The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

Properly AOB8 Ut leu ulAltOn W
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
fiohoken yesterday, a moi be ap-
rroxiImatcd with any degree of certain
ty- Conservative people who have had
experience along the docks are of the
Gpirion that more than two hundred
lives were lost. One of the officers of
the steamship Bremen said, to-day, that
sncrc wera fully two hundred visitors
Oh beard the vessels touched there, the
Iua :oIity 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
snfo the water, and hone Of them was
saved by these remaining On the YES
sci. This in itself would Indicate that
the list of dead may he larger than it
was first thought tc be.
Can Only be ApproNimnted.
The property loss can simply be APP
proNimated at this time. None of the
officials around the docks could give
ANYTHING like a precise estimate of
their losses, and none was prepared t o
make a statement on this point. A con-
ser,ative estimate, made by 4 promi-
gient fire underwater. places the entire
damage at less than ten million dol
lars.
A Total LOSS.
The three docks of the North Ger
nan Lloyd line are fetal losses, with all
their contents. and they are still
Hn%oUldering, 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 across 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
md TO other companies is estimated
tonight, approximately as follows:
The Steamship Main.
The steamship Main CT the North
German Lloyd linz. cost $4,000 900 out
of the cargo. fitting and stores.
The loss is placed at 81. 200 900 for the
vessel and about four hundred thou
land dollars for the fitting and the
cargo that was aboard of her.
The bremen.
The steamship Bremen of the North
'German Lloyd linz cost 81 go. 900. and
her fitting and cargo were valued at
S3Gc. 600. 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 smculdering, APP
~{sarently destroyed save her machinery.
The Steamship SnaIc.
The Saale, the steamship which will
have the most horrible story OF death
to unfold when the divers go down in
i,er. cost the North German Lloyd Co.
S.,c5G.GOO. and the fittings and cargo
were valued at $780, 900. The Saale is
beached a. Ellis island and still burn
ing. The damaged to the vessel prop
e~ is placed at about eight hundred
dollars.
The damage lone to the Kaiser Will
der Crosse is estimated at $685.
COO.
The Burned Docks.
The three docks of the German Lloyd
6ne which were burned TO the waters
edge are estimated to haze cost $780,
c0d. The docks were well filled with
merchandise just received from abroad
md valued at S35O,OoO.
The Thingvalla pier, which was en-
tirrly consumed, was valued at $4,000,
cndnting the stores which were on it.
The Hamburg.inerican line dock,
had just been completed rs an
to their great pier, and
was destroyed in order to pre-
sent the spread of the flames, was
damaged to the extent of SIS. 900. This
ssas the only loss they sustained. as the
steamer Fhoenicia. contrary TO reports,
~ss not even scorched.
other Property Rnrned.
The warehouses OF Palmer Campbell,
houses +, F, G and II, were burned.
Mr. Campbell said tonight that he
rouid not give 4 definite estimate of
a:s losses, but the damage tc buildings
would amount to at least $4,000,
and the contents TO 81, 250,0OO. Had the
Gre occurred at my other time of the
pear, he said, the loss would have Eeen
much greater, as Just at the present
the imports are very light and the
houses were not well filled. The state
accounts for the comparatively
mail loss on the three piers of the
German Lloyd line.
One lighter. containing 5000 bags of
was destroyed, the loss being
90. 0G0. I
Eight barges and II canal boats I
we're either burned or sunk with their /
Total valuation S125,000. I
The Hoboken Shore railroad had a !
of cars burned and other prop