The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-14
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St. Louis Globe Democrat, Dec. IL:

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towboat Bee was received. She sunk Mon DAY ia.y
night at 10 O'clock. near Moccasin Spring, Is
miles above Cape Girardeau. and 100 miles be-
low this city. She went down in 10 teet OF water.
consequently with six. foo, hull. she has now
feet q water oyer her decks Only meagre de-
but Capt H. G. Haarstiek claims thai She iiess
straight and can be. raised, while others are Of
believed that she struck a rock, and that her
bottom Is pretty badly broken. She has q num-
Der Of barges IN tow. and was making her first
visit TO vt. Louis In many weeks, having been
engaged 10 exchanging tows with the Future
City aud Grand Lake for some time. Her barges
boat should sink than one Of the barg rye s as
ID cir careoes were Of as much, II not greater
value than the boat itself. The following is de-
She was built ct Pittsburg in the winter of
1865. and was thoroughly repaired in the sum
mer OF 1874 at the Carondelet ways. In May.
1866. she was valued mt s45 600 and last May she
was placed at $4,000. In consequence Of recent
alterations she was probably worth about s25,-
owned by the Mississippi Valley Transportation
Company.
Capt. s. A, Louis was In command at the time
divers left on the City Of Chester last night for
the scene OF the wreck. and this morning Capt.
pa With the tI boat alyor YIN
made his preliminary examination.
The M. V. T. Co are about to buy another tow
boat. and are building ten or twelve grain
VEvAY, Dec 1o.-Yesterday afternoon Capt J.
Lawrence Carter, of the steamer y. p Schenck,
met with quite serious accident. While the
boat was receiving hay at y. P. Schenck & Sons
warehouse, bale OF hay. while sliding down
the chute from the warehouse to the steamer.
struck the captain on the shoulder knocking
him on TO the deck Of the boat some ton feet
from where he was standing. When picked up
1t was ascertained that the elbow Joint was dis
located, and that the upper bone Of his arm was
broken. the fracture extending into the Joint
The wound is painful. but not dangerous. The
probabilities are that the Joint will not be as
useful as before the accident His wound was
properly attended to by Drs. Wooden and OAR
ling, of vevay. The Schenck left here late last
night with Capt. Carter on board, and Capt A.
In that capacity as far down as Cairo. when 1t is
thought Capt. Carter will be able to again take
command.
Memphis Avalanche December ~:
- The Choutean took a lot Of bridge stone for
Natchez. weighing about ton and half each;
they came from North Alabama and have been
here awaiting tonnage for some time. There
were dozen or 80 OF these stones to be carried
at s12 each. The Chouteau also took 500 bales
cotton from the opposite side OF the river, but
got nothing from here.
Courier Journal. Sunday:
>. The joe b. Williams, Sharp Mcdonald and
smoky City will have to wait here now until
there Is more water before they can 20 South
with their immense tows. Had it not been for
the delay in not getting through the canal. they
south The herculean towboat Joe B. Williams
has twenty two coal boats and three barges-an
immense tow 800 feet long boat and all-and 200
1eet wide. drawing III feet water. There is Just
about enough water In the river between here
and Evansville in the channels at the closest
places, but they are not deep and wide enough
to let the Williams and her tow down through
them.