Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17
Items From the Wharf,

THE Frank Gilmore came in at noon yesterday,
THE Onward is still at Fogstown, six miles below
the Davis Dam.
THE Mark Winnett came in yesterday at noon
with five empty barges.
THE Courier came in from Parkersburg yester-
day and LEFT at O'Clock.
STAGE of water 4 feet inches below Davis
Island Dam. River rising,
THE Elizabeth arrives at $50 O'Clock from Eliza
beth. She runs no trip to-day.
SOME of the needles were again put in the Davis
Island Dam yesterday morning.
THE Keystone State. Captain Calhoun, is the
Cincinnati packet in this evening
THE Congo, while at the wharfboat on her last
trip, had her wheel reDaired and frightened up.
THE b. d. Wood has been changed from a tow to
duty. tSs'~' '' ~ "''' Nv" w 0'H'' i''A"'
THE Congo captain McIntyre arrived on good
O'Clock.
The James G. Blaine Captain Jacobs was the
Morganiown packet out yesterday afternoon at 8
O'Clock.
THE Ed Roberts and J. W. Gould are at the
traps Il miles down the river. waiting for rise In
the river.
THE Adam Jacobs Captain Cox. came in last
evening from Brownsville and leaves this morning
at $3.50 O'Clock.
THE excursion boat J. N. Gussy took out the
bakers picnic to McKees Rocks yesterday. About
3Ou enjoyed the outing.
THE Pittsburg. Morgantown and Geneva Packet
Line is the only line that runs a Sunday boat 1t
leaves here ut $3.50 A. NJ.
THE c. ". Bachelor. Captain O'NeiL arrived
from Wheeling yesterday ut 10 O'Clock, and went
out at with a fair trip.
THE Leader, one of the fastest towboats on the
river, went down Yesterday and brought I'D thu ee
barges from the j. W. Gould.
THE j. M. Gusky, towed by the Lud Keefer.
will run an excursion from the Smith1eld Lutheran
Church tomorrow to McKee's Rocks.
THE Bennett came in Yesterday and soon after
went down and brought in some of the empty
barges from the George Shiras and j. w. Gould.
THERE is less business done about the wharf on
Saturday than any other day during the week
The outgoing packets usually take light trips on
that day.
THE Mark Winnet went down the river last
evening to help the Ark in. The Ark has been at
count Of low wafer.
THE G. W. Bachelor took extra load of oil
well supplies on going M ont Yesterday. and will
returning to Pittsburg.
THE Iron Queen was delayed by the Jim Wood
accident on her way down for ~ hours. She
rowly escaped runni ng into the burning gas she
was directly above the main when the accident
Cured.
THE free excursion down the Ohio on the City of
Pittsburg yesterday evening was taken in by about
l. 900 people. Captain John Kline had the manage
ment Of the affair in hand and everything passed of
smoothly. The boat went down as far rs the Davis
Dam and returned at $3.50 o'clock in the morning.
THE Jim Wood met with a peculiar accident
srT s5oa s the
being burned to the waters edge, but by heroic
efforts the crew got her away with only q bad
scorching. She ran into The gas main of the Law
renee n atural Gas Company. The escaping gas
ignited by the fire under the boilers. when the
flames shot 100 feet in the air and extended along
the stream for fully $50 feet. The Jim Wood put on
full head of steam and soon ran ont of the flames.
The crew was all scorcned, the engineer and fire
man suffering the most severely. Traffic on the
caused deal of discussion about the wharf yester-
day, and many of the river Captains were inclined
to criicise the gas companies for always selecting
shallow parts Of the river Tor putting in their
mains. claiming that during low water these were
the places most liable to accidents of this kind.