Diamond State continued burning al yes
terday and last night, and has become t0'Si 'o7s
saTIT rrsHrNG.
The Ro,b O,~rn publishes come interesting and
surprising facts in relation 10 the sme fisheries OF that
region. It states that last Winter and Spring Mr.
Robert Ward of that city, caught and marketed three
uns of these fish, The previous he Sold as the
product OF his net five tuns while the season be-
fore that be sold fourteen uns The last two seasons
he has sent his fish to NewYork by express, and they
have sold when delivered in that market in good order
at from ten to eighteen cents per pound. Mr. W. had
enough arrive in Newlork in one day, after season
of blocked roads 10 amount to 500. On the lIth OF
March last from the proceeds of nights haul, Mr..
W. sent sInes enough TO NewYoik to sell for 800 be-
| side $l7 worth which he retailed in Bath. The
smelt is not the only silly fish which gets entangled in
the nets. Mr.. W. in one season has sold 4e1 bushels
of tomcods, taken with the smelts, which are pur,
chased ior triing sum by farmers for manure and
for hog-feed. At the present time Mr.. W. has eleven
nets set under the ce This statement is confined to
the operations of single man, yet mapy others are
ngaged in the same business on both sides of Merry
Meeting Bay.
DECREASE OF MAcKEREL IN NOVA SCOTIA.
1853 barrels mackerel were inspected in the county
Halifax in 1857 in the same county, in 1896, 80.
barres Decrease in 1857, ~ S64 barrels Inspected
IN other counties of the Provinces in 1857, 1854 bar
les Total, 35 S9i barrels.
THE TELEGRAPH AND THE FISHERIES
writer in The Boston Bee states that the telegraph
companies are making arrangements to extend their
lines from ChaIlottetownto 10 Cassumpegue Bay. This
is matter of the greatest importance to persons in
erested in the fisheries in the Gulf of st. Lawrence.
There are several hundred American sail engaged for
months each in these waters and the commune
cation very bad. Cassumpegue is the best hsrbor
on the coast and is frequent resort of the fleet in
bad fwo hundred eaiI ba
at anchor under the American flag. With the extern
sion of the telegraph instant notice can be given Of the
safety of any vessel in the harbor also of the state Of
the fishing. ground, change of markets. orders from
bone 6c in fact, such an extension would be of nca
Gu able benefit TO all concerned in the fishing business
The five steam sloops of war now on the stocks have
been hamed by the President follows: The one
building at Pensacola, Pensacola; the one AT Nor.
folk, Richmond the one at PHILADELPHIA Lancaster;
the at New York BROOKLYN and the at Boston,
Hartford.
Hupsos RIVER IrENs.-The MUburgh Courier
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