Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-01-05
Correspondence ofths Appeal
CREAT FIRE IN GRENADA.

he Is probably not less tnan SluJsuJJ, ant
~ but little insured. The Collins hous
D. was the property Of orphans, was wort
AZ about $50, 600, and wholly without in
q surance The fire was first discovered il
If the storeroom Of PaTker's drug store
m near the center Of the lower story, wberI
1 it evidently resulted from the hand OF al
Il incendiary, who came into h house
J. probably, from the one adjoining, anC
who made his exit from the back door o
Parker's. Being, however, discovered
early, the fire was easily eXlinguished
"a About the same time it broke out ia tbC
n store adjoining of Lobe d Fultz, on botL
4 the first and second floors, and had sucl
Roadway before discovered that all eflorI
! to %extinguish it was vain. Parker's
n large drug store was on the north oil
\ Lobe d FuItz, but being under the same
n roof, shared the same fate. The wind
a bore south, and thus the next house,
4 PeacOck's, aided by q narrow alley,
was saved with great difficulty and by
. energy. Even part Of the brick wall Of
: the second story caved in, tut still the
. energy sOf those interested and their
: friends Saved the house. This saved the
: next house on the north, Hunt d Win
al ters, Robert Mullen's new house and
n&Aloert Lakes. The fire tending with
I the wind 10 the south, consumed in sue
D 4 EEooitu lAtAEA I u NTH LbbC 4 nAALI lltc
, stores Of Calm & Vile, Misters, McNam-
I aras aud George Lake, and the Collins
house. South of the Collins house, s.
Z street intervening, Col. NJ. X. Mister
! had just nearly finished and rooted in a
: large two story building on his old stand.
: The c~oniagration of the Collins house
, was very great, and the wind bore the
flames directly across toward the new
building. The fight here between heroic
7 men and the terrible element was grand.
) Heroic energy prevailed Mister's corner
was saved, and with it a large block
built up on two sides with large and
costly houses. There was, unfortunately,
r manifest want of concert, for the reason
that we nave no organized police force
or fire company but there were many
individual instances Of extraordinary en-
ergy apd heTOism, and among these
many of the federal soldiers were
nsbly conspicuous. The sons of Ire
land displayed their generous impulses,
energy and daring. Several federal Off
GERS acted handsomely. Squads Of sol
+ diers were hurried from the camp, and
placed in positions TO guard exposed
goods from thieves, and the officers eX-
hibited energy, and used authority to
force idleFf 10 assist, and gave reasonable
directionf How did the fire originate ?
Evidently, according to the best iufor-
matiOu{ I've can collect, by the hands Of
incenI aries. ByXnatmOtive prompted?
POlif ~, ora/esire to pluuder? Most
PROV ths-t% rast. Mr.. Parker, in whose
hoOme 81 fire was prepared, is an old
cj&ro% Haviug resided in Grenada long
- the war, and during its existence
%tinuously to the present time.
Rhough it is generally understood that
Z lie wanted sympathy with the south, he
/ took no part against US. He is q quiet,
business man, Lobe q Fult2, from
'sEhose house the FIRE spread, though
Germans are understood TO have sided
with the COufederates, and one Of them
lost a leg in the cause. Besides, could
any one, from political reason, have been
50 blinded as 20 destroy so much property
Of friends, Or at least OF fellow-citiZens TO
whom they bear 20 i'll will, for the pur-
pose of wreaking vengeance upon pOliti-
cal enemies? This is not probable
though it is a lamentable fact that there
are Il fby who are depFaved enough
for any act. The most probable CODject-
ure is, that the desire of plumber prompt
ed the inceudiaTies. We learn hat =
great many goods were stolen. This
last conhagration has been a great ca
lamity 10 Grenada, 50 often and so
deeply unfortunate. It j. by nature a
fine site for business, and his las here
tofore enabled the town property TO re-
cuperats rom the most terrible disasters.
But capital is now sadly wanted 10y our
citizens. Strangers might well consider
whether they could not make here
profitable investments. A CITIZEN.
Cart. PRATT's S~iATEaIaNT on THE
BURNING OF TIE FAsHION.-BeiOW we
give the statement of Capt. Prdtt, com
raoraaar IF fEr I'll faFaH -fa-ssr1r laahf.u
which was destroyed by fire near Baton
Rouge q few days ago l had laid down
10 sleep at Profits island, with orders TO
be awakened at Poplar Grove plauta-
ton, three miles above Baton Rouge to
take in cotton, aud my first comprehen-
sion Of ANYTHING was the mate, Tom
Hastings, saying to the pilot, Montague, /
would il nos be better 70 lgpi her on the
other shore, the mate having previously, /
as | understand, ordered the pilot to
"stop her-the boat is on dre.n ] said at
once, after coming on deck, " no, let her
come in a. she swings. and don't
stop the engines" Next the second
mate, s~everals passengers and myself.
passed water lDm the deck, buckets and
tank on deeEf and attempted to check
the fire on To iarDOafG guard, abreast Of
smoke stacy Seeing that it was use
less, | steppA ner--ezd to the rail and on
the c0tscAls going salT1 tOut even with
entuebkAsp Is uiludysErhat a line
I bjz ENtsd tS".Ghded. The
~ASsgroes f~reeT-sle.
is, d~ HEeOpperheads n
the forecastle, and with thI
the second engineer, "~niFI lI9l@
and others, got q line 8
seisiBg the yawl, coming ashoresz
with several persons Ia i, white
nnal a-ID~TF a,.F- Sc r,T Ut
the carpenter, q deck hand and q
passenger, started for the stern Of the
boat, where several ladies' and other pas
sengers were on the lower guard. The
first mate, Hastings, was at the time
throwing over from the rOof all the life
boats, tie ladders. anu some three or four
trussels that were on deck. The flames
at this time had envelOped the boat
smidships, but the starhOarj guard aft
was not as yet on fire, above or below.
We picked up several ladies and gentle
men passengers. As we neared the
boats stern We took one of the life boats
in tow. / threw q life-preserver, taken
from one of the ladies then alongside the
boat, to a passenger struggling in the
water, ~endeavoring to save q child. The
lady cabin passengers remaining on the
afterguard when We left the boat, were
saved, / think, with n exception, and
others were saved by means Of cliuging =
10 pieces of the wreck, doors, life pre-
servers, etc, and were picked up by the
vawi sent below, in charge OF the second
clerk, Dinwiddie, after the first load, so
that all were landed. The boat did not
move from her landing till after the
guards forward had fallen, aEd every
part OF her hull was fully enysloped in
flames. The first engineer, Oliver Fair j
child il fhfnE Lost mt hgufnm Moan /
seen since. His assistant left the engine s
after the boat landed. The steward, Mr..
Eph. Hardesty, when last seen by me, :
was throwing overheard blinds aud doors s
from the ladies' cabin. Mr.. Thomas
Montague, the pilot on watch at
the time, is known not to have left the
pilot house until after it was enveloped /
in smoke and flames, and is lost. Mr.. {
Hastings was about the last person 10
the boat, and was taken up by our '
boat in half an hour after the accident. :
The steamboat Laf0urche, Capt. Baranco,
up aud too us OF board, landing 9
Us on tie steamer Magenta, but a short
distance aboveI and 10 him and Capt.
feathers, of the Magenta, who brought
us to New Orleans, both the surviving a
passengers and a. yseif are under many 7
for their uniform attention !
and kindness. To tile mayor of Baton /
Rouge and Gen. Boutwell, we are in
aud thankful for attentions and J
profiered assistance Of every kind. !
How A HORSE WAS KILLED.-Yester- +
day while a wagon was being driven up
one of eur streets, it ran against a horse :
by a Mr.. McGrath, and the equine I
was instantly killed, for which the owner (
Of the derunOt horse offers q reward for {
the apprehension of the wagon and 1
owner.
FOUND IN JAIL.-A warrant was yes .
terday issued for the apprehension Of q 9
man named Harrison Jefferson, and :
handed to the constable. Ter spend !
considerable time in 81 schiug for :
the offender he was .ound in the prison, :
having been put in for a graver charge :
than the one stated in the warrant.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY APPEAL,l
MEMPHIS January 4, 1861.
The money market rules close and
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