The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-25
1GT4NT PLUME OF SMOKE.
MILLION DoEBlRs wHNr
pAbF 6KTWARD IN n.

COtNuht a..H EHM. EH L-
,v.ry man who had TO leave his home
80 Nav York yesterday afternoon about
hu,,s. -sa called back by HE sollcitous wife,
toevy.d one. and warned that a storm was
erv,d ..r the careful wife OF Brooklyn said,
s,,t YOU better take your umbrella Z"
swh.,, Garry an umbrella on n day like
-. the answer OF the careless husband.
ms ~. careful vito led her lesser half 70
t".ssst window and pointed 10 the west
vsnN.nSbrest There, stretching across the
tho : AZ dark and as ominous-looking q
.vsr ~foreshadowed q coming shower.
a% "T meas It is going TO rain, said the hus-
III o grabbed his umbrella and started
on; ,As street, In Manhattan borough. the
~, mart OF the sky was bright and clear.
D. mere was that inky. slowly moving cloud
'n,." from southwest to northeast. at tlmes
,".rrine the sun. and later eclipsinR tho
o. lone watched the cloud he could see
..Ls A more northerly course and move
sS,rd Connecticut. at an eight-knot clip.
prootlynites surmised that a big fire wal
~hsn engines and hose carriages went
.,,rrine through the streets. Down on Red
49, Point all the residents were In
. terer OF excitement. 1t didn't take
Ih.n long TO learn tHAb buO DlHkObts
90, and most spectacular fire OF the year
v,.In their neiGhborhood. Tit blaze started
,hs waterfront directly opposite Governors
! v,.rd II consumed over 100000 worth
!. rroperty, much OF which was Of such in
S,mmnble material that no insurance COM
,,nv would take a risk on IL.
R.sin. turpentine. benzine. juto and cotton
v,rr the materials that fed the flames and
u,de the great plume OF smokc.
Tho fre started on the covered pier. No. SO.
,.ovn As the German-American Stores. at the
- NJ Cofey street. and extending 200 feet
i,ho the bay. On the north side OF the pier was
,hs fur. masted British bark Andorinha. skip
mar David Morgan.
THE Andorinha is a steel clipper Of 1924
fms. and is one OF the handsomest vessels Of
mar kind aaoat. She arrived here on Oct. 2 from
C%,le,,tta. laden with 1865 bales OF jute butts.
1928 bales Of jute and jute rejectings, 1900
,ons Of ~saltpetre and so bales Of burlap. The
,,rro was consigned to Ralli Brothers. 10 Old
Slip.
Stout haysers held the bark to the pier. The
Are spread quickly from the end OF the pier to
\ the lutte lying near by. In q few minutes the
! whole pier was afiame. Half a hundred long
thoremen organized themselves into a bucket
brigade. They had to run for their lives.
The ADdorinha's Captain and crew were
working heroically to save their ship. which
. vas in great danger. Seven OF the crew were
Ia the rigging in q jiHy making sail. The rest
we're casting of the haWsers.
Before the men aloft got q sail unfurled the
cover Of the pier gave IN. and Q wave OF ilame
swept the length OF the bark. The lutte aboard
The sailors on deck and Capt, Mougan Owed
into the bay, The mon aloft followed them a
The flames had shot skyward 200 feet by this
time. The pilots Of half a dozen passing tug.
he Briton. Thinning Of salvage. t6eS rang the
jingle bell and made for the burning bark.
In iify half a dozen lines were made fast
s 4 y Do im u. iii ISf their live lives. There was a
mighty pull and the !EnRlishman literally
! JUN EsdI lor rSat b.,5 s1 nTIes sHw wftS t Ssre s SrSksn;
The Andorfnha was towsd. into the stream.
| ffeboSts. was pumping gallons and gallons OF
water into the bark In less time than 1t takes
/ In half an hour the FIRE on the bark was
mothered. Then she was towed around to
Il lTh; & s Ks SoR Hss % h1ssos ct s. b. val /. 81 so5 sfs
i ~ S Seth L RStt. ni5Sad Ebie had Ja ssfsam SoS On
He turned NnS in three more alarms. bring
alarm came Deputy Chief Dale. who took
The Are spread SO rapidly that Pier 80 and
the warehouse Of the German American Stores
s SrST .. seven % TSt @!n aassi1 ait Srethh the fipst alarm.
Two lighters. the william H. Brown and Walter
Klows. laden with Jute. south OF the burning
In the storehouse were 500 bales OF cotton
and 300 bales OF jute. One hundred feet north
H fsnsth G nnd a bid EXT IN rs w e Sfco 6a t R,is p 81 eT TSic6
was covered. were the Union Naval Stores. South
Of the pier was the three-masted American
laden with turpentine. benzine and rosin. The
lying brands started several biaZes on the
va but they were extinEuished n
mneh, damage was done.
In the naval store yard were 5000 barrels of
%Sufled report The dense smoke. from this
IRE arose IN q huge column and waited on the
wind IN a thick. black river along the sky.
vIhe aremen were much hamPered in their
s.orE BY the density Of the smoke; It blinded
iae S NNIa many n. were taken with fits 9i SGmit.
Body and Low Of brooklyn were assisted
SSts ho 81 tbis Van bo WyGh6; zC %PSsT H ciallasI55 nd E sst
close TO the fire because the water near the
burning piers was a mass. Of flame: The resin
SSeTseE on on m wat water IN and 1sG burned almost as
within an hour the fire had spread almost to
S SSSott street. The Union Stores take IN the
between Dykem S1H and SW9 olcotat streets i Is q va:
can't lot, in which half a hundred barrels Of
These. too. caught fire. but as there wasn't
anything near them to damage. the flremen let
'asn burn Back Of the Onion StoEes, $50
S scod from Inn the co& dock; stands the LidGer-
nIEe brick building. The freman did
900 work in keeping this standing. There
VI ntue damage done to the building. By z
y Selock the fire was under control. There were
nany small fires in different parts OF the neigh
oIhood;, They probably will smoulder several
Ne mhen the hre was under control half OF
TTSSSnslnes we're sent away.
Sd u nnrremen believe the damage will be over
GIaGSV0o The greatest loss will fall on the
htr ~ Dock Company. 1t owns the Naval
Union Stores property. which the hremen say
w. ". worth S2OO,OOO. g, l.. Hammond 4 Co.
S Ssed the property. and their loss will be about
vtieI 80 is owned by tho Brooklyn Wharf and
Nm HHNShnoHse Company. The estimated loss 10
SrySV%yyVg9; The Andorinha Is owned by \. II.
Ny WI. Roberts OF Liverpool. England. Capt.
MILAN said the bark cost $200.O00 and he
sm SSn she was damaged nearly half OF that
1.-The warehouse Of the German-Amerlcan
TTSlesahd Its contents were valued az 25,O00.
ms ~ saiue 1.-THE lutte that was burned is esti-
GTdStsu al from $4,000 to $4,000. The two
ITtkSySSls were valued at $1,000 each.
esUDert McCreery Il Son OF the Produce FIX
snsnnsse owned one and tho Greenpotnt Light
SsSs4e company owned the other. Anew hun
Wgu QOlldFs will ranaie the danno1a ~ fha