The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-02-02
TEII.EGRAPHIC
New YoFk IIIuAnfnated by q
RuPmtRG Pier.

ID AKElWA n hGAs
New York, la ERE ct the Innaa
steamship dock broke out at 2:30 this
morning. The flames ran swiftly through
the shed and storehouses, and by 8
o'clock the immense dock was q mass Of
Ere. From the Femotest parts Of town,
in response to frequent alarms, Ere appA-
FatuS came laundering down. The heat
was so great that effective work from
land or river was nearly impossible. At
8 o'clock the steamship Egypt. lying at
she deck, was towed into the stream, ell
ahlaze from stem TO stern and through
her rigging. Her spars bore the flames
70 the rigging OF numerous other vessels
lying ut anchor. Nearly the entire FIRE
department. Of the city was on hand, but
many engines could not be utilized. At
$3.50 the spectacle was grand in the ex-
treme. The river front for many hun.
dred feet was Ablaze. ALI attempts 10
save the property on the InmAn dock
we're abandoned, and the work Of the
aremen was concentrated on the Guion
line dock adjoining. The famous ship Of
| that line, Alaska, WAS in the greatest
danger. Tug boats and ferry boats were
paking efforts 70 save her by hauling
her iato the stream. !:
Ats this morning the InmAn dock ID
still burning. Nest 81 the buildings on
the pier and their contents are AoW con.
sumed. The loss Il roughly estimated ct
81 ,00o. 600. The steamer Egypt, Of the
National line, at the pier, caught fire And
was tOWsa out into the stream enc the
hAmea extinguilhed after she had beeA
greatly damaged. The Ere department.
and I've are boats we're At work on the
hAnss. OF the large covered sheds on
the pier nothing remains save o fragment
Of the framework ut the entrance, that
totteTs in the wind and threatens to fall OF
any moment. The pier itself, with oil
upon il, burned down, to the pileaaupoA
which the structure rested along the
waters edge. The flames are yet play
ing hide 0pd seek amid the wreck, and
licking up the remnants Of million dol
lar bonfire. Great throngs Of people sur
TOuHdsd the scene Of desOlation. The
National line steamer Egypt lies out IN
Hi1.stpsam with her port side seoFched
and her rigging aud standing gear
hurned and blackened.
Beyond the pier: itself and contents,
the loss proved uncomfortable. The
Egypt is of iron, and q thousand dollar
or tWe will mend her injury. In twenty
four hours che will be in sailing SrdeR
The wind blew directly in from thl
river. and carried the smoke and 9Shel
ever the city to the embarrassment Of
hremen, but 10 the advantage Of sur
rounding shipping. which that fact saves
from destruction. The Savannah stsAme
Ctatt0hochse, that lay at pier IS, ex
posed TO the full extent eff the flames
was hardly IcOrched, its crew bslug on
hand with hose and pumps. The OceAr
Steamship Company's dock We
lriGGed ship Henry, German vesSe
unloading soda ash, caught FIRE
and was lowed out in the stream wit
the rigging AaAme. She, however, va
not badly damaged and was towed owe
on jersey fats, where she lies to-day
An Erie barge loaded with -four caugh
in the slip, and vain efforts were mad
to tow it out. It still remains where
was. The woodwork on deck oRugh
fire and the deck load OF -four in bag
was partly burned. Ia bulkhead at tn
end OF the pier, . large quantity o
crockery In crates, carboys Of acid an
lother merchandise were stored there
When the saving of the burning ship va
given up as q hopeless task. the freme
concentrated their whole energy uPol
the projection Of these goods and suc
8 ceeded we'll. About sixty longshoreme
were at work on the stream end Of tn
pier unloading the Egypt when the fl
i broke out. 1t is feared some Of thes
: have been burned. This fear has IN
= great measure been dispelled this morI
i ing by the statement Of the enginee
}, who discovered and fought the fire ii
< the fremen came.
Engineer Smith made q stAtemeT
describing the manner in which the me
escaped. He showed they had mario
10 one. He did everything possible wit
the help Of others to subdue the fame
o bat finding it was useless, he gave WAR;
ing to those on the pier to leave. E
: crawled out to the street by placing b
2 hands to the rail track which runs to Il
n end ofthe pier. He believes all got GU
Insurance policies held by the dock
partment on buildings on the ri
amount to $50, 1000. These policies we
assigned by the Inman line to the do:
department. The lease is for ten veal
y and dates from June Lat, 1881. The pi
no Atoo4AS UhiSH 10 buo uuU6FebtuStuE6t u
stated, is not insured, and the damage
il will Rot amount to much, unless Il
* spiles should be destroyed by the FL
The cost Of the shed on the pier is stat
to be between $4,000 and $4,000.
Superintendent Brewster, of
Inmsn dock, stated that the tot
loss will amount to at least $50, OF
" he believed the company was partia
insured on the pier, which was built or
n last year at cost of $150,O00. All
10 books, papers and documents are go
The only property on the dock, with
exception Of the Egypt's cargo. cons
ing Of old ropes, sails and lumh
Nearly all the cargo of the Egypt /
.or been discharged. At meeting of
III board Of fire underwriters commit
was appointed to adjust the losses on
pier. building, machinery and merch
disc. The amounts of the insurance {
Pier, $50. 0C0, machinery, $21, 900, F.,
. merchandise, $50, 600.