New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-19
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II GREsCEEr OFFICE. No. g4 oAAr STREET
Saturday. May 49, 1866.
Yesterday was warm and generally disagree
able day. Business was very fiat on the landing,
The arrivals and departures being few in number
The splendid Lizzie Gill left yesterday for St. Louis
with fair trip of passengers.
The steamer Frolc being unable to leave as an
nouuced this evening, she will continue to receive
freight TO leave on Tuesday next for Minden and
all landings on Lake Bisteneau
The great Ruth will be at the landing to-day, and
will at once commence to receive freight to leave
for Memphis, Cairo and st. Louis on Tuesday
next.
We return our thanks for favors to the officers
Of steamers Grey Eagle, T. D. Hne, Scotia and
Cleona.
4 MEMoR4NDA.-The steamer T. D. Hne left JEFF
ferson for New Orleans 18th inst. The business
part Of Jefferson was oYerfowed by extremely
high water. The estimated loss sustained by the
merchants and others of the city is $3.50, 600 of
which Wright, Hendricks & Co., W. w. Harper and
Bateman Bros. are the principal losers. When
the Hine left the water had fallen about two feet
\ The Hine left Shreveport on the 18th met Mite
| Stephens at Starlight plantation, Louis Dor at
Bair's; on the 18th met Saratoga at the foot of
Prophets Island.
! From late exchange we copy the following
particulars Of The FIRE that occurred at St. Louis
| On Saturday evening, between and o'clock,
/
Carondelet and Marine railway dock company.
| The fire originated near the smoke stack on the
left, above the engine ROOM and spread so rapidly
| that soon the whole building was enyeloped IN
| flames. How the fire originated is not known, but
it is generally believed that ii was the work of an
ineendiary, as at the time the fire discovered
there was water in the water tank, or 10 any of
the water reoeptacles, which are usually keptful
i Az Carondelet is not supplied with fire engines,
but little else could be done than to endeaVor to
save as much as possible Of the property as could
\ be removed. In building of this character, but
| little of any great value could be removed to
/ place of safety.
As soon as the alarm of fire was given the citi-
zens and workmen did all that they could to pre-
vent the fire from spreading to other buildings.
i The Carondeletand Marine Railway Dock extended
| up and down the river about three hundred and
| forty feet, and was two stories high The railway
| upon which the cradles run up and down extend
back tgpm the river about three hundred and fifty
4 feet Upon these railways boats are drawn up by
! immense chains and machinery, driven by steam
| power. At the time the fire broke out the favor
/ lite Mississippi steamer JEANNE Deans was lying
| the ways to be repaired, and the steamer Schuyler
4 was about being drawn from the water to be also
| placed on the ways for repairs, but had emily been
4 elevated about foot higher than the usual float
| ing margin. She was consequently let down, and,
/ being yet in the river, by the almost supeFhuman
efforts Of the on board the boat and assistance
rendered from others of the workmen and citizens,
was saved from burning up. Although the Sehuy
| Ter was on fire some six or eight times, the fire
/ was subdued, and but little damage was done to
| that boat.
The JEANNE Deans as mas been before stated
| was on the ways, and was blocked up ready for
| repairs, and could mot be run out of danger. She
was, therefore, totally destroyed nothing remain
| ing but the shattered pieces of machinery.
/ The JEANNE Deans belonged to the keokulZ
! Packet Company, and was estimated as high
| 900, by the owners as low as $4,000. No
INSURANCE. The loss on the ways, cradles and
| building, and machinery, will probably be about
! $4,000 The machinery used for carrying on the
works is valued at $4,000. On this there will be
| a considerable loss, as many Of the shafts were
siX-inch dameters, and from ten to fourteen feet
long, and by reason Of the heat will probably be
| sprung SO much as to make them unfit for use.
Should this be the case, the loss will be much
larger than has been estimated On the building
and machinery there was no insurance. II was
4 owned principally by the KeoEuk Packet Compa-
4 ny, Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship Company,
4 Northern Light Packet Company Memphis Packet
Company Illinois Packet Comp ny and the John
sonyille Packet Company. Superintendent Emer-
son also had $4,000 invested in it, which to him
will be total loss. At the time the building was
destroyed, about two hundred men were employed
in building and repairing boats.
During the burning of the building, Superin-
tendent Emerson acted with great GOODNESS and
presence Of mind, ever ready to give direction to
the efforts of the citizen and employees engaged
: in saving tools aud adjoining buildings.
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
MH8pHls May lG.-Yesterday the weather was
ia few degrees warmer than on Monday, but still
pleasant Business was q little better The river
IS feCeatnH rapidly. we nave AuYtGeA OF Inc same
D kind from all streams above. The arrivals and
t departures since last report have been follows
r The City of Memphis and Henry Ames were adj
veriised to leave Sc. Louis last evening and the
Princess and Platte Valley to-day.
\ The steamboat mates association of Cincinnati
: have reduced their wages on frst-eass steamers
from 5000 to $3.50, and on aecond.class steamers
from $3.50 to $lg5.
} The City of Cairo, from New Orleans, arrived
: during the afternoon with moderate cargo, and
! after taking on o few passengers here, she pro
!, ceeded onward.
+ An experiment is now being tried at New Al
bany to substitute coal oil in the place of coal or
J wood TO make steam. The inventor, Capt Hugh
FRnk, seems confident Of success, and says if GOAL
oil cost 1--we dollars per gallon, it will be cheaper
b than the present fuel Surely this is progressive
y age.
i The steamer Mormon was TO leave st. Louis on
\ Monday with 10000 sacks of corn for Terrapin
4 Neck and Greenvile, Miss.
10 The huge and splendid Ruth added considerably
p to her cargo at this point,
&c The Little Rock and Fort Smith packet company
le has closed contract with the government to do
~ a their business IN freight aud passengers between
y, Little Reek and Fort Smith, from March LIST to
g January Let, lse7
Ihe Duhaqne Herald Of the 10Th says.
Ahe aectiue 10 the river continues at the usual
K rave e. about 3 70 10 inches per day and unless
M we is q arrested, there soon will be cry of
elaoFs ERter Ia AngHst, unless the june rise
hae9tches up. 1Es,sager. Inc stage e 900 an5
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