Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-08

! About 81 o'clock, yesterday morning
flames were seen issuing from the texas
/ of the boat, and in short time the alarm
was given from station box No; "a, at
! the corner of Fourth and Main. The
steam FIRE engines were promptly on s0e
spot, and in an unprecedented space oI
time were al. work, but SO RAPID we're
the flames In their onward msrcn tnat
within short space of time the enure
upper works ofethe boat we're wrapped
| in one sheet of flames. The hre COM
meneed while the officers OF the boat
and the passengers were at BREAKFAST
Though number Of the passengers
were ladies and children, and there was
some excitement on board at the time
| the alarm was given, all VINO were on
board the boat escaped without damage.
the fire originated in the rear pornon
of the texas. which was no doubt cansed
BY the carelessness OF some OF ,.'t tne ne
groes in making up too large q nre.
From the texas the flames reacned sne
cabin and appeared to burn ralner
slowly for O time, but some one opening
the doors Of the ladies cabin caused p
draft which famed the flames, and with
increased fury they ran from one end OF
the boat to the other. The books and
papers of che boat were saved, ana aiso
the greater portion of the personal
effects of the passengers, through, tne
exertions Of the bficers a I'd few OF tne |
sner sons who were present, thoughowe |
are compeIled. to say that the aiArger |
portion of The crowd were not only quiet |
speetators to the scene of destruction,
but instead of contributing to'the wants |
of the suffering, they seemed TO ENJOY |
the mishsps of those who were lending I
a helping hand. '....... i5 sssa ..aoaI 50,
tss r THE LOSSES. u ated si.fsit = 4
, At one time during the progress Of the !
FIRE it was hoped that the hull, and that
portion of the cargo stored in the game, \
would be saved, but at the very time it
was thought the flames were subdued q |
dense smoke was seen bursting out OF
the hatchways The immense streams
of water from the steam fire engines
were thrown into the hold but the /
volumes of water had 90 effect on the
burning mass, for ever and anon lurid 4
sheets of flame were seen through tho /
intense smoke Ii 3 q
"A The boat was scuttled to prevent the
destruction Of the cargo in the hold, but
being close to the shore, and where the
water was shallow it did notshaxe the
desired effect, From. eight O'Clock in
the morning until four-in the afternoon,
the firemen contended with the Ere, but
the flames maintained the mastery until
the boat and cargo were total loss.
We give below the loss, together with
amount of insurance. oe.-.-...--,--..'--..----'-
~ Y i.'''.'s'''''' 3, :. =. Loss. ms.
Soo,tOV
cargo ',.y loO'VVO % 'oSo
80 Total $Z1OOV0 sl4o,s5O
10 BY the above figures it will be seen
that the loss above the Insurance was
SlZI, ,lIU...e....- ...-...-.-..-..--....'-'-..-'
This is the most disastrous FIRE that
has occurred here since the burning of
the Gait Hose on the llth of last Janu-
ary. irsaisss4s y sa-t
= The insurance was divided among the
toiioWlng omces- - o. Sra -4qisi ,sa.i aatal
Union . AoOOV
Kentucky Marine and lo,99S
WaSnlng ton VoU
American and S,zel
lioVJ
ID 81 b.