The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-03

holes on modern steamships large 4
enough for man TO crawl through In
time of danger.
Only the portfolios in the Sheer
Strokes comparatively small upper
section amidship-could not be made
any larger than they We're at present
without seriously weakening the YES
sell
LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
Striking a conservative average OF
the estimates made by various under
writer's. IL would seem that the de-
stroyed property covered by Insurance
VIII reach an aggregate OF at least
$3,000.000. The company's piers were in
sured for 100000 and Il also had $780,
900 insurance on common carriers liza
bility for merchandise on piers. ii car
ried it's own insurance.
Campbel's stores. the lighters and
other small craft that were lost were
insured, while the cargoes OF the burn
ed steamers and the merchandise still
on the piers at the time OF the fire were
covered by floating policies.
These floating policy contracts" as
they are called. will impose heavy liza
bliities on the companies. The contract
protects ''the property OF the assured
or on joint account with others or sold
but not delivered while contained In
any or all the bonded warehouses;
general order stores or brick and stone
storage stores. and while in transit I'm
or on any OF the streets yards wharves,
piers and bulkheads in the cities OF
New York. Brooklyn, Jersey City and
Hoboken and while a1oat i'm transit, in
the ports OF the said cities"
GREAT LATITUDE OF RISK.
II will thus be seen that the float
ing policies" cover a great latitude OF
risk. While 1t is not known how much
property these floating policies" en-
braced the loss under this head may
possibly reach $2.0O0,000. The contents
of CampbelPs stores alone were valued
at 1880, 900. and these contents consist
ed mostly OF merchandise in bond
Hitherto this class OF insurance has
been considered most profitable bring
ing the companies a rate OF IA per
cent computed upon the value of goods
insured.
AN INVESTIGATION.
Supervising Inspector General Du-
mont OF the steamboat inspection SER
Vice. Washington. has forwarded let
ter To the local inspectors in this city
directing that an investigation be begun
at once OF the charge that the captain
OF the tugboat Dandy refused TO take
men from the steamship Bremen be-
cause they had no money.
In this letter the supervisor Inspector
general said:
While IL seems almost incredible that
any licensed officer could be guilty OF
such charges as are alleged against the
master OF the Dandy, the statement in
connection with this charge Is so cir
cumstantial that your Office should take
immediate notice of 1t, so
that. IL true, such mis-
conduct may be punished TO the ex-
tent OF your lawful authority under
section 4450 Revised Statutes. or IL.
on the contrary. the charge is not
sustained that the master of the Dandy
may be officially exonerated before the
public"
BOAT LOAD OF DYNAMITE.
If you take ii into your head TO go
over to Hoboken or. in fact, venture
upon the harbor at all, the dynamite u
catch you il you don't watch out. That
Is 90 say, a product of the fire which has
filled reporters heads and hearts for
several days is a boatioad of dynamite
and other explosive material. il Is sup
posed TO be floating about at the mercy
of the tides.
When the big fire was at its height
Saturday zealous persons. who desired
to save property1particulaT the Ham
burg American piers and the Delaware,
Iackawanna & Western Railroad ferry
decided to use dynamite therefor.
Accordingly sufficient of that high tenn
pered stuff was taken into "A small boat
TO blow up a dozen piers.
The small boat I'm which this was
placed was run alongside of the Ham
burg American pier, but the men I'm
charge took refuge in small boat off
Nhe end of the pier, forgetting for the
time the dangerous cargo.
They rowed into midstream. when one
of them saw the small boat loaded with
the dynamite drift out with the current.
Fearing to return, the men continued
rowing outside the danger zone Chats
the scientific term). and after the pier
had been destroyed returned 10 look for
sfo load OF dynamite. but nowhere could
IL be seen.
The boat. therefore. may be floating
anywhere wiphin the harbor. and should
IL by any chance happen To bump up
against any object-say ferryboat-
with sufficient force-well, the passen-
gers may not reach the Jersey, but
SOME other shore.
WORK ON MAIN AND BREMEN.
wrecking tugs today continued their
work on the Main and Bremen, re-
moving cargo and debris. and trying
TO reach the bodies believed To be in
their holds. Many persons are known
TO have p2rished I'm these ships and the
search for their remains Will be kept
up, but Il Is feared that any. recovered
will be iinrecOgniza Sic.
The BODY. of an unknown man.
Thought Co be- one OF the victims OF the
fire. was found at the foot Of Essex
street. Jersey city. this morning. lt
was almost nude and VAS removed ~
an undertaker's shop.
INJURED DOING WELL.
All 81 tho injured I'm the Jersey tQty
hospitals were reported ~ be doingAas