The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-02-26
Another disaster Prevented
A egElr CONFEDERATION ALMOST.
FI5sE ON 1.aF MoLLIE HA MBLET0N.
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/ yesterday morning, as a boy was
1 trimming lamps in the engine room
| of the qNIoHie Hambleton, he tipped
over lamp, setting fire to a lot of
14oogo cotton. which he had slowed
away IN his locker. He was so fright
4 ened at the occurrence that he lost
all presence of mind. The deck
!. sweep OF the Norman, which laid
l.nexsbeloW, discovered the FIRE, and,
/ giving notice to the men, who, with
/ the hose, were washing outothe boilers
of the Norman, they turned their
hose upon the fire. on the Mollie
i Hamblet0B, and, In a moment, it was
distinguished without damage to the
/ boat or ergo. In the meanwhile the
| alarm was given forward, and two
! boysarushed to the Mollie's bell and
rung With vigor that would cause
the oldest engine house tender to
burst with envy. Their efforts set
the engine house bells i'm the city
I ringing, and TIE engines were soon
/ rafting through the streets. Capt,
/ Hampton, of theraIlambleton, and
4 Capt. Hall, of the Norman, were up
i town, and, hearing that q. steamboat
was on fire. made d2:20 time to the
Ewharf. when Capt. Hall salet go the
pliaes of the Norman, and was pre-
pairing to idrop6heg out of danger.
The eensteTnatlon for a few moments
was very great, as several boats were
lying at the wharf, and none of them
llhaving1 steam up41o9 "a so4fis ssas
as The timely discovery of the fire and
the prompt action of the men on
the Nornlan.3 saved the Molile
aHambletOn aud her valuable cargo of
/ o7er-eight hundred bales of cotton,
| as we'll Is. herself and the other boats
and wharf boatsqat the wharf, from
total desfructionss which would have
inyolYed, the loss of millions.
Had the men non the Norman been
required to have attached their hose,
there would have. occurred one of the
most destructive and disastrous confa-
gratioas' ever Witnessed in this place.
fThe MolIis Hambleton had eight
| hundred and fifteen bales. Of cotton
Ia0n do ard, and hadgfhe fire got fairly
I1ssarted once,a it would have involved
!. an Immense destruction of property.
+ gEARk STREET FIkE,-Bfrs. Crouel,
whose. house was burned on Wednes-
day morning, aou Clark Street, called
on US yesterday to say that the furni-
,ture and. other household goods that
were removed from hera house pre-
viens'eo the FIRE, were not hers, but
the properly of her tenants. who had
moved out. She q asserts positively
tina: she had removed zone. of her
property previous to the fire. and
saved but a small portion oft. A
large amount of bedding, beds. fancy
articles and even her gold watch and
chain and alarge portion of herclothal
ing were destreyedsaz aog
We gave theifaets in cur report of
I the fire as we gathered them from
persons living In the vicinity, and did
not vouch for their correctness >
A family named Grant also lived
in the house, and lost everything they
had. Mrs. Higgenbottom, a poor,
but Industrious, hard working wo-
man, wish three or four children, also
! lived i'm the house, and lost every
thing. except their night clothes.ss aas
Ono or two other families lived in
the building, and were sufferers by
/ the fire. is3f q .saEs tazoag
I've are assured that we were mis-
]. informed in regard to- any of the
parties who suffered by the fire. being
iEemployed IN the cotton mills. e.
| The loss sustained by Mr.. Kirk
patrick was appraised yesterday, and
amounts to 81, 200 or 81 800, and the
4 ruins have been turned over to him
by theounderwriters. who will pay
him his policy of 1,1OOzaB laesl. s
| e RECORDER s. lCo6RF. = Recorder
Willard is again az his post, though
! oct fully recovered .S9aosa
tsssAfier disposilg of two unlicensed
dog cases, by requiring the owners to
| procure license and pay costs of pros
ecution, he was called to the painful
duty. oil iexa mining into the truth of a
| charge of petit larceny preferred
against one Jim Sherwood-a name
not unknown in the current history
Of the times. 1t was asserted, under
oath, that to the best of the knowi-
i edge and belief of the affant, that
the aforesaid Sherwood did, feloni-
: ouslys steal. take, and carry away,
three SHIRTS, the property of, or in
T charge Of, one Sally Clay, female
negro of African descent, and all of
the value OF g as. The evidence
Twas of such character that His
Honor felt it to be his painful duty
to hold him to answer at higher
Court, under a bond of 800. James
I could just as readily have given a
81 ,000,a but he thought it would be
5 economical to stop for month or so
with Sheriff Miller. andiih he went.
| A NOVEL INvEsrIoN. We were
i shown a few days ago, By Major Ed
gar, the results of new saw, which
promisesatoe supersedei all those new
in use, and, also, in a great measure,
to lessen che demand for planes. as
81 the. work done h1 this saw Is as