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Show flaiieg daiiage ciii?, daeii a:;d.7iiaeves OAKLAND, Cal., March 12. The engineer engi-neer of a donkey engine on Long wharf in raking his Are last night, accidentally set the oil. soaked woodwork ablase. The flames communicated . to the rigging ef the French bark Boelldleu and ran down to the cabin and hold, which was filled with coke. AboJt 100 feet of the wharf was burned and six cars of hay were , consumed. The British ship Whitlleburn was also slightly damaged. The cargo of the Boieldleu Is a partial Ions. The total damage will not exceed $15,000. . . ' |