The New York herald., 1864-06-05
mr.. Henry Thom p.on's. Despatch.

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i Nav ORLEANS, May 2s, 1864
,.,cv vw. IN ryy orr R1xA,s-rrGur srrAMms BuKNKD.
About nine O'Clock nigh. hrs very mysteriousiy
broke ladies' cabin Of the steamer BACK HAWK,
| wing q short distance below Canal street.
| The flames spread RAPIDLY, aud when FIRST observed
ha made such headway tha, it was found impossible 70
e,, rush them The city bells sounded tho alarm, and
IN Nort time the entre force Of the Fire Department.
as present. and bravsiy work TO extingush the
flame = though they informed that powder and shells
wero u board in largo quantities.
As,, ung breezc was blowing down the Mississippi a.
the tim y and the adjoining could bo
moored Md moved Into OF tho river tho nrs
commun zated 10 them aiso ond the consequence
that eiuh, were destroyed they are as follows
Tho glaf Hawk loaded with government freight,
and vas 70 leave today. Sho owned by Captain
Fulton cen cnapded by Captain Brcknel and worth
,ho,, coz oo The Empire Parish fair freight
and vas 10 ,e today. She was owned by W. J. Rod
q "a mi 80, uaanded by C,ptain Bouchereau She
,.or,n sIons 1000 The Meteor had been laid up for
lony time and ssd freight board. Her last
manier vnr q uytain Johnsan. Sho was worth aoous
sas ono TIVE u hud Just come 10 from Thbodaux,
rJ no n Inc, co ceooed unfolding full reigbt when
sbe cauoht ,re ste owned by Captain W. z, Great
bose and uas RI mmanfed by him. Tne captain stated
lint no was oger. fis 900 for her last weex others
as,t,r ,,a has ra,, S25, 600. She uninsured.
Inc TIme and 1d bad nearly discharged freight OF
o,dnarca ",ores :, owned by Captain Russel aud
co,n,,o,dcJ b,, Min she worth about Si5 900.
Tho pele % ysca, tiY arrived from the Ohio river,
aps was nrnhab,v ~, ned in Cincinnati sbe com
mauded by CAPTAIN Da "A "oisn "o0's Soe,seS'
She had no freight ISL = ,,, r.....-
The New Orleans o,tueu ~ - 2. ssy % %uu .aptaIa
Nav AMI corconded ~ tartlia Ane5 she had cargo,
a,i 81; ras - ,rrr,, a,a,, w, 900.
The Belle Creole had V.r<o. ,su Mes oneu ~
Cantaln Webster ono an tcomnanGed by Captain smith,
she worth nbont 81 - y go, - 80, - "a.
The hua1y ~ - Ao1s %',yV.. -.
Thor names that Of their o"ue's' w "oo u""oo "
ascertain. - -. -
ryIrDerov--GATr. tsn. flN.
so,n ,,,.r m, ayn cs,gt Gre q terrible explosion
orcnrr.d ehss n,sv .na ~. n exploded the Empire
Parish ara other hoa,s Without occasioaing much
sIarm; but whcn The earth ou.yuss 5Iy ssoox su
from the explosion the Fawl auu VI. 1T wAs uIs.
with pieces of the wreck, :. heMsl lDe
who had assembled TO witness ,no svslaB, Asu ~
sta ted bee limo ard full ~ nom suo noenoo.
hood many. bseve not sioppL = aAi' 'nV i'Aen'a
susir ..s, nol..s, - .o-.o.. ,roro ,,t red.
~ e.erve ~ peciai praise,
rno s.'s ~ - ,nev worked their ngines
az eo., 49, 80 s,roa,os ~ ATS upos tho burning
s ~. -. 49,, toas - Ladder Company
oo1ss - ~ -, ~ =. ~ rar, "a -, not than
We, .s Wv Ia =, :. I,,,ant roal loss lbout s2I5 900.
.,...-.u. : y so,.s,a. a. en.rrao tho Black Hawk,
:. = .. '.,a az a. " towards the
pa, rar , ~, ~ ha 80 ano,, ~ O. on board, and
before he had crossed the gsngway panl .. r ,uss
ning wta great speed, brushed BY him. 80. as
him, but he such speed that he wa s wv "
reach. He dressed In black, with a ye 1ssssi' =
black slouch hat, aud was OF medium size. !,