The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-21
b"rn'ng or Large ship--A Wila Seer, nm
the Delaware.
From the Philadelphia Bullet'o, FEB col

! burning Oh LARGE ship--A wild Scene o,
/ From the Philadelphia Bulleta, FEB ool
ra,, oui ocicck tnis morning, the large chip nsmou,
State w. be on fire che flames .hss d., L'nssn va
diseove.e ID and the services OF some Of ths e.
sreren wers ossa 70 estlngn'sh the fire NJ, small
quantity Of wacss TO preyeat the ran sn,s. n :. nse
For seversi hour te re was kept below The deck bur
finding that was gan.agl W, - wa IA, 70 Va,
the river hastened ever wiz en Afisf. w., Ssrr :"
the plugs Camden were sro. 'hs,s. W.. spih"H's
except suction engines, could Go o. WV VIA
reason. - -.,
The ship lay in very bad p1stIo. far The oper.eeo.
OF the n-e,nel SIZE moorc-' 20 d o'nern sue "
long wharf completely expOsedtr'sbe '@ ..1 gaze
that was blowing from the north~rtH. Ane ~ua', va
covered with logwood to add to the esadvant we Ga.
which the 6reneb iabored The head OF hs esre' vas
Ia the westward, and the main body OF toe nfs :"
wards the stern The tfeme1 could not go uld' ,ue e
The vessel for hours for fear Of The Ences os
over! while the water thrown from the wharf astA n OF
the ship mostly blown OFF BY he force Of tie ~,.
About nine O'Clock the Gre blazeo up hfongu the haA a
es and caught TO the rigging The latter COZ" =
with and ice, and the dremen three sunoeEs gt
the lower par. Of he rafting 70 keep the fire irons
burning very freely while the wind beating of the flames
prevented them from running a,t The IoS-r part OF
the rigging OF the and miZen bur ming, toe
stays destroyed and the fire had reached the ope
when both masis fell the " the south ward
viii tremendous crash leaving the foremost standing
alone.
Both nests fell together. and two or three drunken
fellows who clamberirg aboa. the sides Of the
ship came near beng caught BY the falling masts. For
tunaely no person was hurt The tail OF the m 'Jts
seemed to give fresh vigor to the lamse, but the
being GU; o. the way the hremen enabled to
throw waller from under the shelter 81 the ship The
entire after par. OF the vesse. IL light biaze
and the water thrown from the engines Ia service al
most entirely useless
The burning ship Is owned by u stctsou and others
She Insured for $40 600 which will probably
entire loss We have been unable 10 ascertain how the
IRE orig mated One Igpor; has IL that a carried
burning candle - heap Ct ccm6ustib,es another
statement that the persons beard were smoking out
rats while others yet cay that the fire broke out last
pighi aud that il VA smoGlderDg Ia the hold all night
About ten O'Clock the steam eng OF the Phad~l.
pha Hose compaay was brought upon the grouod. she
was scon in service and the tremendous streams tarown
By her quickly aeadeD.c the aues In the upper part OF
the hull nnd accomplished more than al the hAaa engines
combined had accomplished bciort.
TIE keel Of the shp rests the bottom Of the river
and scutiDg Was Of course useless When we left the
spot but hope OF saving the vessel
will standing the immense quantities Of thrown by
the steam engine. The after drew her supply Of water
Two OF Philips fire annhiiators were brought 70 the
wharf before left "A designed 10 try them, nut
We a loss to conceive how thes could be brought to
bear Oh the flames.
The roinei ship WAS built At Wilmington Delaware,
about three years for shipping firm IN this city sho
Intended be to Rio She sailed for that part Of the world
it'll cargo Of -four but she crank" Tor IN
srsre R,y Che w,s I brought baet 70 IN. ey and
when about 10 sail again the crew refused to in her.
alleging that abe was ro scaworthy some OF IL men
imprisoned, and the affair made little stir at the
time.
The name OF the ship afterwards changed TO the
Diamond State. Her last voyage to New Orleans
Genoa and Lerhon She sailed from the port Last named
the 23d Of November, 1857 and reached this city
The Path of last She laid up for winter
tie SPOT where her wreck now lies During her short
a mutny took place board OF her an
she ends her short bit III starred exis,euce with coaa
grafton.
Al tie time press the FIRE Is still burning, and
the ship will no doubt be slrncs, entre'y ruined
We learn from OF the Of the Diamond State
that the nre supposed 10 have originated from stove
10 the cabin The wstch,nsn left the vessel about
O'Clock last evening anc left fire burning the stove in
the cabin. When he returned, about four O'Clock this
morning the cabin was on fire.
TELEGR APHIC
PniApnfBA, FEB. ge-4:SoP "
The Diamond State has become total loss Tho fire
originated IN the hold while the Waterman asleep
The ship in ballast, lad up in ordinary, aud In
suTed for about 800 600