The sun., 1889-12-08

nhs oS,LISu out nnoonsotous ana sent away l1
Ftremen Thompson and Fitzpatrick Of Engine
70. had TO go TO the ambulance surgeon to gel
essd puIns 9n their hands caused by unex'
By o'clock the fre had broken through the
rarely sem sSTs Hna a o aPe rss a
in clouds that brought tens Of thousands Of
we're on hand, and every man was needed to
men. The side streets, West I street, tree the plaza
beyond the line Of police. the houseiops as far
opS SopS the shps e. he
throngs OF spectators.
by 2;So the Ere had been 80 far controlled
bprns out loft The h streams @ Of y wstsr @ instead
OF being dissipated by the heat Of the tiro. were
into Snd SSPS o. e. pS
a6,put about .S whloh the opeoplo had begun to
ing out .undSr % the manS.huod arch.
bearing the limp and litsloss form m
him dozen yards away and placed hlm on the
paving where surgeon Haubold made care
iul examination To- determine whether or not
men brought out the dead body Of foreman
MEX MEX JchppsGn: M poS. He was placed ,peaT Barry
brought ont They were ali eteGming with the
heat and the water that had been poured over
them, and had been burned until the skin had
spectacle, but the crowds made a rush TO see
that for moment staggered the police.
building and would soon 6e brought out.
Where was James Barry, Jr.. a lad who served
Irs e. elevator boy and where Eas Jimmy Ma
building. and both were missing.
:, While these INQUIRIES were on. every ones
learn what had become S1 Of the boys, a young
man o. 70 pushed his way through the police POI ,Ss
wRtOlmnn. They n dead,
spread over tho bodies. He locked recognized
b@ sss ss sr as
already unable to control herself, and out OF
kindness she was not permitted to see her
Under the direction Of Chief Bonner the fire.
PortSrs found pcopis SS oi the S nSoehbcrb o9d who
Masuire. The list OF the dead was complete.
~. w. Hurst. the agent Of the National limo
OF steamers was early at the fire. De BALD that
owing to the fnct that the France had sailed
the further fact that the Holland had not yet
usually free Of merch handise. There were coo
bales ot cotton at the southwest corner OF the
ssaes Sss tsse W Of
value-R few bags OF almonds, y few bundles
OF braided straw. such as Il used for, making
other merchandise,
The COTTON was worth about &so, 900. The tea
Wildly destroyed. and the ~t Cotton well burned
over, but still worth somethinR. The other
merchsndise was destroyed: 1t is pretty GER
chRndise.
=, The pieE was GOO feet long by,75 broad. The
In rebn1ding lie strTctEpe that covers tho
pier. Tho framework was of iron. the piers
and az girdsrs suHPortng % the SECOND floor being
The roof consisted OF wooden st inRers and
sheetinR with corrugated iron plates on top.
The floors were also OF wood. and it was this
sheetlnR Of dry pine that burned 80 persistent
ly. even after the tlremen got to work. Tho
iron covering served only to keep the water
from the fire. A moderate southwest wind
drawing in through the window at the end Of
the{pier famed the flames.
- The entire root was burned out and foil In.
The ironwoI k supporting 1t was warped ont OF
shape and Is useless. A part possibly one
that the pier is not damaged much. The esti-
mates Of the damage done e the pier varied
cost but S25000. the upper story which WAS
burned of ought not to have cost over $4,000.
The work ON the pier was completed only last
J he company carried floating insurance Of
5000 to cover possible loss to merchandise
visible damage Is therefore covered. but Mr.. |
Hurst said that he could not have afforded TO
have ts re GSe9E for s200o9E on SseGnnt of
The Steamers Of the line will for the present
land at the Inman piers in Jersey City, ar |
rangements to that end having been COM |
pleted while the flames were still Visible about
the roof OF tho burned pier. Repairs on tho |
pier will begin on Monday morning. 1t will |
take two months to complete them.
No ono WAS able to say how the fire origi. |
mated. and 1t was therefore said to have started |
spontaneously through moisture or oil getting |
Oh the cotton
About O'CLOCK the dead. wagon from the
MorGue arrival. 1t was half full of dirty pine |
;off1ns OF assorted sizes The dead wore bun
1lsd into these and taken TO the MorGue.
Timekeeper G. W. Melville was one OF the
,!erSs who ran W stairs when the alarm was
,hped unhurt. but Hallock Klpp, who went with
him. had his face and hands so badly scorched
that he had TO go to the hospital.
SuDerintendent George Andrews said that
700 men would have gone to work on the pier
h the afternoon but for the fire.
j; W. Jefferson. one OF the men who, ran up
'tairs to help put out the fire. eRcaped by slid
ng down rope through n hatchway
Collector Erhardt went up to the fire on the
evonue barge Manhattan.
The lighter Echo was on the south side of the
,ier wit b several hundred bRlee OF cotton on
'oard when the lire broke out. She was towed
way and escaped injury.