The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-03-27
STATE ITEMS.

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the drawings, charts and working speci-
fcations for constructing the locks at
Oregon City for the 2. T. Company, and
goes in a day or two to commence the
work. The plan is to have four locks,
each 200 feet long and 40 wide, making
the length of the lock portage 800 feet,
having 50 feet fall to overcome. This,
if evenly divided, will raise or lower the
boat eight feet each lock.
The residence of DR.. Davie, with its
conteuts, on the NcKinzie river, Lane
county, was destroyed by fire on the
10th ult The family were absent at the
time.
At last accounts the volume Of water
in the Columbia river had increased
enough to enable the boats of the @. S.
N. Co. to resume navigation above
Cello Navigation on the Upper Colum-
bia. had been impraeticable for weeks.
Mr.. A. J. Riley, an old typo of Salem,
died on the 10Th, after short illness.
Peace to his ashes.
The trial of DR.. J. W. McAfee, as we
learn frolu the Farmer, is set for Mon
day, April 5th. An adjourned session
of Marion Co. Circuit Court will be held
for that purpose.
The citizens of Eugene are petitioning
their City Council to furnish them with
some means of cxtinguishing fires.
The Eugene Journal reports several
cases of lung fever in that city.
Mr.. Graves, Jr., married Miss Ellen
lies, at Eugene on the 10th. Glad to
know that Graves has gone into the Hes
business.
Another case of small pox reported in
Jacksonville.
The Ul,ionist complains of the scarcity
of nurses to attend on the sick in that
city.
The Unionist says: The value of the
assessable property within the corporate
limits of Salem, is sl,250,000.
The Eugene Journal of the 10th says:
Our citizens have been remarkably for
tunate in times past in regard to fires, but
it seems now that calamity is coming upon
US like tide from the fountain of de-
struction.
Last Sunday morning between the
hours of six and seven the building of j.
F. Brown was discovered to be on fire.
1t being Sunday morning not many of
our citizens were up, at that hour, but
enough had reached the spot before the
flames had spread beyond control, to sue
ceed In subduing them with great as we'll
as successful exertions The fire caught
from boards that the. fue was built upon,
it being an inexcusable poor job Of work
manship, and had burned through the
roof and got under considerable headway
before discovered. If there had been
any wind at that time, it would have beeu
impossible to tave controlled the flames,
and the town would undoubtedly have
been burned. Brown estimates his luss
at $780,
On Wednesday morning, at about fif-
teen minutes after one clock, the alarm
of fire was gwen, when it was discovered
that dry-house belonging to Cherry Il
Irving, and situated few feet from their
machine shop was on fire. It was so far
gone before discovered that all exertions
to save it were useless, and all that could
be done was to prevent the machine shop
from taking fire also The dry-house was
full of lumber and timber already worked
up, such as chair posts, window sash, etc.
The loss is estimated at $500.
But it seems that the loss of property
was not enough. Again ON Wednesday
night another fire occurred so terrible in
its nature and so shocking, that in trying
to describe its horrors we would only dis
play the insignifcance of words. Be-
tween three and four O clock in the morn
ing Mr. Steventon discovered his house
to be on fire, and he and his wife imme-
diately ran down stairs supposing they
could put it out. When they entered
the lower room, where the fire place was,
they saw that it was impossible to do any,
| thing more than to save themselves and
children. Seeing that it was impossible
| to bring the children down stairs, Mr..
Steventon told his wife to go up stairs
| and put the children out at the window
| upon shed and he would go round and
catch them. Mrs. S. ran up stairs and
endeavored to do as told, but when the
door leading up stairs was opened the
flames followed her so closely that, al
though she made several efforts to grasp
her little ones, three in number, one little
boy having got out at the window him
self, she could not; the flames rushed
upon her and she could only fee or per-
ish. She and little Eddie, escaped
through the window upon shed, back
of the house, and got down in time to
save themselves, although they were both
badly burned and Mrs. s. so severely
that she only lived till the following
morning. Eddie, the little boy that es-
capped, was the oldest and was aged seven
years. The three that perishcd were
| Iohnnv aoed five Lizzie aned fhree md