Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-23

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Of tho beas tho little EIEI ae
the kitchen, remarked H7 H
stove SACKED conaiae
which shs cook replied ae
mistaken. The child had
mother often ely chat chs
going q & boat for fsag e
With thiain her mind, ena
another look e the place
the smoke seemed % CONS uo
che discovered that Il did not tNa
from The atDva. Going "a
she discovered the wood wut
around the smoke stack On Gre aN
flames Just eating their way Into
the cabin. Without giving aaE
general alarm she went 70 De Stew
ard and told him The boat YES a.
Are. He informed the mate who
called the deck banda eft end
they exlinguIshed the hra
without one Of the pAsaans
gers being aware that eng
thing Of he Kind had occurred
There were twenty-five Iadles go.
ting on deck IN the bow of the boat
among them the mother Of Annle
while this was going on. Afsar GAe
work had been done, AnnIa went
70 her mother and says, @D0nat ba
frightened, mother; the boat beg
been on fire, but Il is al over now
The Captain was 90 greatly pleased
with the cool, calm and quiet mans
|ner IN which the child performed
her part, that he refused The nasaaH9
money OF both, and offered y aako
them back TO Chicago free ofrhArge
Il Wasa brave ack TO cay the Least,
and had she screamed sire as
most persons would have done.
with 90 many ladies on beard, ne
consciousness might have been oE &
very serious nature. She observes
q handsome testimonial Of some
kind. Both mother and daHghtaR
have been visiting their fgiends ln
this city during the past week. and
LEFT for BufAlO Monday night.
A New Orleans exchange has re
following; We yesterday witnessed
O very Interesting and ~sucoeaalul
effort Of raising . sunken nhlp allied
with cotton. The vessel Ma tAn'
Britlsh ship 81. LAWEenca which
having caught on fire several
weeks ago, Yves filed with water
and sunk ct the levee Opposite Tie
Water Works. She had $500 bales
Of cotton and 1000 barrels ok Aour
on board. Yesterday the Wreck
ing COmpany's steamer osage
Capt. Greenleaf Andrews uent 60
work ct the 81. Lawrsnce, and with
only one Of her pumps il operar
ton, in 8 little over one hours
time cleared the ship almost entire
lily Of water-raising her some
seven feet and thereby giving Iree
access TO her valuable cargo. This
IL o great triumph on the part 81
Capt Andrews, as some Of our olar
est and most experienced etdzens
connected with shipping and wreck
ing matters had expressed their
opinion that Il would be utter
" impossible 10 raise ship % heAv-
fly loaded and deeply sunk. me
IOsageh has t~WOimmense pumna the
cylinders Of which are twenty
inches in diameter, each capable
Of raising and dischaEging 1bl00
gallons Of water per minute, She
has Ave experienced divers peEma-
nently connected with the boat
aud has ell The modern convenient
Gee and appliances Of q hrat-claau
wrecker. The recovery By the
Usage Of the iron from the sunken
ship Indian Queen, on Mobile Bay
and the raising Of the st. IAwrence
show conclusIvely that we have 9
company here 1T home abundantly
able 70. underta ke the most extern
sIve and difficult jobs in the wreck
ing line.
An exchange says that the report
Of the death Of Capt. W0rthinaton,
Of the MilbEey, at Metropolis was
not correct. He sEill lives,
although In q dangerous condition,
and may possibly recover.