Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-07

broaght out and put TO Works We 1auct-
stand, By order ot The military sutacri |
ties. We should not think, "a sscase /
like this, any sRshority Eoald Be reg air
ed fer this purpose, and We hOpe, for. the 1
credit OF this branch Of the depsrtmsnb
shst We have been misiuformea. s4
Gen. Oranges and Col Shiplsy made 4
their way into the remains Of hallalRg 1
which had stood near the magazine, snd 1
found three horses, sll alive and kick-
ing, and without a scratch How they /
could have escaped being crushed oy the I
waits, and being completely buried, is s |
mystery. The General and Col shipiey I
brought the animals outand aEAy from /
danger af5,4 sa.a t.e..,f. ..s,.sr-., I
Of the amount Of damage the ieity 4
sustained ina 8 lpeeuniaFy poln: |
of viaW. We have heard i va |
riously estimated at from Eve 70 ten
millions OF dollars, That il Is aeose
i've and even not much under ten miE |
lions seems the general otfrionl Right !.
sqhares of large and costly buisdings I
were CON pletely demOli |
one brick left upcn suother-5eeidea she /
immense damage doue outside Of this /
named space, which places Tits essi Eaaea, 7.
seemingly, low enough. q ~ asaz I
The windows oEtsie Castoua House on
the north and east fsolts, were cori-
pIsteIy deuolishea--nos a whole pane
remaiuing. With the sxception Of come /
portion Of the plAsterfhg on the iusided
Of The bnildiug. being thrown. this vas |
ailthe damage sustained By THE bald I
ino n i4asA Alsll 1880 $3.50 815 saAj % b 1
Ths following note from MsssrG Nat-
ring & DnyaH, The proprlesoFs Of tae
Battle Ho9se, explains the damage done
TO this hotel:
Battle HousE, May IS, 1865 1
EDrros NKws:~we estimate the datn-
age to the Battle, House at from ten TO
fifteen stheasabd dollars, confined pFip.
cipslly to breaking Of ell the ssatip the
Windows, on Abe north AIDE froating ST
Erancis Street, falling OF ceiling IN q
few Of The rooms, wrenehing Cd Of doors,
aud other SLIGHT damages. 1oiali4 sao3 4
a The walls and lEoof- are net 7iulased,
and are in As good eondiiioni as before.
Workmen have com mencsd making theq
! necessary repairs, and ii 3 short time /
the house will be in better condition
than evera Ihe- business Of the house
will not be Disturbed, hut due allowance
is asked from the guests and public gen.
orally for any want of comioFt attrsbnts-
bls to this unforfuuate calamity. is u
liagi4 Yours truly, nssd sssd biaoa Fl
lLiA NAERINs, Dc Ar & Co.. Propr's. %
Some smashed windows and portion
Fofi the coruice on the nsrth aide OF the
theatre, broken Oh, was the only damage
done 70 this sedi6ceaidi Z is5 sgA 0i
The Meas oIfiee ehsred the same state
| of all the bur Drugs on Royal street. from
AaCohli 70 the N oelle q OHIO R4ilrbad de
pot, ia having windows knocked out,
4 lass stre@n q minute pafticlesovef the
/ floors, partifious thrown do wng &c. 4 The
fFeporter was thrown from bis ehaiE, hslsl
\ way aeFesar the room, and ns Renleeasad
/ rolling until be reached tha EtneeE oy
| way of a long fightsot stsirs. ziBaad
This building was made q eornplete
wreck sek inside, bT slhe ePtrauce ofla.
niece of iroB, weighing about 60 pounds,
through the roof II fell among the
material Of the Office, smashing things
generally. AIT prevented II going
! through the floor OF the second story
was striking q cabinet of eases, which
/ vas too thick for its peustratiTe .po wers.
I This building is animated Rboatal 900
yards from the warehouse whefe the
] powder was sterea. lo gs.1ia5g h3is
4 The ibaildiAgson Royal street did not
suffer ~ niach an those on. Eommerce,
Hasef and nIarsut but ltha1 number Of
akdoors aud windows crushed in excseds
hbelieE. in ysone instances where doors
we're fastened 7unusnslIy strong. the
4whols frataes4wers dFis eH1Fomi theDpeil4
bings, or doors burst fr0mtheir hiHgesaa'
r On " ateF ssseef; TIE loss in property
lie immsnssp Below st Michael street
4 doors aud windDGs safere1f mest, but
abovs there walls were tumbled aBont as
sho1gh bailtzoof paper A cont nued
wreck N eets othe eye looking sap this
street, growing more confused aud los
4 ing the setnblanee of bnildings entirely
a. the vision uears the squai es pe ares.
Whereistood the Insgssitle. go , - { ,.,s
N The wArehouses ard cctton sheds
which iiasd the snPpsrl P0rtionsOf Con.
] mercs street, are now sllit nassa 81
rnins. sBuildings on The corners seemed
to sufFeF most, some 0f them beins rails.
ed TO within few fees Of the ground.
b. ssa The various Offices and cOBmissiUr
houses on Front street sastaiued. com.
! Eparaiively little damage on their river
shfgce. Doors and ssIndows were all
smashed aud broken in, but beyond this
the injury done them was slight
Mayor Slough estimates the amount
Of cotton destroyed at from eight ihous-
I I and 10 ten thousahd balEs two hundred
OF which belonged 70 himself and one
hundred to N. Schei5ie Nearly all The
! cotton destroyed belonged to private
: citizens, and waa stored ia lots Uf from
! + Eve to tive hundred bales The dessrue.
=, ton Of this cotton viii bring peeuniaFy
! ltrouhie to great mzny persons, 90 il
: was their oniy resource, with no insur-
, ance to cover IL The Barses Of the
, parties Ioosiug II will BE- be given as
: soon ns aseertained. Some Govern
E nent cotton waz also burned. bee bge
p The steamer Coz Cowies, Capt. Tuck
r er. was lying oppo.ite Planters Press,
= and was torn almost to pieces by the
: shock, and soou after took Ore and was
/ com plet. " CONSUMED The mate tried
z 10 move her before she took 6rp, bas
, failed Capt. Tucker was BADLY injured,
! | and tWo uegroes---s CABIN boy and Gre
! mHu--rnissiuz. supposed 20 6e lost
! 4 The Kste Dale vas rufireFy DESTROYED
J 7 0iiy two Of ytTe crew we're four d 70 bs
7 missing OEicsrs all safe --1A E71a
p A schooner loaded for New York
, taving some passeuger suu besrd, anous
them & gen sfetn s1 a srned Fsaker. form
! eerly con neeted WITH this cffice,, was de-
4 stroyede No word has been receiFed a.
Z 10 the fate Of her passengers and erew.
! r. On GoTernnent street, Between Royal
ard Water, child, = daughter Of Mr.
I Esne, WAS bsdly cut By the fslSng pas
! I ter - .AAHa S4AeA 'l-.1a =.
} 1a Thsviudo~s Of John LAFreses' s COT
a fee SALOON we're shattered oaa lo4.
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