The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-08
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Princeton, 6.-AD incendiary destroyed
| the Pennsylvania Central's round house
and contents. Loss fifteen thousand.
Hammonton, N. Y, 7.-Hamhontcn
House burned to-day. A guest from
New York is missing; the others barely
escaped by ropes. Loss, $4,000. sa
burned last night The building is an
entire loss. Several merchants occupying
| the ground floor are heavy losers. The
Big -Four minstrel troupe which played
in the house last night lost nineteen
trunks and their musical instruments
The total loss will reach $50, coo. The
building was injured for So, 500
New York, 6.-This evening q fire
broke out on Eagle dock, HobokeD.
The flames rag d so farieusly and be-
come so threatening the authorities OF
Hoboken telegrsphed to New York for
aid, and several fire engines were sent
over, and fire boats were ordered to the
scene The steamship RtGtto, from Hull,
England, was damaged.
The fire in Hoboken this afternoon to-
tally destroyed Eagle dock, owned by
the Hoboken Dock Company, Hamburg,
and leased by the Wilson and Eagle
Steamship companies. Two full eargoes
Of merchandise, enc just unlosded from
the Wilson line steamer Ratio. plying
between Hoboken and Hull, England,
the other in readiness for National line
steamer to sail in few days for London
and Liverpool. Most Of the merchan-
disc, including a large quantity of cot
ton and steel rails was owned by New
York merchants. The stock was fully in
sured. It was constructed eight years
ago at cost of $250,000, and was 710
feet long, and eighty feet wide. Several
barges and lighters in close
proximity to the fire were also
destroyed, and the steamship RiaLto,
but for the arrival of tug, would have
been destroyed. The origin of the fire is
given as follows: A Waterman had
spilled the lightning continuance, q
small tin kerosene lamp, attached to q
pole, to the gas on the dock, and almost
instantly the cotton and quantity of
loose oakum, streWed around were
sblaze. The disastrous consequences are
accounted for in this way: The Hoboken
FIRE department and city authorities have
been for some time at logger heads, the
latter, according to the tiremen, refusing
to furnish proper supplies to the depart
ment. Furthermore, recently the autho-
rites designated engine houses at places
of registration for voters, an action which
the french loudly protested against.
The result was, that when the alarm was
sounded, the fire apparatus was found
with tongues turned to the wall, and only
one of seven engines comprising the
department responded. The chief re-
! fused TO order the men out until he re-
ceived certain guarantees. Those qua
rantees were given by the mayor, and
the engines reached the scene of the
eopfagration after 6o'clock, more than
sn hour after the first alarm was given,
and too late to prevent the confsgration.
The mayor of the city being informed ci
the condition of affairs, autographed tt
New York and Jersey City for aid, and
the two cities promptly responded. A
large storehouse that stands on the shore
end of the dock and is used by all steam
ship companies, whose vessels land al
Hoboken, was on fire at one time, but
the flames were extinguished before ma.
terial damage was done. The total loss
is placed at 100000