Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-07-05
AWFUL FIRE At HOBOKEA.
A Settling He'll of Flame Licks
Up Human Life and Prop
erty Values.
TWO HUNDRED HUMAN BEINGS PERISH.
Hundreds Of Others uish In the
Various OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Pitia-
able Beyond DescriptfOn-COn-
sentative Estimatc Place the
Property Loss Mt Ten Million Dol
lars.


Property Loss at Ten Million DOl-
lars.
New York, July 1.-The fearful
havoc to life and property caused by
the fire which broke out at the docks
of the North German Lloyd Co, in
hohoken yesterday, can not be ap-
proximated with any degree of certain
ty. Conservative people who have had
experience along the docks are of the
opiI.ion that NOR. than two hundred
lives were lost. One of the officers OF
the steamship Bremen said, to-day, that
there were fully two hundred visitors
on board the vessel at the time, the
majority of them being women. A
boat was lowered from the Bremen
shortly after the alarm had been given,
but the craft capsiZed as it touched the
water, and all hands were precipitated
into the water, and none of them vas
saved by these remaining en- the YES
the list of dead may be larger than it
vas burned down to the pile tops.
Can Only be Approximated.
The property loss can simply be ap-
proximated at this time. None of the
officials around the docks could give
anything like a precise estimate of
their losses, and none was prepared to
make a statement on this point. A con-
sentative estimate, made by a promi-
nent fire underwater, places the entire
damage at less than ten million dol
lars.
A Total Loss.
The three docks of the North Ger
their contents. and they are still
smouldering, with many streams from
fire hose playing continually ON the
debris. The pier of the Thingvalla line
is totally wiped away, and an extension
which had just been built on the Ham
burg-American lines expanse of piers
was burned down to the Spite tops.
The warehouses of Palmer Campbell,
which were acros the street from the
North German Lloyd line docks, suf-
fered greatly, and a number of houses
along the street were scorched badly.
The loss on the steamship properties
and to other companies is estimated
tonight, approximately as follows:
The Steamship Main.
The steamship Main of the North
German Lloyd linz, cost 81. $685. 900 OUT
side of the cargo, fitting and stores.
The loss is placed at 1900, 900 for the
vessel and about four hundred thou
sand dollars for the fitting and the
cargo that was aboard of her.
The Bren,en.f
The steamship Bremen of the North
German Lloyd line cost $3.50. 900, and
her fitting and cargo were valued at
$500. 900. The cargo and stores were
entirely consumed, and the loss to the
vessel proper will amount to at least
$500, 900. She is beached off Weehaw-
ken tonight. and still sn%culdering, ap-
parently destroyed a her machinery.
The Steamship saale.
The Saale, the steamship which will
have the most horrible story OF death
to unfold when the divers go down in
her, &C st the North German Lloyd Co.
$1,ss50.O0O. and the fittings and cargo
NS1G u at WV Nv out1kC IS
beached at Ellis island and still burn
ing. The damage to the vessel prop
er is placed at about eight hundred
thousand dollars.
The damage done to the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse is estimated at $25,-
COO.
The Burned Docks.
The three docks of tile GermaN Lloyd
line which were burned TO the waters
edge are estimated to hare cost $780,
coo. The docks were well filled with
merchandise just received from abroad
and valued at S350,000.
The Thingvalla pier, which was en-
tirely consumed, was valued at $4,000,
counting the stores which were on it.
The neutrality-suspicious. line dock,
which had just been completed as an
extension to their great pier, and
which was destroyed in order to pre-
rent the spread of the flames, vas
damaged to the extent of SIS, 900. This
was the only loss they sustained, as the
| steamer Fhoenicia, contrary to reports,
was not even scorched.
Other Property Burned.
The warehouses OF Palmer Campbell,
houses F., F, G and FL, were burned.
MFR. Campbell said tonight that he
could not give Il definite estimate of
his losses, but the damage to buildings
alone would amount to at least $4,000,
and the contents to 81, 250,0O0. Had the
fire occurred at any other time of the
year, he said, the loss would have been
much greater, as Just at the present
time the imports are very light and the
houses were not we'll filed. The state
ment accounts for the comparatively
small loss on the three piers of the
North German Lloyd line.
One lighter, containing 5000 bags of
sugar, was destroyed, the loss being
$a7, 900.
Eight barges and II canal boats
were either burned OIL sunk with their
argoes. Total valuation $125, 600.
The Hoboken Shore railroad had a
number of cars burned and other prop
erty damages; loss, 81. 900.
Minor losses on floating property,
burned at the fire proper or set on fire
by burning driftwcod, will mount to
about $4,000.
The personal losses sustained by
those aboard the steamship can sim
ply be surmised, as there is no way of
ascertaining this at the present time.
Freight Manager Bonner said to-
night that the Main had about five
thousand tons of cargo in her hold. Of
this there were 1900 tor of grain, l.
non 4orS IF clar abfaYf three thousand