The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-01
PERISH BY HUNDREDS
IN HOLOCAUST OF FIRE.
Continued From Page One.


and was 10 have sailed for Boston this
afternoon. When the policeboat captain
got on board her with his rescue party.
he saw bodies lying all about the deck.
The ship Bremen carried a crew of 800.
the Main 80 and ~ as many lives were
lost on the Bremen and Main as on the
Saale the number OF lives lost VIII be
very great Then, also. many persisted
on the piers the canal boats and lighters.
The burning or smodering remains or
canal boats. lighters and barges are SCAT
cred all the way down the river and bay
to Staten Island and Governors Island.
Each OF these craft will add something
to the list OF the dead.
Tremendous Loss of Property.
The loss 70 the North German Lloyd
docks alone is placed at 81 100000. The
value ~ the great quantities OF cotton,
oil and various other merchanoise ,r on
loss to the North German Lloyd Steam
ship Company alone will probably come
Main and saaic we're almost totally de-
stroyed The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
was somewhat damaEed The hye store
greatly damaged the loss on one build
Ing alone being placed at $1,000 Tho
steamship Phoenicia IS not known, but
this win swell the amount Of damages.
The Thngvalla pier was burned. ana
the dock Of the Hamburg American linz,
building IN Hoboken were destroyed
along the wharves with their contents,
hut no idea OF the value of these can be
obtained
starts In n bale of Cotton.
From what can be learned tonight the
flames started among large pile OF cot
man Llovd steamship Company, and
spread with such remarkable rapidity
e-ty OF the company, taking in over
third OF a mile OF water front and con-
sisting of three great piers was com
The flames started so suddenly and
gained such Roadway that the people on
the piers and on the numerous vessels
locked were unable to reach the street.
There were great gangs OF workmen on
the piers and these together with
number OF people who were at the docks
on business and visiting the ships scat
tered IN all directions. A all means OF
exit was cut or by the flames they were
forced 10 Jump overheard, and II IL be-
lieved that great number of people wero
drowned
Steamships Take Fire.
A. the docks OF the North German
Lloyd was the Saale. a single screw pas
senger steamship OF 4,aG5 tons gross the
Bremen, twin screw passenger and
freight steamer of l052s tons and the
steamship OF lo.5G0 gross tons. They all
caught IRE and were burned TO the waters
edge The Kaiser ' wilhsim VA. DER nc Gro nn,y
one OF the four big vessels at the docks
that escaped.
The loss TO the crews OF these vessels is
said to reach $4,000
big Liner Escapes.
i, The IRE was discovered by a Waterman
on the pier al o'clock. He saw small
ton on pier No q AZ which was locked
the steamer Saale. He Immediately sent
in an anrm, In few minutes The flames
lacking the adjoining pier on the north,
Here were docked the Kaiser Wilhelm
m nSs eye made mad W fast to the big Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse and she was gotten
out into midstreaIn with safety. although
Main. however. was doomed. as the
flames had sircady oeco.ne SO neree on
the por, h,a side Of, 81 the s. pier that no tug
Then by shift IN the wind the flames
we're sent In the direction OF pier No. !.
TTs W se north No mo Of s'1 pier enc 10 % tho
dock OF the Hamburg American line at
eerew passenger steamer Of s7sl tons; was
doeked The flames got good hold on
the Phocuicia. and she was towed out
The Ore had bv this time become so
force that the officials OF the Hamburg
American line decided that the only way
to prevent a total destruction of their
great pier was TO blow M the side Of the
dock q, which the phoenicla lay. and this
ut the pior also took Are. but in tho ef-
fort 10 save the other property no at
tentor was paid 10 them. ana they were
allowed 10 burn.
Crews aud Passengers Caught.
II is feared that the los, OF Hfs in the
holds II the vessels was frlghtral as II -
said that many Of the crews who were
asleep nt the time were Imprisoned there
Thu worst tale will come from tho Main
which was unable to Ne towed from the
pier
The vessel had only arrived this morn
ing and some OF the pssscuRnrS were attn
on hoard and when the alarm OF Are was
q FhaasUst 70
ths harrinR decks Most Of them Jumped
overheard ANA. save for the few who
a s soESd I'm W ~ oho a,y nov hns,,,a,
ara hotel in the city OF Hnhoken 10 crowd
q with injured Some " the passengers
and q wne almost certain that they per
ished In the flames.
Panic the ships.
There was a panic on each Of ne ships.
MANY porscns Jumped overheard and the
water Or some distance along the docks
WINS lined with people They we're cling
Inc 10 he rie~g and even 60 the ruddera,
No many were drowned Potter Quinn.
ius.icc ~ the peace in Hohoken tells a
story y having ecrn at least thirty PEG
81 was stanatur on ,he end ~ one -
rier So 81 the North German IIovd
Thev were calling 20 some - ire PASS
~ io<hofs rrt ihe'r apnenl' were IN
they diNed into the water. There was
T,' s-.'',@gre oear ,hfm 81, re TINE and
ot nr,'shsi in ths flames"
About -9o people were rescued Al the
HawoerE Aw-rie'0 liue n,rr They we're
revived with stluuinuts
Fire department. helpless.
When m. f. e,Nk" go s93eh hGe2dwSay
HVv afgtr'ver. ARRIVED that tNs' were
NErri, Aeiafa.s to- cone with the rarpNa