The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-23
NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 49, 1877

leaves tomorrow al, .. m. for Padnemine.
Baton Rouge and all coast landings. J. Me-
Elroy in command. J. q. Bergeron and =. V.
The Henry Tete. J. r. Aucoin master, NJ II
Landry clerk ,wiIl arrive this evening and leave
# 10 a oT ns ef fs afa pon
on the bayou, sending freight through without
delay.
leaves Tuesday at 10 a. IN. for the upper coast to
Ben Tureaud.. Acide Albert in command. Ar
thur Nicole clerk
ter Henry Kpuns clerk, leaves Tuesday at 10 80
q. m. for the lower coast to the Quarantine sta
The popular Martha W. s. Bassstt master.
leaves Tneeday. Us usual, at IL IN. for the lower
coast to Port Eads.
master. Messrs. Mcvay and N SOP clerks.
leaves ,m !, Tuesday. as usual. Tor Vleksburg.
The Bertha. one, of the most regular and re-
| nesday, as usual.
The light draft steamer Bastrop Gin place Of
! the John II. Hannal leaves Wednesday for the
Ouaehita. and carries the United States mail.
Burning of the Grand Republic and Car
Ondeiet.
| At twenty minutes before 10 o'clock last night
tho groat steamers Grand Republic and Caron-
| delet caught fire and were burned. their upper
works being entirely destroyed. The Repub-
lic lay just at the foot of Lesperance street
loaded. The Carondelet lay o little lower down,
with hes nose against the bank. Just inside of
the stern n. Of the Graad d, Republic which lay
the saterooms in the after-part of the Grand
Republic, and by the time an alarm could be
WIS rapidly. spreading both forward and
back. The fire engines had long run. the
nearest one being more than q mile distant
| from the levee and by the time they came thun-
| dering along the temperance street causeway
The fierce flame had envel9pea great part of
the after cabin and WIS leaping madly. up
ward. outward and
IN EVERY DIRECTION.
spreading from thu, centre where 1t first gained
strength. Soon the bow of the oarondelet
| caught. and though the firemen quickly gained
their Streams seemed to have little effect upon upon
G Shd E T" f Sa cab erSue q the @
boats. For half nm hour the fumes gained
strength with every. minute, and ragged high
The high sandy bank was lighted brilliantly
for two miles up and down the river. the broad
reflection, while the dngy old walls of the
| dog pound on the bank Just above tho
| Republic were Illuminated to an even cheerful
The great cloud of smoke which arose from
the burning boat and lowered high above, the
city of di-aster. The night was perfectly clear
with little wind. and the smoke formed into g
,yast pillar which which extending to the height Of
| hundreds Of feet, hung towering in the air visi-
against the star,t sky. la shape the cloud re-
|
spreading top. AS the flames Increased in bril-
liancy mt its base this great column Of smoke
underwent q transportation from white to a
and then for the first time were
SsSryes IL be the sos eqro Of the fy mRae
nearly an hour this pillar of fire hung sus-
pended in the heavens. telling Of the scene be-
! low and attract ing the thousands who gathered
| flames Of the boat a constantly increasing crowd
Of people gathered on the shore; Soon they
when the conagratton was It's height
FULLY FIVE THOUSAND MEN
We're there. As the wood work began to give
| way unde the melting element the guys Of the
| tall smok e-stacks .slackened, yielded and loos-
enod. The towering columns. with their sen-
dor network Of supports traced in white hot
lines against the sky or through the redder
fell with fir ghtful clash and clangor straight to.
wards the crowded bank. From this time the
| fumes began to subside for want Of fuel. and
| the two hulls still gave out u strong light of
fame and I'D were lying almost naked Of every
10 edee b ms at bs
| tho reporter left the scene 1t was thought her
| hull would be saved in o badly damaged cond-
| ton. and that her machinery would not prove
u total loss.
THE wATcHmAN's STATEMENT.
| Mr.. Jacob Prather who has been employed as
| Waterman on the Grand Republic for the past
ten weeks was on guard on the 70 ,t-plaDk long
after the upper works wers burned off. on
being interviewed he readily gave what inform a.
| ton he could about the origin Of the :onflagra-
! ton. His statement was as follows:
| About half-past II o'clock / was walking along
| the sarboard side and on the forward 81 9 II
| the lower deck, when smelt smoke on the boat
and not knowing of any fire being anywhere in
| The cabins or staterooms ran up stairs on the
cabin deck and down the starboard side. and
F.. when two-thrds down towards the stern / saw
| smoke rolling out between the panels and floor
| ing Of the stateroom called the bridal chamber
/ | Immediately saw flames bursting out Of the
whole side OF he stataroom. ran to the bell to
sound the alarm, but found there was no rope
and shouted 'nral" to the Waterman of The
steamboat Carondcet who sounded the river
| fire. department signal box on, the corner Of
Main and Lesperance streets and called the en-
gincs, In less than ten minutes the whole cabin,
texas nnd stern was in ,one mass Of flames.
/ he boat, as it was roasting me. could not get
inside iho cabin to save my trunk of clothes, and
know by the ne of a ba
their clothes burnt up. l do not know of any
| fire, being on the boat to-day, except what was
| under tho nggcr boilers, and this all out
before I o'clock this evening. / have no knowl-
/ edge Of any one being in that bridal chamber
| tom ghts and cannot give any reason for the
| docks Yesterday and was to start on October
! for u trip South, but she can't go now.
-, Capt, II, 9; Stiles leaves for New Orleans. on
the Susie Silver where he takes position in
The Mobile Moore begins loading for New Or
| leans to-day to leave Saturday.
of Mason City Va, was q, visitor, on Change
/ yesterday. He has contracted to build barge
| for the Mississippi Valley Transportation Com
/ pany Of the following dimensions: length. 2lo
| The barge is to be completed in ninety days.
| One item of the Atoms cargo is 500 cases Of
boots and shoes for way points, which is some