The sun., 1900-07-01

towed over toward IN New York sbore ,hou,
opposite Desbrosses str ct.
I The nreboats. frdlng they oou,d do no,h,r.
| 10 save the Saale. abandoned hsr and ran M,
alongside the Bremen. their streums had h.on
| playing upon the Bremen only a abort ,i,,~
before II was obvious that the watsr WA. .a,
| ting the better Of the fire
FIRE cAaRIrn tn rpr vvv vo
TIT.
90" ",,'S. ,Uoner reahAeo than new dan
', w no 'he' carried oy the river
v.,s 'S s'eao'S toward the New
80. 80 ou'ucnV gust OF vino carried
pa.,.,, WI. o"' m"s sh'p 10 'he ROOF Of the
-. 80, "ous' "' inc 1901 OF Des-
s.,.''.. "o'e SPARKS ioi'owed tho first
a. o wv W 'no ierryhouse cauGht
s. s - .o' sho'' ''he was reared That the
,h" -. ~ No" o.'sey haa ooeh Dorne across
% ~ W WIN nav oc III new YORK
before men were d,shiny hn,L .,s =,
il. All this time the Bremen was drifting IN.
shore. Finally a great footing Of the Nsv
Ycrker's whistle brought more t,rs alonss,d.
the liner These tugs made fast and .,,cce.deA
after little In pulling the Bremen nearer the
ntre OF the river
~" -" MAIN
nu' oV ,he unie any one thought 10 ask after
,ne '"'e oi me NAN sha wa beyond the pos>i-
u''"' VI saving AS mas been said. she was on
we north S'o' ot fier l. me most northern OF
'hc No'.h o'rman Lilo piers She was fitted
WIN "La' are known as sunsails. As tha
other they found fair fuel in ,hs.s ni.,... =,
canvas, and before any cne realized il tho
ship was afre from stem to stern. The
withdrawal OF the Kaiser Wilhelm der Gro .se
r. IN the south side Of the Tier took away all
the shield which the Main had from the fire.
and long before the Bremen even was clear =
her pier this new and splendid specimen OF
marine architecture wa, afire in every part
SO quickly did the flames catch and hold her
that no attempt was made 10 save her. Moored
t. her pier she lay and burned to the waters
edge All that was left OF her practically was
her hull
TulNoyALLA LINE PIER nrpxpn
1n,r,,,io,o,u :,
,baT' ,n.',,al,. I'Iaa" T,r w. "a. 'n- p'er .,
49, - IS rn - 80 lno n,e hau s"rp'
In h,n I'D n,,',,. ~ nI s "a. 'a" nv
Iooroa 90 A.. rII',T ' l'e NA'n ao ,'a'nes
nro,,.r,,, a. " a,HS ps, S"' ,, r,'a' peee "
Noraa =, 49,, Th,n,,ana "o 'o. ',
49,. .,,, Wv .n,'s a'a ''no nau oeeh Sns ~
era w,, oi,oo,.a.oJ os pt. 30 -. 20 c 'ne
,oua ,Ho on &c. y, .ne NoIm Ger
,,o.,. os" .ne ."p',ln y. VIC Noxe nsoe qu'ek
,i,, ~. 49,, "a .e'a 'ooee anu y. Iun-
s,rsor' ,hat ss ou, oonS @ .N, anu ~ ~, w
raaoh =, ,ho e.. .0''N "'' '''s'''' W "'"'n
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HAMBURG-AMERIcAN PIERS SAVED.
As soon az the nr. was we'll startsd N. fra
men realized that IL would be useless n nnder.
take 10 fsht the fire with the idea OF saving snv
burning property. They. therefore, directed sl
OF 'he'r tnor's toward saving Adjoining prop
erV' oouth OF 'he Norsh oerman Lloyo piers
are those OF the hamoura-Amercan Packet
oompany' between the pier on which the nr'
star'eo ana the most northern OF the pier OF
the hamoure- re-American Lane was wood'n
sneo. Az piers south OF tnis shed lay in4
fhehioia ana the splendid Kaiser Friedr'ch
Inc oniei OF ne FIRE department. believed that
WIN the vino blowing from outhwHsto north
east. ne oou.d save not only these two ships. but
All the hamourg-Amerlcan piers by tearing
down the sheo.
The crew OF hook and latder truck was
par o go, w.ii und., "a ~. -, -.
that the Hamburg-American piers were dam
aged hardly at ALL
Inc Two other pieces OF property threatened
by the fre were Campbells storage warehouse
and the United States bonded stores. Both
were brick buildings and both contained large
quantities OF whiskey and spirits a. well -
great deal OF cotton. The United States
bonded stores were Just west OF Pier 8, The
win was strong enough to carry the flames
beyond this building. 10 that II escaped any
serious damage II was thought at drst that
the Campbell stores would also escape.
CAMPBELL sToRrs BURNED.
Shor,,v hororo Ron ,.,,,,, .
nod yel,.d ,b,t Comrh.,,.. go. -. a..
Tbesa s,orss inclrdad two hvnd,, Th"
bn,d,g furtbsst son,h c.u,ht A. 90, .hs
roof a,-the soutbe,.t corna, J,,.t uh., ,hs
eomes found in thu 4 n. rtIo,I,, h,ud,nn A., go
vnon 40 ronidIv M on. ,o,,Id 81, =. o,.ss-
r,,n,,,.s hova,or . - h,..h .,.,.- .S
,ro,, ,ra h,i,d,r, ,,a.,,,, h. .,,r..in 49, -.
., al. e,ar,on Sor,r h,,, .,a.au,, -.
a.. nnr,hw,rd ,h,,rrh ~. ..,,.h s,.,,s, ~
,..aL A. a.. h,,illin, -, a., ~
o,o,.., ,.., nirh, ,h. .,ors. -. .o,susa
s,nov.d
=, VAN lne oes''ue''on ., he iour PIC" :" VEG
Nor'h herman L'oyu i"'', 'ne one o' me
imhaVala Line ana oahpoehs stores inc n!e
was oroush' uhaer coh'roi s'Hp'y oeoauseM
h"u noun nv more !" ieeu upon horoso sup
horl" VI 'he Ahhs'ail" Lane p'sr seps'Nso
tha' pier from some ooat ciuo hoaW' JUST
norlh Oh tne noats lay Tue oiu Chi'cu otaucs