New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-20
Auefhcr Account.

kuether AocsnHs.
destructive confagation occurred yesterday
morning in Jersey City IS, north q the Erie Railway build
nes resulting the burnag death Of ten more poI'cnsl
BY fire Of the oil and cotton docks including
1900 barrels Of petroleum oil 30 carr; large quantity
Of cotton two ships schooner sloop md canal boat
and nine Lighters involving loss estimated BY those com
peient and in positions 70 Judge, OF over e2oo9ooo.
ORIGIN TIE PIP
un.sn oH poerl Of ne schooner Alfred Bae Ca ke Of
Barustatlc Mass with Of 99 bires y crude Oh.
mach in the hold the f,repa' Of the ,ese rsre
board four persoDstho captain mate ana two TIC crew
Of whom were brne TO DEATH ore Of the crew esosp
ing with probably fatal injuries.
TIE FIRE.
The fire spread TO al parts u The vessel 10 moment oGi
consisted Of aboat 500 barrels Of OIL polton heh was
sidc Of the oil dock In very few moments the gned Oh
spread over large sSS nIs T aS ss5.Ss
escape almost impossible Al tlls Ie We coo ts ia Isl
20 the cotton and tobacco doek noIihva wtoh
also IN James together wa nGnbeT OF lighters lond.d
per Of the Y and Ele Railway some # vheh contained
urge tanks filed with crude OIL and thence spread % eg
flames sho. up into Tie az from 20 three hundred feet and
tie smoke rolled up y dense BACK eioSds.
Of Js & VIE pr Pre- I on s so1 o oS rs
srn Hudson CIV BcTgeS and Union Hill lie Ses was IN.
rns and the efforts Of the fremen combat tie asne
little avail except 70 come Of tho burning carr
Of the railway pier and the large es depot aoout
SEQ feet distant, southwark ..a
There about go freight the pier mostly empty
with the exception Of few loaded with cats and couple
with tanks filed With oil. with two locomotives hee
po,e succeeded hauling away 200 OF them
enSeoped in flames and oIly about 30 Destroyed One
OF the locomotives backed down through shee. u fame
being on fire. they were obliged abandon The attempt
ro6g force Of men however ae eeded In roas ine oars
DOT Of dagger and the fire upon Esm extn
gasbed Meantime boats were employed hauling
out vessels not Gu IRE An auenp was made to
haul out two ships lying end Of the tobacco
dock but were unsuccessful IN consequence q hs low tide
wa, wing in The Clip sbout midway tic soah ofthe
oil Persons employed ebou, tho piers and o. the vessels
svn chiren and III. all Of whom IN ioa6tedy
which enyeoped 10 flames aud smoke almost sda,sI;
after the ire broke of 1he Of the boat persors
irE, totally DESTROYED.
THE VESSELS BURNED.
TIE following IS ls ofth vessels destroyed.
Ia the slip south OF the oil dOck double mastet soop
canal boat aud six Lighters; names OF On
the north side Of the dock schooner AaetBorrst snds
THe bark Free Trade at the end the cotton dock for Ma
pl with 20 of TOBACCO on board Tor Naples Crew
all safe tie second Mate and boy ESCAPED by lnpDg over
The Bremen ship G H. vi,chen bouud to Genoa with 100
hOgseads OF tobacco on board The crew escaped Bc,hf
the above vessels were aground) fnA
The soop sarah francis Of NeS-Haven will 40 barrels Of
oil on board. The crew reported SAFE srI u "a
The Dutch brig Lambert er Cork. with 5a barrels Of OIL
An unknown schooner that hauled in asern Of the Alfred
Barrett that he believed that Captain and twoo
the crow lost ~. lsa-t
NAMES OF Tho Sc KNOWN TO HAVE LIEN BURNED.
The Of those burned the Alfred Barrett
Capt Kelly Of Cape codi married .,1 .
Seaman Arthur W. Wilton of Bridgeport Conn., single
PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED.
Henry Cruel seaman born in Germany Cruel went down
in freeste to look for blackps brush and it being
dEt supposed he Ii mattel which S.Ssed the sAsS
him LIE told them do nothing or him bat 10
na a i , Ts aS !. attended, 70 y T.
ocott, r. CITY Physician His elolhug was nearly az
head arms hands and legs burned ia most sSockiag aa
ai'suds ss: L.. s
James Tate seaman ard John P Amy :ssssfd had sep.
he dock when the explosion occurred DULY sx persons BE-
There were Usually twd en employed on each ohsebs.s
could not be ascerained whether Of them lost their
ives ... ,-
Mr. nSSS one o. the estimate SIas the
tie Erie Railway Company is estimated s
The cotton pier 800 feet u length owned BY Moses rsy
Mr. hsnwoOds loss the Building Is about siceoo r.
ally Insured Ths Losses on cotton aud tobacco could
sOSsas Jacobs c s5Ous 500 o5l Do
sa Fassrr , s,ephSns Largely 2ss,v 1s .ss
fyes r. feIiss .y CO. Co. i :sSf 81. "a
H How s sess s eo II s,p Ss and s s'
During yeserdaI at least 20 900 people visited the
NJ and elsewhere Many fumors and eIssserstes stos,
ere anoat but the wrrsr who the ground nearly
ay ana as ate rs click In the evening believes the above
atement to be rery rearT correct.
FIRE IN THIRDAyB.-On Saturday FIRE was dis
vsrod oe tho roof Of the twotory building No ss Third
e. asd oeiofe the nsmes TIE roof and
per portion OF the building much damaged TIE oisin
the FIRE supposed to have been sous sparks nom a.
imney The fret hoor is occupied grocery bv W,je
yers whose lose on stock ESQ By water; issurcd n,
w he aiso loses the same amount furnare, psoreJ
VI ,eu 10 the Gebhard Insurance Company. Tia npreI
r Of the bnding occupied By Chares Rneps and Her
m edheser who lose on furniture about es09 ssued
sxo0 the sbhard Ths dsnAgs TO the badeg sbsus
boat o'clock ysstsrdsy morning dre saspcssd sesss
at Thirtythrds yTbe fire orginsed IN tbs woodkssse
r Iaass who resides TIE third door Of oe bul01Sv
cheoksa beofc At had reached the seeood apor s
ding which ID owned ~ Mr. Mann. is dsmaesd,f 10 1hs
,upt Of $3.50 anf fiy Ensured Mr. Dsnscach 1870
he FIRST foor sHstane loss Of $500 and 10 not osHfe1
lsaacss lose sboat So and 10 csyered BY nsw ssce
tnd lle .qle.u ---~-er---il cts9 1et sra Orr r0T
+, n 81, Fire - R,licsiUs Mtlls. ~, l p ~
I'D lI'rc1 c II BALTIMORE SATURDAY., Aue. la iesS.
he fire at -Ellieots Mills was the granite, cotipn
Dry owned By . jciatsto company Messrs u Dsosd
John Hopkins OF this city hsif ow nerss ne
blislmenf was totally destroyed. Loss estimated al
ZOO Insurance only s2oeCo 80 s, O ls'rrs q ~
ID al l',a,.,-.. BOSTON. 5,,--l ,.,a b.,
osToN, Aug. ia fire broke out at midnight
night on the coal wood and Lumber wharf Of Cook Jor-
on New.Albanyst, which was DESTROYED, togetherwfth
amount Of tie stock hand and also bark loaded
~ III ha, -. ssn.t Ia IOsa ynsu,sS fsr Nas am