New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-08
'FIERCE WATERFRONT FIRE.
PIER no, d. BROOKLYN. AND sIEa"
BARGE DESTROYED.
xuyrRAI wArcHMrN AND LoNasHoRE-

urvrpAr, wATCHMFN AND LONuSHOf'T-
MEN INJURED AND SOME SMALL YES
Sells pANAaEp-LCss ABOUT a@"N
,,A,.. ho, onother spectacular waterfront
IRE early last evening, which des"V''u ,,,,.,,-
,,.r No a. With It's contents OF juie. he'nl,' p
bsRo, hides and other importss baby "'V'N.~
x,eamship RuosrOs, entirely Hes""'NN -,
oayrr and per,ialiy burned three DINER sunni
n, .coourt of the absence Of roprese"'@4'''
~ - ,ho uronerty 81 was hard 10 estimate
-, ,,,aoo ,est night but II was pleoe1 ~ ~.
.arogata Of about $4,000. Tho fire. when s'",'ou
- 20 O'clock. burned brightly for nearly V"o
$50 and attracted considerable attention '''''
The crowds hOmoward bound o" '.e -, ,oo,cn
pr No A. which was covered WIN W.
- .hosthod with corrugated iron. Was ooV lee.
-. a,s 20 toet vide. II was owned oy inc p.''
go end WAS controlled by tho Brook'Yn " ""--
and warehouse Company. The pier as Ne' -,
contents WAS entirely destroyed. mo "lo s,,
a. br.ak out in the middle OF the pier an" N"'
,,r,er way when the first alarm Was ssnt out 80
-, -, - ,o,,or theory. Il WAS thought that SPARK
from some stevedores pipe set the Ols@e ~
I.le ~ the Fire Department called hl"e engines
and three frebosts 20 his assistance
I'll. oroboats Seth Low. David A. Body and van
Nxvct were kept busy pouring water on 'ie w.
,,g boats on the north side OF the pier wa
e.-.a| 80. e.oanship BucerOs She is from |a'-
c,,t.a with general cargo OF tea rubber 'u'e a,'u
o,,.r nroducfs consigned 20 Norton a sons q. t'o
produce Exchange. IN Manhattan. 0'P''"
,,-ut =. her master The flames burst out Oh ''e
.isa of the pier and soon he'd hold on 'he N7'Se
p.fora a tug was able 70 pull her ont INTO mo
.tr.s-n IN. flames were burning hercey ana inc
Buceros was badly damaged before inc "''''
had checked the fire. t
Alongside the Buceros. and l0adins ca 49,"
NAr was the steam barge Railway, Leased OS VIC
p.rr.,,,vania Railroad She was burning 20 las'
that II was Impossible TO lie line on her H'-
t,,-Doa 70 the water Level with her cargo ne
na-os Lester and the canal boat James . I'ohne"'
- i.sseA bv the Pennsylvania Railroad Were
.aaa quay but not before they had been oau''
Aar,sged A lighter. the Emily owned 10y '0
1ohor,sen ana loaded with goat hides c"nsle leu
- ,nA ponnsvlvanis Railroad. Was also pa va
~ ., Mr. J0hannsen estimated th' '"SS az
sl.5J. -, &C. Neirht tie flames
,hrootsoed 20 flrp across and set IRE 10 'i'o u"
I.1,,- Nil,rrhv which moored on Nio ~.
go = pier No - Detective Daniel ar e. VA ..
usrii.on-ave police station, PaU04nlah A4li-y az" ~,
= sozon vount GERS cut the barge loose etie's
,ba aid II a long rope, pulled heI GOV" w.
"a tIe end OF the pier. where she WIS ON' 80
small tyyo-story frame house a. ne ianl en-.
=, p,or No A. which was used az heaDt 41'
Tor the Waterman and as an once was "'So &c
etroyed , 49,, io-ca1orernen IN
their efforts 10 save the ooet WeIy ~ Tor ts,
Go6frev sixty-nine wears Old Of NO. % -
vas severely burned about the face anS Wa 49, ,
~ ~ Serev Hospital. Robert Maxwell ior'y-ntl's
Years old and William Nfeelano' "a rbe,r
80, S,nsr were burned about the hauos. 4"e'
.n1ir,es we're attended by an ambulance surgeon