, 1869-07-10

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The clang1Eg Of fire bells about q clock yeAter-
day evening s,cnalled the outbreak OF 1rc, and q
huge column Of blnck Rrnoke that arose from the
Ohio. q; the foSl q Eshta street, located Il
that the attraction was TWO steamboats, c.rtaIn,
M,,h tar chance for seserai otnerr. and fex
1uquir1na ~ 70 the origin Of til. Gre va could
te2rn noth!nG further thau that it had broken out
No person whs on the boat 1t thu tltnc, consc-
gnentlf the nrEt tntlmAtions Ut the danger were
discovered by PARTIES on hhore and on De{ghboztng
ltoata Tne naues spread With marvellous rapid
lty, tattly leapuE from one portiou Of the boat 10
the olheI. aud creating hest that dened approsch
~ so Gu ne u a.
Eonnded- The Arabs, Rough L Rcadtca au1
llbern!ans Al rcsponded, but for seyera minutes
thcG most s'etest5lned efforts were fFuitless be-
From the steamer Louisiana tho IRE sp7cal 70
ne vrsesns s,eams1 1a;r In.ierwte1 l!!ng lmmed-
tho diver, III. Holmes and several other persons,
who wcse unwilling 70 SEQ her burn up without m
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the boat in great volume, driving them 10 . coal
mt on the ontsde. From this nst soule of them
holmes remained 4. their WORK too long. The
names now shot ncross and around tbs f!st,
fendcHcg the heat l1tcnse be}ona enau-
II raa death 10 jump otesnoard auu 10 remain %
the IN: WAS Inevitable destruction ty nrc. Al
this Iuncturc II occurrei 70 them 10 sTing them.
aud thus escape, At least foi tho motnent the beat
mat vas almost consuming them. They acted
uron n W, vt, idss. aad ~ alnEnE wnter upon each
Bnd clothing fEum burning, and relief eti much o!
the severity Of E4e heat By this time the head
Ines o' tue boa, hal ,.ecn s'ar1Iel %, anh, mo
turning mars swung around. and &oon
placed tho Cat With .shc suffering men cling
ing 70 Il, x!shln reach of assistance. About this
titue an tnf!dual II high state Of 1ntoxtcAt!on,
getting It into his mui,,lcd pate that somebody
waatet asststancc, dashed duNu tho river bank ii
no o' tas eesnp a1 "a
cuc, &nd sleceedcd In hauling him upop tho bank
aEaln; hnt two minutes hal oos elapsed before 10
was again nounacrtnR in tho w1icr. A kindly dis
posed gentleman odt!rd him pole, and VA told
70 go to h-L" v ben !, appearing that tho man
conlt s~tu, be WAS allowed 70 take eArn Of him.
When the THREE nrs companies comrcnced
pA}inK upon The f1rc. It had made such htadway,
tnas no thought VA entertained OF saving any.
Tho Ils,le AEah engine on board, sppfoscned
tho o1n1de Of tho 11ui!Ians, and Threw a Rood
stIeam "a me t,fe from that i.dc, whte two good
softink II the Lauuiaa& nal an hour Of more, tno
W. =, .,,,sN Nth shs i!ttc AI.n, oe,towed hef
9o1 r. IT ra'
lowed tho vrcek 70 Tho Kenrocsy shoro. Iiero
the little Arab remained hor4uK to kavu no hutk
ihs s Reasa ass sksa e2et
.nd :, woEAed 70 Rood e9ses, with he .sne Object
ID tleH. !Irner. What ulcre IL tarcs1 OF tho Un.
Der" "rsef u dae to tho Gfelesx e1rFtfoa Of these
cErnen, Captain D. 7. Parker Rod other gentle
urn *ho vi! 10 RENE enoered ~ ii who W.T. |
A line vas attached to The stern Of tho EouIstauA
kttrr the cabin haf1 burpc4i on aud the huI Fas |
'wnnS around to the .hos., giving The niu comps
hlts letter chance to ply upon It, bat 1t was |
orr, may kse put down ~ 4 toial losa anc was |
ae1t 70 the ARREST ktesn.w heel boat on ihn West
.En NhtctN her capacity being no tora She
SM owned hy Captain Ihtliipa. 1t this clty, who |
2An. q fSw taTk s'efofe, i4,d her up hcre for re-
'A1rA II the Captain no~ persists 10 Carrying ont
Tho Tp]eruI.te1. the hn1, Of which = Probably
m lauasaa 1e!ona ftlalf 1uas also be cal!ed fusal
nd worth teo, coo or fsu.oot. Sna was ow3ed By
be Cinc1nnxu WrrctlnT Company, and, It ID said,
FRs bot Insured Captain IhG!tEs6, He utuef-
tand, H2s ansarfd on tue Louisiana to the |
mount Of tno-thifts Of her valuc, which was
rubAb!y nbout 7s9,00A