Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-20
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The &c :, ,icTsey city yc terfis,,
of the most disasfr.us tAa. has er.r en-,
red n tits viciui.y. Il burned go.
o'clock, ~, until nigh'.au. II h,oLa
on the schoene- Alfred ra~t :, :. ~.
the pier On Jerssy shoe. She ~.. So
with oil ard was T. ntve starte8 II -.
iris morning On het catoss- ~ -.
b.-v ~. ara tSa flames i.-,,F 81. : sls
rapid j 70 the 9.n ng err and yess,is =
Tao per- vci- s9.siT destroyed. AMI one
vessel pss,isll,. Thirteen i5,ss we-a ,os,
AID vera rsons injured The lbs e
Or .ect- is s.in.:ed rom ~ G,,o ' no "
q zoo, 900, or which a par,;., ,s-,.. - -
bad been made. The pr perry To-, 1 sue.;.
Cd Of tonacco and cotton .ra ~; so's's.
. part of third, aud some ia 49,. ."u :
d. classes. The fire Wa, said ~ 49, e Is,
caused by man going ia,o the forsc.., 49,
The schooner 10 look for HAL !. ~,
t. find which he should have . ,;.s, ~,
lighted match and y ben done 81; !, -.
il down IN some place WHOM t !. "''a AZ. ". cast
the schooner The following ar. tho .' e., l.
mated losses
Mr.. H,nwood, one Of the cotton ,......
and other gentlemen, comne..n, :,
Judge estimate the total loss A. no. ,..s ~. ~
q 900 900. The loss Il the ri. ps; 80.
Company is estimated at $50 90 Co,,oa
pier, 500 feet length, and owned h. ~"
ses Taylor, 10 about so5 600. M Hen.
woods loss on the buildings is nhou, Hio
900, par. ally insured. The losses an 49,.
ton and tobacco, c uld not be a.cer..;r.a
J he following NAMED firms arc ios... -
ol:-Robbin-, Jacobin- Il Co., about 5.
800 beis. Lombard 1 Stephens, largei, !:
s. Foster, Dewey 4 Co., largely: T,l:r
Polknan 4 Co., 200 bbls. Root 4 Rust
100 bbls. IN tank, and $50 bbls. How'll,
SchoGeld 4 Co, 40 bb,s. in tank
The chclc'a still fingers in this city
Fourteen ire"'i cases we're reported TO the
Board Of Y al'a yesterday. and "a ln,'.
certificates were issued from tho E,~..., -,
Vital Statistics.
In Brooklyn there are no chanses nercer.
tible IN the progress Of the epidemic. and
IA fresh cases were reported In thai city
yesterday.
The Hctalds correspondent with our ma
val squadron bound TT Russia, gives = very
interesting account Of the cordial reception
accorded 70 the officers and crews Of the
Mishtononah and Augusta by the King and
the royal family and people Of the Danish
Capital. The King and mis- FAMILY Maid 1
visit TO the vessels and were both asionished
and pleased by their inspection Of and rec.p
ZION on board the iron clads. The Princess
Dagmar, daughter Of the King. and bctroth.
ed Of the heir OF RusSi,, and future Empres,
Of that country, accompanied her father
The young lad, is spoken o. as very INTEL.
gent, good 70, Ing. sch ossc scd, and well
informed. The crown prince of Denmark
said that Russia and the United States W re
the greatest powers on earth, and would no
doubt take care Of the little fish.
The Officers OF the squadron. strange to
say, found stored at Copenhagen a large
amount Of war material Belonging 10 the late
reb ango american ram Stoncwall. vI,ich
they c'aimci and tor. possession Of.
All well On board hst, vessels at date.
President Roberts d The Fensn 81 other
b1oi, las i,su d c Il for . general con
grcss Of F.uans At Troy, on Tuesday. Sent
Alb, for the transaction Of business.
Gen. Sseeney has issued an address cx-
holting the members to avoid forming poit-
icsl associations not coanectesi with the
cause Of Irish freedom.
A man named Rot Rurd was arrested in
Brooklyn on Saturday, for the alleged mur-
der Of his wife IL Liverpool. England. in
December, 1862. lie was surrendered 10 nm
English detective under the provision Of the
Extraditien Treaty. the officer and hi,
prisoner viii sail for Europe OH Wednesdays
steamer.
A counterfeit compound iaterest note Of
the denomination Of $50 on the Citizens
National Bank, Of Fulton, New York. are
new in CIRCULATION, and also counterfeit s.
on the National Bank, Of Cairo.
Chcago specials announce large FIRE in
that city yesterday morning, originating in
Van llEn, Murray 1 Co. 5 tobacco ware
house. witch destroyed property to the
amount amount Of $500, 900 largely in New ok
companies.
A herald's special, dated Chicago, August
10Th, SAYS A terrible railroad disaster oc
CURED this morning At Hoimcsvil.e, about
~ mills from tins city, on the Michigan
Southern Railroad. The regular passenger
train, consisting Of three sleeping cars and
three pas 'enger coaches, shortly after lcav-
ing La T rte, was thrown of the track by
CIV, which in some cur Gus manner, was
caught l. tween two If The slcsp,n, cars
The tram vas running about % niles an
hour a, inc time; tae sleeping cars and III
the passenger coaches were hurled down All
embankmcnt IA feet; one Of the sleeping
cars rolled Over three times and finally came
right SIDE up At t.e bottom; they wfIe ali
badly shattered. Tw.nty-tkree PERSONS
were lnjn,d, but n1ne. srsnge to say, were
| killed. At tie time Of the accident. one oi
the cars was throw against Tel graph poe,
sevcring the wire 50 that it was some time
b. fore medical attcndagc &c could be got /. m
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