New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-02


control ir .css than an hour
EXPLOSIONS CREATED \ PANIC.
The foo, OF Arnity-st was nearly booked With
people. and when the salipetr- beaan To- explode. a
panic was narrowly avoided. Word Wa passed
around that II Va. dynamite. ana every t.m" bag
exploded with a cannon-like boom. the crowd made
A rush toward shelter. several people were KNOCKED
down Dui no one was seriously hurt Ambianc'"
from four hospitals were summoned on account ~
A rumor that several people had been Killed Or In
jurcd \ number OF grain elevators near ihH dock
barely escaped the flames The wind Was blowing
away from them and this fact a'one prevented =
disastrous FIRE. Four lighters. the waiter J. kl,ts
the Il r Burdick. the William Moran and the
Haroacheti were damaged 20 the extent OF SO"
each The iutc them VAS Gamagcd 10 the "N-
tent OF 1900 The cargo on the Carnehil was
cons gnel to John r. Lyermure. OF New-iork u
vas valued at about seveniy-fy" thousand dollars
and IL Insured The pier rs also Insured II cost
the Beard estate few years ago about twenty
thousand dollars to buii1 II.
The CairniehL is the vessel on which a mutlny
occurred Just before he .ef, Calcutta Her captain
who was injured. left behind. and Captain
Jones placed In command.
The driver Of fire truck 80. lost control OF his
horses Atlantc-avc. while driving to the IRE
The horse, dashed down to The ferry at breakneck
speed AMI the driver. unable to the corner
sfeered them through a narrow gateway Oh the left
OF the PENTHOUSE leading to pier. They ran far
out TO the pier with the numbering truck and
stopped within feet Of the edge.
The insurance on the pier aud shed OF Boards
stores was as follows Imperial. 1850: Merchants
and Manufacturers GiltS. 500. German drtts
81 200. National Hartfor,D. 81 3d. Lancashire. 1901
Fire Association Ghadephia). 5000, total. $1,000.
PYROTECHNIc DISPLAYS oUTDoNE.
The burning Of the four-mastel. fun rugged ship
Cairniehil furnished grand spectacular display
TO thousands Of NoH-iork spectators who watched
the exciting scene from the Battery scawall and
adjacent piers New-York people have seldom had
such an opportunity TO witness realism. when
they have first made their contributions to the
theatrical box offices and they took advantage Of
It in numbers that crowded the elevated and sur
face bound to the Battery, for the news that
a big ship was burning in the Bay had spread rap
idly uptown.
The ship was nearly unloaded. and by last night
the agents had expected to have all her cargo
ashore. when the ship took fire. and the saltpetrc
fared up with "A rush and fash. The stevedorcs
and almost scared out OF their boots.
and took TO their heels with alacrty, leaving only
First Mate Lester SPIRIT and the cabin boy aboard
the burning East Indian
The tug Charles Runyon was the first to notice
the Cairniehls predcament. and went TO
her rescue 1t took time for the deserted
mate and cabin boy to slip the cables which
moored the ship TO the pier and by that time she
was all ablaze. Other tugs went pulling to her
assistance. and by the time she clear OF the
pier the Carniehill surrounded by II circle OF
steaming footing pulling tugs. whose captains
closed In upon her. with the ostenslbe object OF
Offering assistance. but probably with an eye to
salvage bills on the owners BY this time Jets OF
flame were shooting up from the ship and masses
OF dense. black rolling smoke poured from the hold
AS she was Slowly drawn. stern foremost. into the
river. presented magnificent but terrible
spectacle Thousands OF glasses ieveiled from
hundreds OF buildings upon the burning vessel and
windows crowded with eager faces.
CROWDS VIEW THE SPECTACLE
From the docks OF Brooklyn and OF New-York
and from the shores OF Governors Island crowds
watched the spectacle. and specialized upon her
chances or going down before being besched. Sur
rounded by the screaming tugs only few Of
which did any work the Cairniehill was slowly
drawn between Governors Island and the city. out
into the harbor and headed for the bay The
that followed can only be compared to that which
takes place on Monday mornings ut the drygoods
bargain counters. Every tug captain In the har-
Dor seemed to scent bargain. and meta phorcaly
pushed over each other In their efforts 10 get the
first pickings BY actual count there thirty
seven tugs: besides the nreboats. around the burn
Ing ship before she had got halfway to Lib