New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-31
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hAIN came ttlOUB yGSltIuty AHu IElISohSu lAO
town and the gardens and the atmosphere, and
brought pleasure to everybody. 1t was much
needed, and gratefully accepted.
Contracts SoLD.-Mr. Duplessis yesterday ad-
Indicated the following contracts: For regarding
and cementing the walks of Lafayette square. to
Fl. McGuinn, at 81 10 per superficial yard Of walk,
regarded and cemented complete. For laying
fagstone banquette, with curbstones and wooden
cutters, on Camp street, in front of the railing OF
Coliseum Place, to G. Conne, at s3 per running
foot Of sidewalks. Four contracts for laying brick
sidewalks on Ursulines, st. Ferdinand, Port and
Marigny streets were offered for sale, but there
were no bids for them. The street PAYERS seem to
have Just about as much work on hand as they
want.
STEAMBOAT FIRE.-Shortly before l O'Clock yes
terday morning, a fire broke out on board the
Bayou Sara packet steamer D, +. kenner, lying
opposite ST. Louis street, and soon the proud craft
was q mountain of roaring flame, shedding the
light of day over the leyee and river and surround
ing country. So rapid were the flames, that the
sleepers on board barely escaped with their night
clothes, and some narrowly escaped with their
lives Some of the hands on the lower deck,
having their escape forward cut off, took to the
| river from the stern, and remained in the water,
elinging to the sternine, till a yaWl went to their
| assistance.
The fremen were quickly and plenhfully on the
spot, but the heat of the flames, blowing toward
the leyee, prevented them from getting near
enough to do any good. The beat was totally
destroyed, with everything on board. When the
Kenner was about half destroyed her stern fasten-
ing gave way, and her stern drifted down with
the current, and lodged against the steamer B. b.
Clark, of the Opelousas Railroad ferry, which was
| lying with the freight barge of the company al
their wharf just below; and both this steamer and
the barge shared the destruction. There was
| some freight on the barge, part of which was
| saved. The schooners at the wharves below
this were in great danger: several of them had
their rigging burnt and their masts scorcbed
They were taken away as quickly as possible by
the little steam tugs, one of which besides did
good service in throwing water on the burning
steamers from the outside.
After the fire was properly down, the wreck O
| the Kenner was towed out in the river and Sc
i adrift. 1t Hoated as far down as the Flats ant
| sunk The hull and wreck Of the B. L. Ciarl
sunk at the wharf Mississippi Fire Company No
saved as trophies the gilt horns and liberty cal
4 which decorated the jack.staf of the Kenner.
4 The ID. f. Kenner was worth about $40 ,000 Q
which s25 900 is covered by insurance in this city
She belonged to the Bayou Sara Mail Company
and was a feet, beautiful and popular steamer
The B. +. Clark was worth about sl2 900, and tn
barge about $4,000. They belonged to the Ope1ou
sas Railroad Company ;.whether insured or moi
we are unable to state.
j, Lieut.. Gastinel and a force of his police wer
early at the fire, and arrested every person know
to have come off the burning boat; incendiarisI
being suspected, and this course taken in order
secure the guilty party if possible. All were hel
, for appearance before Recorder BENT, and tn
origin Of the fire will be matter oil strict legs
i investigation. The fire is said to have started
the cabin near the warehouses.
/ ONE OF .sDER MAsHEENs'' FINDS PLENTY o
WATER.-Y Yesterday morning, at the burning of th
steamer d. L. Kenner, a number of the engine
. were stationed on the apron or slope of the whar
I in order to take suction from the river. One {
I these, a spare engine belonging to Perseverance
e No. 49, but brought ont and worked on this occ
= sion by jackson No. Is, was not as firmly chocke
in its place as it should have been, and the resu
was, that just as the boys were getting to wor
}, the machine went with rip, splash and album
:. into the fond bosom of the Father of Water
}. How :. beat out Gus Richards and his men look
after this, wandering about with nothing to d
their machine being at the bottom Of the river,
be better imagined than described. Several OF I
: boys hung like grim death to the machine as
Y went, and we heard that one went over with
Yesterday derrick was erected on the whs
il where the machine took its jump, and with rop
r, and graphing irons the machine was found
ahont forty feet depth of water. II was raised
the surface but just as they were raising " apo'
T the surface, in order to get better mold upon