WASHINGTON, May 20. – The gunboat Jacob Bell lying at the navy yard wharf was discovered to be on fire at an early hour this morning but the flames were soon suppressed, she was loaded with ordnance stores, some of the boxes containing shells were considerably charred, hence she barely escaped being blown up. The origin of the fire was not known.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 24, 1862, p. 4
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