The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-07-13

building About an hour after the IRE
begar.. the roof fell in and shortly
after the flames were extinguished ard
the wall. are al ;ba: remain. Il is
supposed the fire originated by sparks
from the pipe Of \ smoker The loss is
estimated =, 10000 covered by insur-
ance. The property was owned by the
city.
CHICAGO, July 10 YESTERDAY morn
ing the propeller st. Clair, Capt Rhy-
meas. Of Ward line. left Ontonsgon for
Honghton. Michigan, having on board
Is passengers and q crew Of Is. When
- miles out the boat took ire and in q
short time was enveloped in flames.
One boat WAS launched an'i - rush was
made for the ys~l. which WAS swamied,
and all hut one of the passengers (l6 in
number persisted. together with ten OF
the crew. The fire csugh, in her hold,
but spread instantly up along the
smokestack to the cabin and hurricane
deck. Before the small boats could be
reached all but one Of them were
wrapped in flames. Ore boat was
launched aEl was Immediately filled
With terror stricken passengers and
crew. Before il could clear from the
steamers side. passenger jumped
from the hurricane deck striking on the
gunwale of the sail boat and capsizing
it. She was righted and capsized five
or six times before she could leave the
burning steamer. The st. Clair had on
board sixteen passengers and crew Of
about fifteen. Only five persons are
known To have been saved, including
the captain, one mate, the engineer,
wheelsman and one passenger. All on
board are reported to have put on life
preservers as soon as the fire was dis
covered. The five survivors were
picked up in the small boat by the tug
John Martin. of Houghton. The tug
/ cruised about the scene of the disaster.
but was unable to discover any floating
bodies. Among the passengers reported
to have been aboard are Hon.. Adge
Edwards. q prominent citizen of Mar
quette; Capt. Mellon. of the Cleveland
silver mine; Neill Smith. an explorer
from Manistee, Lower Michigan; w.
s. Besrdsley, circuit court reporter, of
Houghton The steamer was loaded
with cattle. flour. feed. etc. aud went
down about eight miles off the coast.
The following is list of the saved:
Robert Rhymes. captain; Stringer. en-
/ ginecr; Thomas G. Boaseman, mate !;
Thos. Forth, wheelsman John b.
Suthen. passenger.
new YORK, July lO.-Castle Garden
was destroyed by fire yesterday, and
the Times in an editorial this morning,
says: Nothing is left worth saying
Millions of dollars worth OF really
valuable property might burn in this
city without causing the tenth part Of
the stir which the destruction Of this
historical building has created. In its
day il has been the scene of many stir
ring events, and its peculiar appearance.
having the suggestion of mosque from
the distance, firmly fixed it in the MEM
cries of thousands of people who have
passed out and i'll this harbor. Latterly
this has been only ap excrescence on the
breezy esplanade which surrounds it.
As the city owns the site, it is likely
the fragmentary remains of the old
hall will disappear and another ediiice
take its place
NEW YORK. 1.-THE hand Of 500
Mormons who recently arrived from
Europe have started for Utah. Many
of the men have rs many AS eight
wives.
BALTIMORE, July II. 800 Yesterday
there were % cases Of sunstroke in this
city; Il fatal.
LONG BRANCH, July ii. The frs,
race Of the second meeting. for the trial
purse, ore mile. was won 10y May b.
Durango second, Janet Morton third
and Lexington fourth. Time, lao!
Burgess won "a and I'd heats. Time.
LAO and 1;isA.
/ NEW YORK, June IA meeting
of the managers Of the Army and
Navy Club was held this evening at
which res buttons were adopted relative
TO the death Of General Custer and his
companies. also relative to the surviv-
Ing widows, and in references to the
erection Of monument.
NEW YORK, July ia-Thc committee
appointed by the 81. Louis Convention
Ia notify Governor Tilden of his nomi-
nation for President by the Democratic
party. waited on the Governor tonight