The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-01

nor's island. Each of these craft will
add something to the list of the dead
The loss to the North German Lloyd
docks alone is placed at 81, 000, 000 The
value of the great quantities of cotton,
OIL and various other merchandise on
the docks has not been estimated.
The loss to the North German Lloyd
Steamship company alone will prob
ably come close to $4,000, 600, as the
Bremen, the Main and the -Saale were
almost totally destroyed. The Kaiser
I Wilhelm der Crosse was somewhat
damaged. The five storehouses Of the
Campbell company were greatly dam
aged, the loss on one buildinL a ne
being placed at 1880, 000 The value
OF the Hamburg-American line steam
ship Phoenicia is not known, but this
will swell the amount of damage.
The Thingvalla pier was burned, and
the dock of the Hamburg American
line suffered greatly. A number of
small buildings in Hoboken were de-
stroyed along the wharves with their
contents, but no idea of the value of
these can be obtained.
From what can be learned tonight the
names started among a large pile q
cotton bales on Pier No. 2 OF the North
German Lloyd Steamship company.
AT the docks of the North German
Lloyd was the Saale, a single screw
passenger steamship of 4, 965 tons gross:
the Bremen, q twin screw IA sseaver
and fleiSht steamer OF 10. so tons, and
the Maine, a twin screw freight and
passenger steamship of 10000 guns gross
tons. They all caught fire and were
burned to the waters edge. The Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse which had lust
come in, was the only one Of the Tour
big vessels at the dock that escaped.
The loss of the crews of these yes
sells is said to reach 100.
The FIRE was first discovered by a
Waterman on the pier at 4 o'clock. He
saw small streak of fame shoot from
bale OF cotton on pier No. 2. at
which was locked the steamer Saale.
he Immediately sent in an alarm.
In a few minutes the flames had ex-
tended to the snip and were communi-
Gated TO the adjoining pier on the north.
Here were locked the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse and the Main.
Tugs were Immediately made fast TO
the big Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. and
she was gotten out into midstream with
safety, although badly scorched at the
bows.
The ship Main, however, was doomed.
as the flames had already become so
fierce on the north side of the pier that
no tug could approach the vessel.
Then, by a shift in the wind, the
flames were sent in the direction of
Pier No. l, which was to the south end
OF Pier No. 2. To the north of Pier No
/ was the dock Ofthe Hamburg Amer
lean line, at which the steamship Phoe-
nicia, a twin screw passenger steamer
of 6,761 gross tons, was locked. The
flames got a good hold on the Phoe-
nicia, and she was towed out into mid
stream ablaze. She was badly dam
aged, but not destroyed.
Pier Is Blown Up.
The fire had by this time become so
nerce that the officials of the Hamburg
American line decided that the only
way to prevent a total destruction of
tnelr great pier was to blow up the
side of the dock at which the Phoenicia
lay, and this was done.
A number of barges locked at the
pier also took fire, but in the effort to
save the other property no attention
was paid to them, and they were al
lowed to burn.
II is feared that the loss of life in
the hold OF the vessels was frightfUI
as II IS said that many of the crews
who were asleep at the time were i'm
prisoned there.
The worst tale will come from tba
Main, which was unable to be towed
from the pier.
The vessel had arrived only this
morning and some of the passen gers
were still on board. When the cry of
hre was raised a number of them were
seen to run to the burning decks.
MoSt OF them jumped overheard, and
save h3r the few who were picked UP
Dy the tugs, ont one has been heard
from, although every hospital and no.
tel in the city Of Hoboken is crowded
with injured. Some of the passengers
Of the Main tried to escape to the pier
and 1t was almost certain that they
persisted in the flames.
Panic on All the Ships.
There was a panic on each of the
Shes
Many persons jumped overheard. and
the water for some distance along the
docks was lined with people.
They were clinging to the piers, and
even to the rudders of the burning
vessels.
eOnle were picked up. many were
drowned.
Peter Quinn. justice of the peace
IN Hoboken. tells a story of having
seen at least thirty persons perish. He
SAID:
Il was standing on the end of one
Of the Hamburg American line piers
and saw about thirty people crowded
under pier No. / e the North German
Lloyd. They were calling to some of
the passing tugboats, but their appeals
were in vain, and when the flames got
near them, they dived into the water.
There was no assistance near them at
the time, and l believe that every one
either drowned or persisted in the
flames
About 200 persons were rescued at
the Hamburg-American line pier. They