The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-02
Inman Line Dock Burns

New YORK, Feb. 1.-The Inman Line
docks burned this morning. Loss, about
100000 or 100000.
Lateral this morning the lnman
docks were still burning. Most of the
buildings on the pier and contents are now
consumed. The loss is roughly estimated
at 81 600, 900. The steamer Egyptian, OF
the National Line, which was lying at the
pier, caught fire and was towed into the
stream. The flames were extinguished af-
ter she had been greatly damaged. The
fire department and two fire boats are at
work on the flames. OF the large covered
sheds on the piers, nothing remains save
fragments OF the framework ut the entrance,
that totters in the wind and threatens to
fall at any moment. The pier itself, with
all its contents. has burned down to the
piles upon which the structure rested
along the waters edge. The flames are
yet playing hide and seek amid the wreck,
and licfing up the remnants of a million
dollar bonfire Throngs Of people, sur
rounded the scene of desolation. The Ma.
tional Line steamer Egyptian lies out in the
main stream with her port side sCorched
and her rigging and standing-gear burned
and blackened,
Beyond the pier.house and its contents,
the loss has proved inconsiderable. The
Egyptian is iron, and thousand dollars or
two will mend her injury. In twenty-four
hours she will be In sailing order. The
wind blew directly from the river and car
ried smoke and ashes over the city, TO the
embarrassment of the firemen, but to the
advantage of surrounding shipping, which
fact saved IL from destruction. The Sayan-
nah steamer Chattahoochee, that lay at
pier No. 81, exposed to the full extent OF the
| flames, was hardly scorched, its crew being
on hand with hose and pumps. The Ocean
Steamer company's dock is not damaged at
all. At the pier on North river, the full,
| rugged ship Henry, German vessel unload.
ing soda, caught fire and was towed out in
the stream, with rigging ailame. She was,
however, not badly damaged, and was
towed to Jersey flats, where she
now lies. An Erie barge loaded with flour
made to tow 1t, but it Will remain where il
was. The wood work on deck caught fire
and the flour, in bags, partly burned. On
the bulk-head at the end Of the peer were
slowed q large quantity of crockery crates
carboys. of acid and other merchandise
When saving anythingOn the burning peer
was given up as hopeless task, the fire
men concentrated their whole energy on
the protection of these goods and succeeded
we'll, although it caught fire again and
J again. The bulk of the merchandise was
nevertheless saved. About sixty long
shoremen were at work on the extreme enc
of the peer, unloading the Egyptian when
the fire broke out. 1t was feared that somt
of these had been burned. This fear has
in great measure been dispelled. This morn
ing, by the statement of the engineer, wht
discovered and fought the fire till the fire
men. came, II seems possible that som,
( may have been caught and have lost thei
lives, but 1t is not probable. The enginee
on the pier is Amos Smith, lie was in tn,
engine-room, at the extreme end Of tn
pier, attending to his duties when the fir
broke out, and he was first to discover il
He fought the flames for fully quarter q
an hour, and claims to have beel the las
I who left the pier. His hands and face ar
9 burned and his hair and eyebrows Tn
pier itself, which is the UNDERSTANDINGS, it i
stated, is not insured and the damage /,
will not amount to much, unless the spile
i. should be destroyed. The cost of the she,
on the pier is stated to have been betwee
a $4,000 and 10000.
Superintendent Brewster, of the lnmal
q Line, stated that the total loss will amour
Q to at least 100000. He believes tho CON
pany was partially insured on the piel
: which was built only last year, at a cost
$4,000, and all books, papers and doCu
ments are gone. The only property on Tia
!, dock, with the exception of the Egyptian
!, cargo, consisted of old ropes, sails and lunl
= Der. He considered that nearly all tn
cargo of the Egyptian had been discharged
l. NJ. J. Hurst, oil the National Line CON
II pany, said the Egyptian was not so nue.
damaged as might have been expected