The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-12


gineer Ihos. Blancton and watehmar
w IN. Nelson were missing for tn
hours after the accident. They no
been knocked, or jumped overboarg
when the boat sunk, and while fbf
engineer swan ashore, at Cairo IN,
Waterman, not being good swimmer
chung to a fender, which be coulc
not force to the shore, until he drift.
ed ten miles below, on the Missouri
shore. He then walked back aeros.
the bend to the boat, and was hailed
as ono rescued from the grave. The
engineer also arrived about the same
time, from the opposite shore. Capt
McComas had his family on board. "A
German woman, a deck passenger,
with two children, could not under
stand English, and could not be made
to understand the nature Of the acct
dent.
A negro deck hand attempted to
rescue her and her children TO the
upper deck, but she broke from him
Ihree times, pulling the children with
neE ooWn the ladder. 4 large hole
was at length cut In the cabin floor,
ana the women and children drawn
up with ropes, after the boat had
SUNK ana the woman was floating in
the water, a portion Of the cement
was Tor Cope Grandean and Chester
ana 1OO barrels for BisselPs Point
three miles from st. Louis The
Rublcon, Captain Blake. arrived \
few hours after the accident and fooL
the passengers to st. Louis. Canfai1
McComas brought his family to daire
The Gazette of Monday saws:
About noon on Saturday there ,vas
great cOmm0tiOn among the steam
boats at the wharf, caused bv an
alarm of fire on the Pine Bluff iving
near the foot of Main Street. One ~
the hands on the boat, in PLACING n
demJohn of alcohol on the hail aoor
cracked the vessel, and the spirits
ran through and on the boilers I'M
mediately below, causing a sheet Of
flame to spread over the floor OF the
deck, which scorched and blackened
the woodwork in its vicinity. The
alarm was sounded Immediately, and
the dozen or more boats lying in the
vicinity, made ready to shove out into
the stream at short notice.
The Lawrence, Tahlequah, and
spray were lying just below the Pine
Bluff, and the Fleetwood Immediately
l bove-all, however, having a sufi-
Client head OF steam on TO shove out
into the river. The wind was blow
ing up stream, and above the Fleet
wood were lying eight or ten boats,
some of them almost loaded The
prompt action Of the mate of the Pine
Bluff saved that boat from destruc-
ion, and possibly all fhe others also.
The wife Of Captain Blossom, OF
st. Louis, was in the pilot-house Of
he steamer Miner, on Missouri River,
It the mouth of the Yellowstone, on
ihe 18th of July. A gale coming up,
she started to go below, was struck By
the wind while on the hurricane deck,
and carried overheard.
UIsvILLE.-T The Courier of
Sunday says:
The Sam. Roberts, the advance
guard of the coal feet, arrived from
Pittsburg, yesterday with a tow Of
coal for this market. A large amount
Of coal has been brought out on this
rise.
SAINT LoUIs.-The Democrat of
says:
Weather cool and pleasant. River
falling steadily for more than a week
past. Seven feet water TO Cairo re-
ported; four feet scant to Keokuk;
Missouri falling with four and a half
feet towards the mouth, and Illinois
still on the decline. At Keokuk the
river is within few inches of the
lowest mark it ever reached. There
have been very general and heavy
showers along the upper Mississippi
above Keokuk. The Missouri sull
falls from Benton to the mouth, with
only Is inches water on Dauphin
Rapids.
One day last week Colonel Joe 0s-
borne, of the Memphis Packet Com
pany, and Captain Lockhart, of the
Julia, had a violent encounter on the
Memphis wharf-boat The parties
were separated by mutual friends, but
not until the handsome countenance
of the Colonel was slightly disfgured.
The wounds are not OF a dangerous
character. There is a great disparity
in the weight Of the antagonists. which
accounts for Joe being Worsted. lie
has the courage Of a lion and the te-
nacity of Dick Loves bulldog.
Captain William Holiday, an old
Upper Mississippi pilot, and COM
mander. died on Saturday morning
in KeOkuk, Iowa. lie was about
fifty-two years Of age, and had been
on the river as captain and pilot for
thirty-one years. lie commenced his
career as keeiboatman, when very
young, and during an active life was
universally respected.
On her last trip down the Illinois
River, the City Of Pekin knocked a
hole in her hull She arrived here
Friday night, and is in dock.
DAVENPORT.-The Gazette of Fri
day last says:
The Northwestern Union line has
met with a misfortune in the sinking
Of the steamer War Eagle. The acct
dent occurred at about4 o'clock yes
terday NOR G. She was on her way
to Port Bye from Dubuque, and was
steaming down "Clarke's shute, four
miles below SabGla, when she struck
a neck of logs, and had large
hole knocked into her hull a little
forward of midships. Her hold com
menced filling, and after she had run
about a mile further, she sank in about
six feet water. In running through
Clark's shute, a barge which the Du-
buque had in tow, struck the meek
which sunk the War Eagle, but
escaped injury. Last Winter she re-
ceived an almost entirely new hull,
and was considered seaworthy in every
respect.
NEW ORLEANS. - The Times of
Friday says:
The weather yesterday opened with
an extreme closeness, and continued
until midday, when old Sol hid him
self under a rain cloud, which gave
US a slight shower. During the al
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