The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-20
BIG CONFEDERATION.
ONE MILLION DOLLARS EATEN Up
b. the rlln..--l B,o,klya Dock Takes Ylrs asd Is
Totally Destroyed rOEsthsr With Thr,s shlpa-
Twelve Flrsnsn CauEht By FailIaV rIpbtrs
Aad serIOu,iy asrt--sArroH g,sAps

NKw YoRx, July l9.-At about 1880
o'clock this morning spark from an en-.
gine fell into pile Of jute which had just
been landed on Harbeek's Dock, from the
ship Lawrence E. Delap, from Calcutta.
The dock was filled with hemp, iute and
coffee. The flames spread with Incredible
rapidly, AID in few minutes the entire
dock was aBlSzs. The Delsp was the first
vessel to catch dre and all her rigging was
burned before she could be towed out. The
next to her on the south eide Of the dock
was the ship Perseverance,, also from Cal.
cutta, which arrived yesterday, and on the
north side lay the ship Colonel Adams,
from Calcutta. To both these vessels the
flames communicated and the crews Jump
cd overheard for safety. In the. meantime
q general alarm had been sent out and five
steamers and four hook and ladder trucks
were soon on the spot. ....
PlHIMHS INJURED.
When the firemen reached ,'ie dock the
supports OF the roof gave way and the roof
fell in with a terrific crash, burying over
dozen aremen and dock hands beneath
the ruins. A rescuing party was quickly
formed aud the men were dragged out from
the blazing ra.ters, none dead, but all more.
or less burned and bruised. Flremen
Mcnamara, Mcdonald and McDougall,. OF
hook and ladder truck No. 8, were injured
seriously A commotion Just then occurred
in the crowd aud the chiet OF d battalion OF
police gave orders TO clear the dockas the
ship Lawrence DelaP, which was now, on
tire above and beloS, contained ! 500 bags
Of saltpene. A rush was made by the
crowd to the further end OF the dock, and
while this was going on the hoisting der
rick, from which the supporters had been
burned, fell over on the wharf with q
crash, knocking two dock men overheard.
Custom House Inspector Harradeue, in at.
tempting to escape from the ship Col.
Adams, was severely burned about the
face and hands. The ships Perseverance
and Col. Adams had by this time been
towed far out in the stream and tugs
poured streams OF water into their holds.
DANGEROUS CARGO.
The efforts OF The fremen were mainly
directed to extinguishing the flames on
board the Lawrence E. Delap, on which 1t
was momentarily feared an explosion would
take place. AT 1880 she VIZ. still blazing
fiercely. The extent OF the Losses is un-
known at present but it undoubtedly will
be very heavy.
A District officer at Harbeck's Dock
stated the Captain OF the LIwrence E, De-
lap with his wife and three children are
reported drowned Two deckhands are
also reported drowned and Que sailor kill
ed outright by falling timbers. The loss Is
now estimated at between two and three
million dollars.
PRIZE PACKAGE FOR RIVER THIEVES.
Three men were seen 10 throw the trunk
Of Captain Grove, OF the ship Lawrence
Delap overheard, containing two thousand
pounds, and four thousand dollars worth
Of iewelry belonging TO bis vile. It was
picked up by river thieves who rifed il.
The wife and child OF Captain Grove were
saved. Twelve hremen were badly injured
by the falling in Of the burning roof OF the
pier, but only one is thought TO be fatally
hurt.
The ship Delap burned to the waters
edge. She was valued with cargo at
Sl50,000. The ship Col. Adams burned at
the pier. The bark Perseverance, foated
into the stream and burned to the waters
edge. The total loss is now estimated at
81 100000,