The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-07-05
BETWEEN FIRE AND WATER
Hundreds Of People Meet Tragic
Death at Hoboken, N. J.

men on the barges and lighters, and
when the fire made its quick descent
upon them escape was cut off before
they realized their awful position.
The people on the piers jumped in
the water to save themselves, and
scores of men huddled under the
piers, clinging to the supports, only
to be sufocated by the flames or to
drop back in the water from exhaus-
tion. The greatest loss of life ap-
pears to have been on the Saale.
Up to II o'clock Sunday night only
eighteen bodies had been recovered.
Eleven of these were placed in row
at the morgue in New York city and
numbered, this being the only means
of obtaining any sort of identity over
the corpses.
The only way the steamship officials
have of approximating the loss of life
is by comparing the list of those re-
ported safe with the list. of the en-
ployes of the steamships. Late Sun
day night Gustav Schwab, general
agent of the North German Lloyd line,
gave out list showing what men on
each vessel had been missing up to
that hour. On the Saale 255 men
were employed and 127 of these had
only been accounted for up to II
O'Clock, leaving 1913 men actually en-
ployed as officers, sailors, engineers,
coal passers, oilers and trlmmers to be
accounted for.
The Bremen had 2O4 men on board,
but only 127 of these have been found.
The Main had only 1877 on her at the
time and of these rs have been re-
ported safe.
The North German Lloyd officials
deny that any passenger was lost, and
declare that few, if any, visitors per-
ished, and that the loss of life was al
most entirely among the employees OF
the company.
The loss on the steamship proper
ties and to other couples is estimated,
approximately, as follows:
The steamship Main, of the North
German Lloyd line, cost $1,000, 900
outside of the cargo, fitting and stores.
The loss is placed at 10000 for
the vessel and about 100000 for the
cargo fittings and stores that were
aboard of her.
The steamship Bremen, of the North
German Lloyd line, cost 81, ,2OO,O
and her fittings and cargo were valued
at s30O,0 The cargo and stores
were entirely consumed and the loss
to the vessel proper will amount to at
least 800, 900. She is beached of
Weehawken, entirely destroyed, save
her machinery.
The Saale, the ship which will
have the most horrible story of death
to unfold when the divers go down in
her, cost the North German Lloyd
1880, 600, and the fittings
and the cargo we're valued at $500, 600.
The Saale is beached at Ellis island.
The damage to the vessel proper is
placed at about $500, 600.
The damage done to the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse is estimated at $780,
600. ~ :EE:E5E 80
The three docks of the North Ger
man Lloyd line which burned to the
waters edge are estimated to have cost
$500, 900.
The docks were we'll filled with
lust received from abroad
and valued at $3.50, 1000.
The Thingvalla pier, which was en-
tirely consumed, was valued at $780,
300, counting the stores which were
On it.
The Hamburg-American line dock,
which had just been completed as an
extension to their great pier, and
which was destroyed in order to pre-
vent the spread Of the flames, was
damaged to the extent of $1,000.
This was the only loss they sustained
rs the steamer Phonenicia, contrary
to reports, was not even scorched.
Of the warehouses of Palmer Camp
bell, houses E, F, G. and b were
burned. Mr.. Campbell said that he
could not give a definite estimate of
his losses just now, but the damage to
buildings alone would amount to at
least $50, 900, and the contents 81, $780,.
300. Had the fire occurred at any
other time of the year, he said, the
oss would have been much greater, as
lust at the present time the imports
sre very light and the houses not well
filled. : s.,