The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-15
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The weather, as was expected. has
thickened up, and rain set in at seven
o'clock last night and continued till
midnight, with a prospect of holding
out till morning, unless it should
grow colder and turn to snow, which
is not at all unlikely. AT midnight
the mercury stood at 400. The rain
commenced gently, but gradually in
creased in force towards midnight......
The only additional arrival up to
midnight was the Falls City, Louis
vile to Bowling Green...............
The Quickstep, for Cairo; the pack
cts, to Henderson, and Tarascon,
for Louisville, departed............The
Falls City had a very fair trip.
Under the clever management of
her excellent and obliging officers,
Capt. Robinson and Mr. Seeley, her
clerk, she cannot fail to be popular.
1.-THE Quickstep had a fair trip
out...........The Tarascon left at 8
o'clock last night with magnificent
trip, including 100 head of fat cattle,
shipped by John Funk, Esq, of Hen
derson, 600 hogs, bran and shipstuf,
by Humphrey, Patrick 4 Co., and a
large amount of miscellaneous freight,
by w. G. Brown & Co. Capt. Miles
d. Warren was still in command,
Capt. Hollcroft being yet detained at
home by sickness in his family Capt.
Warren takes to the business just as
naturally as if he had been raised on
the hurricane deck, but he would pre-
fer good weather while he commands.
1.-THE Sam. Orr, "a hours over
due, had not arrived at late hour
last night, nor have we any intima-
ton of the cause of her detention.
.........The following special to the
Cincinnati Commercial of yesterday
gives details of the loss of two more
steamers:
New ORLEANS, January 12.-The
steamer Idaho, which left here last
night for Camden, when twenty Eve
miles below Columbia, on the Qua
chita River, struck snag, and i'm
mediately sunk. The boat and cargo
are a total loss. No lives were lost.
The officers and crew arrived here
| this morning on the Governor Allen.
The Idaho was a stern wheel steam
er. and built at Cincinnati, in April,
1868, by Captain John N. Newcomb,
John Swasey & Co., and David Glib
son & Co., at cost of $23, 600. She
measured 245, and had capacity for
| $50 tuns. She was worth $4,000 when
she sunk. and is probably insured in
The steamer Glide, Captain JaIhes
| E. Muse, which left here last night
for Red River, exploded one of her
| boilers at College Point. on the Mis-
sissippi River, and burned entirely to
the waters edge. The Governor AL
len brought all the wounded to this
city this morning. The following are
said to be badly wounded: L. w.
Clayton, clerk; George Wood, pilot;
second clerk; Henry Bruner, Stew
ard. Captain Muse and James Kerr,
Jr., are slightly wounded. One of
| ODO Is dicO Oduly u.
The Glide was a stern-wheel steam
er, built at Pittsburg, by Captain An
derson, in August, 1864, and cost
twenty thousand dollars. She meas
ured 1876, and had capacity for 325
tons.
BADLY soALDED.
The following of the crew of the
steamer Glide are badly scalded: L..
w. Clayton, first clerk; Thomas e.
Clements, second clerk; Geo. Wood,
pilot; Chas. Conkling, mate; Thos.
aud George Shepard. bar-keepers /;
John Anderson, engineer; Kelly,
second engineer.
MISSING.
Eli Jerrold, pilot; Martin Hind,
Curry Ford and Peter Logan.
The following persons are not seri-
ously hurt: Capt. J. E. Muse, James
| Middleton, owner of the boat, and
John Dempsey. deck hand. Mr.. Rich
ardson and Major McMarston, United
States Army, passengers, were also
badly scalded. The boat caught fire
Immediately after the explosion, and
burned up in a short time. There was
nothing saved.