The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-07

! NEW YORK, May ga fire that start
| ed at the river end OF the Mallory line
! steamship pier. at the foot of Maiden
| Lane, on the East river, early this morn
! ing, completely destroyed the pier and its
| valuable contents The police place the
| loss at 81 000OO0.
Several barges which were moored near
! the pier were also destroyed and many
rescues of their captains and of the MEM
hers of the families on board were made
| One life was lost. The nine months old
| daughter OF Capt. Charles Lochs, of the
barge Sherwood. was drowned.
The Mallory line pier was 200 feet long
and fifty feet wide. The pier was filled
with valuable freight, mostly cotton. on
the north side of the pier were moored a
number Of coal and cotton barges, while
on the south side was the steamer San
Marios and a number of bargcs
No sooner had the work of fighting the
flames begun than the firemen turned their
attention to saving the lives of those on
the barges which were lying within the
line of danger. Nearest to the pier was
the barge Stephen y. Elkins. Her cap
tain, Frank Fox. and his wife, his three
months-old daughter and a baby were
on board and sleeping. A skid was quick
ly run from the pier to the coal barge. the
occupants OF the boat were awakened and
were hurried from their hunks to a place
Of safety before the flames had them.
Capt. Lochs' Desperate Choice.
On board the barge Sherwood We're
Charles Lochs, the captain. So years; his
wife Lenna, so years old, and their daueh-
ter Rosie months old. The Lochs family
was awakened by the flames. Their barge
was already on fire at the time that they
were aroused from sleep. The father took
the 9-months-old baby in his arms and
with his wife jumped into the water.
Timothy Boyle formerly in command OF
the barge New Brunswick. whose home Is
at Rondout n. Y. plunged into the water
to save the woman, who had become ex-
hausted. Her husband. who still held the
baby I'm his arms, saw that his wife was
on the point Of going down.
1t became a question to him as to which
he should save, his wife or baby. He
therefore let the baby go. in the hope that
she would be picked up by some one else,
and went TO the assistance OF his wife He
managed TO hold her head above water
until Boyle reached them. All three were
then landed by life lines. The half
drowned captain and his wife were re-
moved to the Hudson Street hospital
They recovered.
Other Lives Rescued.
on the coal barge II. II. Hand. which lay
alongside the other burning barges. were
the captain. Joseph Plumb. his wife and
two children. All we're rescued by the po-
lice Patrolman jeremiah Cronin was bad
ly burned while taking one Of the children
ashore. All hands on board the lighter
Arto got ashore safely. Michael Sheldon,
Of that boat was compelled To Jump into
the river. from which he was rescued.
Three large vessels were lying SO near
the blazing pier that their safety was en-
dangered They were the steamers san
Marlos and Neuces. which were toWed out
into midstream. and the bark st. James
the rigging OF which was burned before
she could be gotten out OF harms way.
Barges and Contents Burned.
The scene on the water was a most ex-
citing ona The river was flled with
steam craft engaged in towing the various
vessels and barges to places Of safety,
Four cotton bargcs. others laden with
corumeal and some loaded with coal
caught fire and were destroyed Some Of
them we're also sunk 20 prevent the fur
thor spread OF the flames.
\ number OF buildings on South street
we're scorched and several emptied Il their
tenants. who feared that the bulldings
would he butned.
Statement of Henry Mallory.
Henry Mallory said regarding the hre:
II have no idea how the FIRE started and
I can form no adequate idea Of The loss.
The entire pier IS destroyed, together with
the offices and other buildings on the bulk
head. My brother Charles sailed for Eu-
rope ten days ago. and he Will remain
abroad ten days. notwithstanding this
catastrophe I cannot tell what cur i'm
mediate plans vlI be or when We shah be
gin 70 rebuild, our hooks and other doca-
ments we're destroyed. snd ! cannot say
anything about the insurance at present
The only positive Information that I can
give az present is that. fortunately, AZ the
ume Of the FIRE there was not the usual
amount of freight on the Pier. as the
Cumal sailed at q. Ia. Saturday and
cleared UP most of the overflow. l posi-
/ lively cannot Tx the origin Of the IRE. give
the amount OF damage or approximate the
amount Of the insurance"
Paper MN Destroyed.
/ MONTREAL. MAY s-The paper and
pulp mills at Grand M-~- ouebec. have