The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-07-06
AWFUL FIRE At H)B0KEN.
A Seething He'll of Flame Licks
Up Human Life and Prop
erty Values.
TWO HUNDRED HUMAN BEINGS PERISH.

mbIc Beyond observation-disclosures
ser~ative Estimates Place the
Property Loss at Ten MilItom 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
liohokcn yesterday, can not be APP
with any degree of certain
ty. Conservative lcoplc who have HAD
along the docks are OF the
cnirion that more than two hundred
lives were lost. One of the officers OF
tie steamship Bremen said, to-day, that
there were fully two hundred visitors
on beard III, vessels touched there, the
ma ,oiity 81 them being women. A
boat was lowered from the Bremen
shortly after the alarm had been given,
hut the craft capsiled as il touched the
water. and all hands We're preciptated
mo The water, and none al TN, IN Was
saved by these remaining On the yes
sci. This in itself would Indicate that
tie list of dead May lie larger than II
was first thought &c bc.
Can Only he Approx mated.
The property loss can Simply bc ap-
proNmatcd Al this time. None of the
onlcials around the decks could give
any thing like a precise estimate OF
make a statement on this point. \ con-
sentative estimate. made by promi-
nent fire underwater, places the entire
damage III less than ten million ocl-
lars.
4 Total Loss.
The three dock, of the North Ger
man l.lovd line are total losses, with all
their contents. AMI they are still
snnouldering. with many streams from
fire hose PLAYING continually on the
debris. The pier OF the ThngNalla line
j. totally wiped away, and an extension
which had Just bsen built on The Ham
burg American lines expanse of piers
was bdrned down to the sTile tops.
The Warehouse Of Palmer Campbell,
which Mere across the street from the
North German Lloyd line docks. sui
fcrcd greatly and q number Of houses
along he street were scorched badly
The loss on the steamship I,roperties
and 60 other companies is estimated
tonight. approximately as follows:
The steamship Main.
II steamship Main Ct the Nortl
Corr an Lloyd linz. cost Sl.500000 out.
side of the cargo. fitting and stores
The loss is placed AT Sl.2oo.ooo for the
vessel and about four hundred thou
sara dollars fer the fitting and the
ca &c that was aboard of her.
The bremen.
| The steamship Bremen Of the Nortf
German lloyd lin cost Sl250.o0o. an,
her fitting and cargo We're valued a
| S.2lo.00O. The cargo and stores were
entirely consumed. and The loss 20 th'
vessel proper viii amount To at leas
500 GOO She is peachsd OF Wechaw
ken tonight. and SIN smculdcring, ap
Jar,nilv destroyed save her machinery
The Steamship >anic.
The Saalc. the steamship which vii
have the most horrible story az ,leatl
IL unfold when thu divers 20 down il
her. &C st the North German LLOYD CO
St..iO.GOO. ard the fittings and carg
were valued at $4,000. Tn, Saale !
cached II, Ellis island and sill burn
ing. The damaged to the vessel pioT
e. j. placed at about eight hundre
thousand dollars.
The damage ione 10 the Kaiser Wi
helm der Crosse is estimated II SD
con.
The Burned Docks
The three docks cf the German Llov
line which were burned 10 the water
edge are estimated &c have cost $500
COO. The docks were well SLED wit
merchandise just r,c,iv cd from abroa
and ,nlued AT S35O.DlO.
Tie Thingvalla pier. which was CT
tir.ly cons lmcd, Was valued AT $1,000
counting the stores which Were on H..
The Hamburg American line docl
| W -
extension 20 their great pier, an
which was DESTROYED in order To pr
vent the spread of the flames, We
damaged TO the extent OF Sl5.ooO. IN
was the only loss they sustained. as II
steamer 1 hocnicia. contrary to report
was not even scorched.
other Property R"rned.
The warehouses 81 Palmer Camphe
houses Il. +. G. and ii, were burne
Mr. Campbell said tonight That
could not give definite estimate
his lcsses. but the damage tc building
alone would amount 10 at least $1,000
and the contents Ia S1,250,ooo. Had u
fire occurred at any other time OF u
wear. he said. til loss would have ie'
} much greater. as Jnst at the prese
time the imports are very light and Y
2 houses were not well filled. The stat
n l 4 -. 4t.t y y