Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-20
FIRE RECORD.

Big Fire i'm BrOOkIyn-The Losses Over
 Half a MilltOn-A Number of Men Hurt.
 BRooKLYN, July 19.-Shortly before il o'clock this morning an engineer or fireman who had charge of one of the steam hoisting machines on the dock at c. B. Bartlett $ Go. s stores on Furmau street, very thought lessly proceeded to draw the fire from be- meath the boiler. There was stiff breeze blowing from the river at the time, and some sparks were carried among the jute which WAS lying about the dock. In a moment there was big blaze and volume of smoke. The long pier opposite storehouse No. was en- closed for the storage of goods, and this was immediately filled with smoke. The sheds also ignited, and the fire was communicated to three vessels, ship and two barks which were laying alongside of the pier. and to the lighter Atlantic, which was loaded with 800 bales of jute. The barks were the Colonel Adams and the Perseverance, and the ship was the Lawrence Delap. They were all large vessels and could not be moved rapid ly. Two, the Colonel Adams and the Perse- verance, which were nearer the end of the pier were cut adrift, but they were burning very feroeIy, and all the seamen had to jump overheard to save their lives. At this time there appeared to be twenty-five or thirty men in the water, swimming for the different docks. Among the number were dozen or more Iongshoreme en, who were working at the end of the pier at the time, and whose avenue of escape had been cut off by the fire The heat and smoke drove hem overheard and they had to swim for their
 lives One of their number, William Car
 berry, sank and drowned. Captain
 James Grove, of the Lawrence Delap, was on
 the dock at the time, and could not board
 his vessel. He was nearly crazed, for his
 wife and child and all his valuables were on
 board. He could hear the shouts of the men
 and the roar of the flames, but the dense smoke shut off his view, and he ran up and
 down the wharf in an agony of suspense Presently the wind cleared up the smoke, and he saw three men cast his trunk over board, and two men in small boat pick it up. The trunk contained 1000, and about $4,O0O worth of jewelry
 belonging to his wife. An hour after the
 trunk was found floating in the river, but it's contents were gone. The men who had taken it were river thieves. Captain Groves
 wife and child were taken off in a tugboat. A large number of fremen had gathered
 on the enclosed pier for the purpose of do- ing more effectual work. when suddenly the U
 crash and most of them were fastened among
 the burning debris. Their companions, who were working at the main dock, began at | once the work of rescue. With the assistance of the police and 'longshoremen the unfortu- nato men wore taken out. They presented
 most pitiful sight, being blacBe~ .u | by the burning embers and cove, with bruises and outs The sSefoIlouip, ara |
 names of tho injured T, s.,SSon,os I,vsp Enoi
 :, head and legs James Roberts, Engine
 s DoSy aIa reg Samuel Lore. Engine g. lt
 s.s suS arms Frank Duffy, Engine |, sev' ~aternal injuries. Frank Carroll, Engine a4'1 head James Connors, Engine :, head a a. body. William O'BFien, Engine ', heI -" James Riley, acting foreman of Engine 'n body. Robert McDougali, Truck g. very 30 vefely injured internally and externally. u- was taken to the hospital in Chief Nevi ... carriage. Peter MeNamara. Truck g. sev, '' internal injuries. Charles Poucher, Truck n- badly hurt about the head. John Leo, cir gipe 5, was struck by hose pipe and not i'd cd overheard. The injured men were
 moved to hospitals
 ss The following is list of the losses by [ H. fire : Ship Lawrence Delap $4O,oOO, bs tic Perseverance $35, GOO, bark Colonel Ada oh $37, ,OOO on the three cargoes about $30' S OOo loss on the pier $50, 900 Bartlett " Co.,, merchandise and buildings $50,OO he Atlantic lighter $5,O00; on merchand Ice stored on pier $50, 900 five hundred ba ,ss of jute in the lighter $25,0O0; total $54
 GOO.