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year. he said, the loss would have been
much greater, as just at the present
time the imports are very light and the
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much greater, as just at the present
time the imports are very light and the
houses
Were Not Well Filled.
This statement accounts for the COM
paratively small loss on the three piers
of the North German Lloyd line.
One lighter containing five thousand
bags of sugar was destroyed, the loss
being $4,000.
Eight barges and eleven canal boats
were either burned or sunk with their
cargoes. Total valuation SIPS, 900.
The Hoboken shore railroad had a
number of cars burned ana other prop
erty damaged. Loss, $1,000.
Minor losses on floating property,
burned at the fire proper or set on fire
by burning driftwood, will amount to
about $40, 900.
The personal losses sustained by
those aboard the steamships can SIM
ply be surmised, as there is no way Of
ascertaining this at the present time.
Gustav Schwab, the agent of the
North German Lloyd steamship line.
said tonight:
Ihlngs are in a very unsettled con-
dltion as yet, and | have been hard at
work to-day gathering up the ends. |
nave been on tour of inspection this
morning and in tug visited all three
OF the wrecked vessels. as well as the
Kaiser William Der Crosse. She will
leave On her regular trip Tuesday at
10 a. M"
The Saale was the first vessel we
visited. From there we went to the
Bremen and the Main. Both of the
vessels are still burning. | should not
say that any of the vessels would be a
total loss. They look worse from the
outside than they really are. After
they are up we can tell better what the
loss will be. Both the Bremen and the
Saale are, however,
Pretty Badly Damaged.
Wrecking companies are already work
ing on the Saale, and she will be pump
ed out as soon as possible
i will not give any figures, nor can
l estimate what the amount will be.
The loss on the ships will be estimated
by the home Office We received a
cable from them this morning asking
for more information. The home Of
f1ce knows the values OF the ship. l
can only guess at their value. They are
all insured in local companies but do
not feel that | can give the names of
the companies.
Mr.. Schwab states that there were no
passengers on board the steamship
Saale and that if any bodies were found,
other than that of the crew, they were
bodies of visitors, for Saturday was Wis
it1ng day with the line and it was prob
able that there were number on board
at the time of the fire. 1t is estimated
that from three to four hundred per-
sons were injured and taken to the diff
ferent hospitals in this city, Jersey City
and Hoboken. Many of them were
found to- be not seriously hurt and were
discharged to-day. Many others are be-
l1eyed to be SO seriously injured that
they cannot recover.
While the fire was still burning
The Work of Relief
was begun. Men came to the Office of
the North German Lloyd line almost
naked and with their clothing ruined
by the salt water, men who had been
treated by doctors, but who were not
sufficiently injured as to be taken to
hospitals, also gathered at the office.
Every man was given money and cloth
ing and taken to a temporary lodging
house by agents of the company
The sailors from the ships lost abso-
lutely everything they possessed.
Women besieged the officers for in
formation regarding their relatives.
There were about seventy missing re-
ported at the North German Lloyd Of
fee alone Fully eighty per cent. of the
sailors arn Ear-r17 orS urhot have - I~ox~.a
and no relatives in this country. Most
OF them lived in Germany.
At o'clock this morning. nineteen
men, machinists and firemen, were
taken off the steamship Bremen after
being held very close bound, with death
staring them in the face for nearly
twelve hours. They were brought
ashore on tugs and taken care of in
hotels near the company's charred
property. No loss of life was reported
from the Bremen, with the exception
of the probability of the deaths occur
ring from the capsizing of the boat
already mentioned. AS seventy-four
persons were rescued from the river
by six boats crews from the steamer
Phoenicia, Of the Hamburg American
line, it is just possible that there
Was Not Soul Lost
from the Bremen.
Three dead bodies were picked I'D
to-day near the Hamburg-American
line dock in Hoboken. One OF them
was identified as that of Lena S. Cordts.
a stewardess of the steamer Saale
The other two were bodies of males.
one of whom was Unidentified through
rent receipt, found in his pocket as
Henry Kordell, of Hoboken. The 9TH
er body lies as yet unidentified at the
morgue, but from the appearance of the
clothing it is presumed that the dead
man was an oiler or coal passer on some
of the ships.
From very reliable source it was
learned this evening that the officers of
the steamer Saale had accounted for
one hundred and eleven persons, out of
total of 252 who were on board at the
outbreak of the fire.
There was continuous streams of CALI
ers at police headquarters in Hoboken
all day seeking information about miss
ing friends and relatives. Some OF them
were sent away with very little hope of
meeting their missing ones on this side
of the grave, while others. evidently
prompted by curiosity, gave the police
officials no end of trouble, asking friy-
olous questions.
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