, 1869-05-13
Destructive FIRE,
Six Steamers Burned at the
Cincinnati Levee.


CINCINNATI, 4sJ le-The most destructive con-
naaiion OF steamboats, that cEcr occurred In this
city raGed .! aonx the NeS orie4n. and Asmphi.
1t o'clock II The steamer Clifton Il extended to
the Westmo.eland and Meinotte aooys, and TO the
nna n sas a IS
Mefnntte aud Darling may be used again. The
otheEs are total loss.
on the Clifton, By the upsettIng Of coal oil lamp
Fourteen kegs Of powder, On the Cheyenne. e1-
rioied. and scattered e tne names Tne West;
the cheyenne had 80 barrels co.i oil. The Mel
notte belongs 70 Williamson lsham md Captain
Kents,on: yane. 5000; insured for . 900, IN the
Tie % westnore,and " n. % owned ed By Captain Captain
Isyers Rusk and Wolf, and runs In tie New
Orleans trade. ys1ne. =. .ooo; Seventy IONS
old boat The Clifton was t1ne Memphis packet,
aEs yesrs "a 9ansd loaded oxaed y tac
kansas Rive. boat, Just repaired She belonged TO
George Wolf. No freight aboard- Falne tl3- 90,
insured for 600 in the Central aud several Pitts
bu1gh Offices. The Cheyenne ran In the Arkansas
Riser tradc. She Vas owned BY cap,all John
kyie. ~ new boat, on.J eight months In 9, 4se,
loaded With saiaao!e trslsh,, about apo tons: Tae
81, 900. The estimated value OF the csrYo Was
s5oeso. The powder Or this boat ewns carried
fasse ss mt 70 "a
cotton, most Of which was lost The hull was
snyed. Value, r.. 100: insured for ,ooa.
Rnnlors atc anoat that several livc have been
ported - ~ ~ 1.A1@' %''' ~ - -
CINCINNATI, May 12-1he following Ia believed
to be pretty accurate statement Of the Insurance
on the boats burned this forenoon. Clifton, IN.
cured for -, 600 each BY the Crescent, BoatmanA T.
Commercial m and AsgaoIia M companies; Tor $500
Central, and for $1,000 In tho Enterprise tntsl,
r., ooo: Ihe Westmorcland vas insured for r. ooo
4sntiIn II sf 1a3 g1;
81 e. 1. <@onPsniel @ slE: Siu5r1, T. rGtbf Ii
ef's: total, &c, 900 The Darling was insured for
q, tt0 each, III eight companies, viz: Crescent,
hetean hSasasa UnisD an "a u iae EntefpIse
totaI sso, loo. The Cheyenne Tor ta,ooo each, sn
four companies, VIZ: DoatHan'sy Eureka. Central
tosai, iii sl1oeo. The Isry EfTin ~ insured ii
two companies VIZ: Western, r. so: Central
81, -: total. = Total Insurance tsi;a3 ~,
morning are the Darling. built At Pittsburgh, De
ccmber, ls63, went Into the service As a Memphis
packet tn 1851 FIG. Batcheldcs, J. G. Isham Ct
al o~nerA Leugth, $50 feet beam, 5. feet; hold,
tnton-Built 1t Cincinnati In September; 1864 /:
length, IL feet; beam. IS feet: hofa 6x feet:
capacity. 10 tons; side-wheeI; Memphis Packet
cheSenne-Buslt at Cincinnati IN May. 1866:
length, 1s9 feet; beam. IS feet: hold teci !:
capacity, 40 TONS stern wheel; John lyle,
Msry Err1n-Built at Cincinnati in March, 1sss;
| length, is feet; beam, say feet; hold, I feet
capacity, 800 tons; stern wheel; George Wolf
| Ct 1It owncEz- .....
ccn,ecr. isea; length. iss feet: beam. Il feet
hold. ~ feet: capacity, 1000 tons' side wheel
Rush DJcrs, owners.
Melnoue-Built At California, ra,, March, 1S6;
length, $50 feet; beam, s. fccs hold, feet: ca-
racity. 80 tons; stern wheeler: Gordon Fl d. os
Pittsburgh, owncr8
lows: Cllfson.f roc; Wcssmo.elhnd - 600: Mel
notte 81. .o10: Darling, s1so ooo: Che5enn 32Sooo