The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-05-10
Loss or tine Trabex.

We copy the following account OF the loss
of this steamer from the Cincinnati Gazette,
and also append q list Of the freights for
parties in this city: -
The steamer Jacob Traber, Capt. Peyton.
s. Davidson, arrived from Pittsburg, yester-
day morning, about o'clock, with very
heavy cargo of freight, and landed at the
foot of Broadway. After effecting moor
ing, it was discovered that she was hard
aground, and heavy freight was rolled from
her bow to midships to tighten her off,
This weight caused springing of her butts,
and she leaked water rapidly.
The rapid decline in the river, left the
vessel still harder aground, and during yes
terday forenoon, two steamers were EN-
ployed TO pull her oil, but failing to get the
boat afloat, quantity of iron belonging to
q. / j. Ii. Shoenberger, was discharged to
Tighten her. About II O'Clock, however, it
was discovered that she was shipping water
rapidly, with three feet water in the hold
The pumps were speedily put to work and
strenuous efforts made I. stop the leak with
tarpaulins, but all to little purpose.
The TRADER careened TO her starbOard, and
amid cracking of timbers, Kissing of steam,
topping over of chimneys, parting of cables,
hogg chains, and wrenching and twisting of
machinery, furniture, ETC., she settled down,
with her stern in twenty feet water, a COM
plete wreck. The boat Immediately took
fire, and the excitement became intense
| The vessels along the landing rang their
bells Notwithstanding terrible clamor-
while those contiguous, foated or backed
out into the river to avoid the threatening
| conhagration. Buckets, bales of muslin,
boxes of dry goods, and almost every vari-
ETY. of floating freight, soon covered the
river. The landing quickly became crowd
ed with people, while on the river, skiffs,
flats and scoops were speedily put into requi-
| sition to save the freight as it parted with
the boat The fire engines were soon on the
ground, and the fire was extinguished with
out much difficulty. One engine, the Gin
cinnatus," upset while descending the levee,
but fortunately no one was hurt, nor the
machine the least injured.
The Traber will prove total loss, except
her boilers and machinery, which can be
taken off when the water falls. The cargo
is greatly damaged, and large portion of il
lost. We give below the list Of freight
destination, and to whom consigned. The
Traber was three years old, and was built
here in 1856. During the winter ensuing
she was sunk at our levee by the ice, but
was raised a5ain without much loss. She
was good, staunch boat, valued at Sl2,,
900, and insured for Sc, 500 in the Western
and Firemen's Insurance Offices, Of this city
She was owned by Capts. Peylons, and vii
liam 7. Davidson and James r. Hatcher
Her freight list was not insured, and We
understand that only a partial insuranc,
had been effected on her cargo. Capt
Davidson entered protest here yesterday
evening. The TRADER was bound from
Pittsburg to Saint Louis, and had only sever
cabin and four deck passengers. Fortu
nately, no lives were lost by the disaster
nor were any persons injured. Last even
ing it was hourly expected that the cabir
would part from the hull and float off:
Keen & Preston, bales sheetng; p. G
0Reilley, 1913 pkgs; Samuel Orr, SIS
pkgs iron and steel; Bement & Viele, 5,
sledges and crow bars; j. II. Heiman, G.
pkgs yarn; j. G. Venueman, 20 kgs nails
Leech x Carlstedt, pkgs sundries; c. H
Wells, l box; E. Ii. Sabin, 10 bags of Col
: fee; l.. w. Hibbard, pkgs sundries; Bal
cock 4 Brother, ii de.