Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-02

volving a large loss. There was no time
to a ' anything, for the confusion was
so great and the flames spread SO fast
that nothing could be done in the way Of
removing the valuable freights.
LIST OF FREIGHT BURNT.
From Mr.. Dukes, clerk of the eleva.
tor, we have obtained a list Of the freight
which was burnt. 1t is as follows: Hill,
Fontsine q Co., $50 rolls bagging, 100
barrels meal; Guy, billiard & Coffin, $50
rolls baggingi Il. P. Eggers & Co 300
barrels meal; NJ. L.. Meacham & Co, 90
barrels corn meal, so barrels -four, 25
boxes crackers, Is boxes soap; 7. B
Sims & Co., 100 barrels meal; G. B. Car.
ter q Co., 100 barrels meal; John K.
Speed, l25 barrels meal; Brooks, Nicely
Il Co, 80 barrels meal; A. T. Treadwell
Il Co, Is barrels meal; Fader, Jacobs &
Co., 30 barrels flour, 80 barrels meal, 10
barrels pork; M. Gavin & Co., 4 dozen
empty kegs, 100 barrels meal, 9 bundles
paper bags; Estes, Fizer & Co., SO bar.
rels meal; Oliver, Finnie & Co., so bar.
rels -four; j. 7. Fargason, so barrels
meal; Powell, MeDougal & Co., 300
sacks bran, 200 bales hay, 100 sacks
corn; Cooper & Co., 300 sacks bran; G.
Z. Manson, SO sacks corn, 70 sacks oats;
Brothers & Shaw, SO rolls felt; NJ. V.
MeKaig, Of the Chicago Oil COMPANY.
1900 bundles of empty sacks; j. G..
johnson, ZOO barrels cotton seed oil;
ID. Ii. Fear, 6 barrels coal tar and 30
packages of reshipping freight for the
Memphis, Pine Bluff and Arkansas
River Packet Company; Memphis Co
operative Association, Is barrels -four;
A. Nj, Boyd, 10 barrels meal; E. Rich.
ardson, 10 barrels meal; Rose l. Co, $50
barrels meal. The major portion of the
cornmeal and other freight has remained
at the elevator for several days, some of
1t for two weeks, and Captain AID Storm
has been, for the past two or three DAYS.
begging the merchants, who are now the
losers, to remove their freight from the
elevator.
The following is a list of
FREIGHT ON THE CAPITOL CITY
which was consigned to this port: Thos.
ID. Allen & Co., Is bales cotton; Pratt
CHM, 6 bales cotton; James S. Richard.
SON z bales cotton; Memphis Cotton.
Seed Association, 81 bundles empty
sacks aud 10 sacks seed; C. P. Hunt, 7
boxes peaches. None of the freight was
saved. In addition to this there were
$50 seeks of cotton.seed for St. Louis.
SCENES n INCIDENTS,
SO far as known but two persons on
the Capitol City persisted, though there
we're thirty five or forty cabin and deck
passengers. Jim Cassidy, a diver, who
was on the elevator, had his hands and
face burnt. He was rescued by the tug
Oriole, and a man whose name we csuld
not learn, had to jump from the elevator
in order to avoid the flames, which had
blocked the way. Louis Black. of 81.
Louis, was aroused by the ringing of the
bell and upon reaching the cabin saw
the boat on FIRE. He left his watch and
upon reaching TIE elevator found the
doors locked. He was in a dangerous
place, between the burning steamer and
elevator walls, which were also wrapped
in flames. Finally, some one from within
opened the door and Black escaped. His
roommate, George Fell, a drummer for
a st. Louis shoe house, got out safe but
lost his clothing and sample trunk. C.
j. Barker, a carpenter, who was en- route
to his home in Pittsburg, lost his trunk,
tool chest, and twenty-five dollars in
money. In fact the crew saved but little,
as is also the case with the passengers.
THE STEAMERS SAFE AND PAPERS
were found in the debris in the wreck.
The safe was opened, but the books were
de!aced and blackened by the heat so as
to be about useless. In the safe was
found the money chest containing about
5000 or $500 in silver, besides partially
burnt bank bills. Captain Morris Nc.
Nicely took charge of the money to
the owners of the vessel. When
the safe was opened aud the money
found, some excitement was engendered.
but Captain McNeely would not let the
crowd take it. He will deliver the money
to the proper parties. About twenty
bags of
GOVERNMENT MAIL
we're destroyed. OF the entire contents
only about thirty or forty packages were
rescued in anything like good condition.
The letters we're either blackened or else
their edges burnt off.
Two PASSENGERS BURNED TO DEATH.
Since the conaagration this morning
the crews of the tugs Oriole aud DeSOto
have been pumping out the hold of the
wrecked boat. Up to the present writing
burnt bodies of two men have been
One was found under the debris
on the lower deck, near the wheel.house.
The body was burnt to a crisp almost,
one Of the legs aud au arm being mis-
Captain Crane is of opinion that
was a lame mau who got aboard at
Point Lookout, where he took deck pas
for st. Louis. He was about forty
vearg Of ace Danutv Coronar Rritt hald