The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-11
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT,
Monday, March Ii. 1873.
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AKIN VIA n;a aass I ewsr c9as Gov H Allen
Uuachita: Golden City. Cincinnati: Mary Ida
hapid Transit Bslle, upper coast; Henry ar. Iete
bayou Macon; Centennial, st. LOUIS 9, T.
Durfee. Bonnie Lee He'd river. r. E Lee
yickeburg Fanchon, opelausas 1ohn A. sena.
dor. G. II Ohout au. Memphis; BIT. John. Baton
The, Eva. arriving Yesterday morn mo- Ing at :
S9ea s hazRs s ss ia he ead @
NIL. aabe block left the Era at the Laiourehe
Crossing, and has gone tn the Teehe for the
purpose Of assuming charge OF the W. }. Polite
vents Office
the Poitsyent's place. ana the Poitevent the
Mr, Tom Knee has charge of the Eras office.
The Frank Fargoud has made twenty seven
tripa this season, and brought In that time. co.
sol bales cotton and 1le, lst sacks cotton seed.
The Yasoo Valley made sixteen trips and
brought 80 05o bales cotton and 1To7 sacks feed
The james Howard made eight trips, bring
ing ss,u27 bales and 1850 sacks seed
sinking ana Total Loss Of the Shannon.
The steamer Shannon, from the Ouachita
with q cargo OF over $50 bales cotton. and twelve
to fifteen passengers. In trying to make the
landing Sunday. morning at o'clock, was
blown In against the monitor Oanonicus, strik-
ing mdshtps, the bow uf the monitor cut ing In
nearly to the hatch ait OF the boilers. Beeom-
Ing entangled In the mpnltor's rigging, she was
ss a y s b sa be s r3 dor h
river to near the English Turn, the Shannon
rapidly filing and linking to the hurricane
the two vessels, no lives were lost, aA every one
aboard escaped on to the qanonicus, witt. the
most Of their haggage, and from 90 which they he
Derry. The money and neatly all OF the books
and papers were also saved.
The Shannon was one OF the boats of the NJ
@. and q. 4. Co.. was owned by Capt. Jack De
Hart. who was. IN command ut the time, and
Capt Charlie Arhuf eerk, who had ID jqs IT. re-
non was built ut Cincinnati In 1870, was valued
at stBuop. and insured IN Cincinnati offices for
sssoe; We sympathize With her owners Ia their
bout and cannot easily be. replaced. We trust
now that the naval authorities will be induced
to heed the many requests that have been made
to moor their vessels at some other point
:. The Shannon is the second boat sunk by the
Ganonieus. and that she is only the second is
remarkable. for III Ia deliberate attempt was to
be made to hinder, obstfuct and endanger nayi-
gation ~ this harb9r, no surer place could he
BY tha Uanonieus and Enterprise. That they
have been allowed TO remain there is a fragrant
wrong. and the responsibility has been placed
stealnboatmen, aud through the columns Of the
newspapers Of this city. have been repeatedly
r.. as9ns IL 70 asF sp
the great danger to stteameoats by allowing.
them TO remain there Had the shannon drifted
away, we doubt ii single life would have been
saved. for the river was very rough, and an out.
ragged community would have he'd the United
sa,ss aahog t W. e b sret 2r
and hope they viii be SO held.
Capt FIeming, Of the Little jerry jerry .for s'i 50
promptly coming to their rescue and showing
them every Kindness, Capt. DE Hart remained
soon as he learned q The disaster, secured the
seryief,a Ct the tp \, t Charlie aa WSooa End With
aa e h o Msa hyfr e wreeR
@ ese and n jones' seat Gss
they brought to tho wharf Her deck cotton was
scattered generally. and much OF 1t was rescued
by shiiImen. who are :, holding on to 1t. The
yesterday evening. where she now lies ready
folE ano,her victim, y,
evening Cant Arthur Was trying yestefdag e.
get d boat to replace the Shannon. The Shan
non has been fortunate boat, and up to yes
u dollar. The Isabel landed on the way up and
offered assistance The Shannon liz lying Id 25
feet OF water. Up drifting down the two got in
amongst the shipping. aud broke two vessels
loose. both shits sustained damage to the
amount Of $1,000. which they want somebody to
pay. The manifest OF the Shannon will be
The Era was engaged Yesterday by the Board
HE Sc Francis Belle leaves daily IiYi d 40 d. m
from Bienyille street for Westwego, running in
Eapoad % En ae wiz orleans aud
The Bele In place Of the Blue Wing No. g..
leaves this n Y. m. tor the upper coast 70 Ash
Mgssrs. Wood and Dean clerks.
nss dagat soast Rnd RPnsdsopys
sharp, from the head Of Conf street. '
TIE 9, Get q, ddaslight ,E weekly lower coast
aenae em Md aSse yoha Haoa master %
for Magnolia store. The Gaaella is as regular
az u clock, pays close attention to business. and
The Eva, in place of the w. ]. Poiteyent, o. d.
Terrebonne master. Gable Block clerk. leaves
today at ?. ~ for the Lafourehe. through to
the United States mail and passenger packet
Gov; Allen. John J. Brown master, s. =. streek
hs msnry Pa r. aaeoo of B Bas1a sn NJ H.
coast. pon,ga,ld4sonyllle and the Lafourche,
Mary Ida. ) 4 Ruiz master. Eaw Nieol i esrf.
bsn Ta2saSd pHy ie M"rs r e
on alternate days, and does all of her business
in daylight.
Atehafalaya. through 70 Washington, leaves TO-
morrow har ya 4 r H FL Broad u command
The Robert u. Lee wifi leave to- morrow for
nieks sba1 and all way landings. Capt Wm
The st. Mary. Joe Dalferes In command. b.
Nicolle clerk leaves to- alorrow at s D. m. for
the coast and Lafourche through to Laurel Val
ley.
The Merchants and Planters line steamer
Tom Parker, nj. M Dufonr master, A. Meyner,
Jr., clerk. leaves to. morrow at D. m. for Bayou
DIES Glaizes.
The g. =. and N. o. packet line steamer Golden
Rule. 9. 7. shinkle. mas er. W, Il. shaw clerk
leaves to- morrow for the Ohio. The Rule IL
one of the most elegant passenger steamers on
the river. as well MS one of the most popular.
The famous Golden City will be the next de-
parture after the Golden Rule.
The Ashland will be at the landing this morn
ing receiving to leave tomorrow. without fail
for the Arkansas through to Fort Smith John
A. Williams In command. James L. Alexander
clerk.
The New Orleans and Red River Transporta-
Mres for this week. Kate Kinney. Capt Joe
Doad Wednesday. and the G. H. Durfee. Capt.
q. w. stinde, Saturday, both to Shreveport. The
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