, 1866-08-23
ir'ng ts.r!r pipes to bear On any portion ot
The duck,
THE OIL. YARnh

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!rtng their pipes to boar on any portion at
lhe duck,
THE OH. yAans
arc about Six hundred feet square, covering
nearly tho whale trout from llie rai,raad pier
with petroleum, greater portion In turks,
The loss on oil could not bo correctly nsccr.
talncd, hut 1t was mostly owned l,y lIcwett
= scnoaeld, Avery S'Durtcs' Rudc i Ross,
Kohb'ns d 20 LasiDcrl tS Stephens, Robin
d Jacohy ami Giles Solbcmus.
It is rcportcd Tint there were two tratus
1'adcd With tank. Of oil to be brought In to.
Gay, which has fortunately been saved. The
rims OF the c:i 5nri now present more tho
arpeeaslance I Of hoop yard. as nothing Is leif
nnl dhe iron hoops II the barrels They lio
In piles all over the burnt district. so that Il
can easily be seen That there vus an fmmcnse
stock Of oil on hand.
There were some ten cars loaded will, oil
also destroyed, md about two thousand
cmrty barrels that were Piled outside the
THE SHIPPING.
Ihefc Werc no less than from thirty to
iorty vessels moorcd alongside tho docks, aud
as soon us tho fire began to spread ciforts
we're immediately made 10 tow them out in
me strcam. at iirst 1t was found impossible
and hrcncn cut the vessels adrift, so that
they could float ont. However, the steam
tugs Virginia Seymour, tho Smith and two
others huve In tiSlt, and were soon along
side the docks: Tho ship D. W. WatJcn be-
lug III the most immediate danger, two Of the
tugs got Hines fastened to her stern, and tried
to draw her out hut II was found that ahe
WAS aground, and it being low tide all efforts
proved fr1'itless, and they wert compelled to
abandon her to hcr fate.
Tic rrt,el blockade runner the Saxon ,ros
secured and towed out into the stream. also
tTe other steamers and the brig Arlington,
sumo half duzen lighters were cut atlritt.
UNI *cFc. however, secured BIZ ono of the
tngs and towcd to q place Of safety After
1hc irc Lad bccatnt considerably subducd,
1he tnEs Seymour and Smith ran up along
s'de oi the Nnt1en and got three streams OF
water III her sides, with the hopes of sayIn.
portion OF the cargo, consisting 1f.tobacc6.
al one lime number of larrcls of oil that
,''at %ere blown a, orsrhoard by the explosion
1amc arose. a1,d il WIS feared ti4at they
would set IRE tn other vessels; but through
The tflurts Of several parties IN small buatg
they wetc prevented 1nn, doing any damage.
Tl1E Losses.
Ihs following Is the total loss, as far as
could he correctly obtained amounting 10
ovcr u1sc million.
.,S ,SShaE aa U; ~. Yntlen. 1:a,.ly destroyed. Loss
sese .,lea Il :s IT,, qshxna. SJasi g. g.
1o,W1 sta,ee. 1pea s5.lxU; said 10 be Insured
ftaIIsii. tt,er,at E,r NJ III z ~ H.. Loss
,trfi". IT, LUIS 4fa.tt, fa"tot .u; ansuiCu; ,,.
Ine,ir tatijr' t.atn III, i,nrs}eai ,.P ss.s,..
tt,se ~ fa irstt r., III i'll y. H. Lnaeu.
INSURANCE Cctu,aily. ~'0NS ~ ''e AAa' o4''J
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