The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-02-03

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| NV Yo.x. Fsh. l.-The Innnea
Noe dssk see.ed this 1 =. L'"'
beeweee >4ooAooo ooo - -
! TIE 1g0 6Coko ct q - ~ noso-
~ cd ~ 1oD0 mn swiftly
0h1ouGh ~ Shods and seoIo6oeeee,
and 81 three O'clock TIE tmme!oee
dock ~ . 0aea Of DIRE. vrum tJse
ms1otose parts Of town, I'm !esponss
% ftoquoat alarms, the DIRE apparatus
co0o thundoeiag down. The heat
~ % Ggoot thai effective work from
~ lapd a. rivof was l0p0ssjOle. AT
thres O'Clock slsansship Egypt. lyI9G
q the Gj0ck Wa0 t0Wed t0t0 the
slr<o0 I'll ablaso from stem 70 Stern.
ga through her Raging. Her sparks
boeu 0ouDeU % the T39gi0es Of Dumer.
oepo other vessels lying st anchor.
Nearly the entire 0fo department Of
the city was On hand, but many
eoejpes couM not be utilised. A.
3:&j he srectacle was grand In the
extreme. TIE river front for many
hundreL feet was a6lsSe. All a.
fem,pas &, save proCeety On the In.
NM dock were abandoned, and the
wwrk Of the (lrsuon concentrated on
~ Ouiou line dock adjoining. The
famous ship al the line, Alaska. was
In the Rrestest danger. Tug bOsts
and ferry boats are ulsking efforts to
ave her by hauling her into the
seyeom.
LA3KR,-At nine this morning the
l. ~A&M ha~OmSm> H3s>nt
o( Tie huildings On the pier and their
eootento, ore now consumed. The
joeo b roughly estimated ut 81 .0W,-
90. The steamer Egypt, Of the M
tiooal line, at the pier caught nresnd
NJ lowered out into the stream aud
The flames extinguished. after xhe
!sod beso greatly danaa9ed. Tn" 6re
departnsent aud two flre heats are at
work on the 0anses. Of the large
covered sheds On the pier nothing re-
mains ave fragment OF the frame
wusk at the entrance, that tottes in
the wind and threatens to TALL any
moment. The pier itself, with all
upon Il, Was burned down to the spiles
upon which the structure rested,
along the Waten' edge. The flames
aro Yet playing hide and EEK amid
The wreck and licking up the rem
nsnts Of . million dollar bonfire.
Great througs Of people surround the
scene Of dssolatlon. The National
line steamer Egypt lies out In mid
stream, with her port side sc0rched
and her rigging an3 standing gear
b0rned and b)ackened.
Il b still possible that some may
have beeu caught and have lCst their
lives, and II 10 not imprOb .ble. The
engineer on the pier - Amos Smith.
He Was IN tlse engine room on the
extreme end pier attending to biz
duties when the fire broke odt, and
was the 6s<t that discovered II. He
fought the flames for fully . quarter
Of an hour, and claims TO nave been
the last to have lelt the pier. His
hands and fAce are burned and bis
hair and eyebrows sinGed.
Beyond the pier itself and Its con-
tents the Ioss hes proved inconslder.
able. The Egypt y On iron mhip and
and tl10us>nd dollars or two will
mend her injury. In twenty-s0ur
hours che will he ~ sailing order.
The wind blew directly in from, the
river and carried smoke and ashes
IN over the city IN the eulbarr1se-
ment VI 6remen, but to the advan-
laGe 0fsu9rOundiDg shipping, which
that fact saved from destruction. The
Savannah steamer Chattahochee,
that lay 1t pier IS, exposed to the full
extent Of the flames, was hardly
sc0rchel, it, crew being on hand
with hose aud pumps. The OCEAN
Steamship c0mpany's dock IL NOT
damaged at oil.
On . pier On the nosth-No. a.
the full TiGged ship Henry, . German
vessel, which Was uuloadinI soda asb,
caught 0re and was lowed out in the |
sersanl, with her rigging sfla,ue. She !
and Was lowered over on the jersey
hats, wheae she lies to-day. An Erie |
6arge, loaded with flour was csughl |
In slip. Vain efforts we're made to /
tow It out, and It still reanaius where !
Il wns. The woodwork 0n the deck |
caught DIRE and the deck loed<sl with !
dour IN bags was partly burned. At !
. bulkhead at the end Ut the pier q ]
large quantity Of crockery In crates, ;
csroOys, aeid, and other merchandise |
Wa stored when the saving Of the !
burning pier was given up ~ hope |
len task. The 1lFemen concentrated
their whole energy upon the pr0tec-
ti0n Of these goods, aud sucreesled !
we'll, It catching fre aGsiu and again, !
but the huDk Of the merchandise was
nevertheless saved. About sixty
l00GDhoreaon were at work on .
steamer Ut the end Of the pier. unload
Ing the Egypt when the fire brOke
ont. 1t b feared some Of these have
been burned. This fear has In = great
measure been djsl,elied this morning
6y the statement Of the engineer. who
discovered and fought the IRE till the
came.
WARRINGTON, Feb. 1.-The Presi.
dent lsae appointed Hon. l.. s. Pay
t00, Judge William A. Richardson,
Professor O. n. Allen, Professor i.
2. Nil&ard, Professor william r.
Blake, Prolessor d. +. p. Ricketts,. |
Dr.. w. L. Welever, |: hoinss DOusld-
.on, Professor T.. r. Fristne. Dc. Is.
!. Taylor, Jas. g. Kelly and p. J.
3alom . cnsumtssiou to test and ex-
anime the weight and nncness of
.oin at the several minis received
1uring 1852. !
81. Louis. Feb. l.--Advices from
Cexa0 state that thesaCe 0f w. Wou<l.
Treasurer Of Jackson couuty. vas
9jown open ct Edna yesterday BY or
1ef Of the court. Wood has 6een al,-
)ent Tor several weeks, 0stsnsihly for
medical Treatment, but Il ~ believed
10 was defaulter for considerable
lmouue. 1t WA expected t. fluid
twenty-five tlousand dollars In the
ote, but there was nothing there.
Wood a)eo had In his custody 4 large
mount Of private funds, none Of
which were found.
L0NDOx, Feb. Ia committee of
!rtshmen has been formed in Lon
Ion to collect . Fair Trisl Fund.-
o the 6ene6t 0f the prisoners chsrv-
q With . conspiracy to murder
government officials, aud now IN.
examinati0n in Nublin. An
.ppeel, which b to b distributet( at |;
b dooss Of oil Catholic churches.
AZ upon the Irish to lind funds ! ,
nth which to combat the testimony