Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-07-06

iu the water from exhaustion.
The greatest loss of life appears to
ave been on the Saale. She carried
450 people and was to have sailed
for Boston Saturday afternoon. When
the police boat captain went aboard
OF her with his rescue rarity he saw
bodies all about the decks. The
steamship Bremen carried a crew of
300 men, the Maine $50. and il as
many lives were lost on the Bremen
and Maine as on the Saale the num-
ber of lost will be very great.
THE PROPERTY LOSS.
The burning or smouldering re.
mains Of canal boat, lighters and
barges are scattered all the way down
the river and bay to Staten Island
and Governor Island. Each of these
craft will add something to the list of
dead. Loss to the North German Lloyd
docks alone is placed at $4,000, 900.
The value of the great quantities OF
cotton oil and various other stuff on
the docks had not been estimated at
this time. The loss to the North Ger
man Lloyd company alone will proba-
bly come close to ten million, as the
Bremen, the Maine and the Saale were
almost totally destroyed
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse was
slightly damaged. The five warehouses
Of the Campbell company were damag-
ed, the loss on one building alone be-
ing placed at $1,000, 900.
The amount of insurance cannot be
learned. All the hospitals in Hoboken
and this city are crowded with the
victims Of the fire. There are scores
OF men burned so badly that little
hope Is entertained for their recovery.
Hudson street hospital has every pa
tient that it can possibly take care OF,
as has also Bellevue, st. Vincent and
many othor of the hospitals further
up town. There were over 400 per.
sons taken to the hospitals up to 10
O'Clock Saturday night, and they are
still coming by th score. Saloons and
other buildings along the river are
being turned into hospitals.
CREWS IMPRISONED IN HOLD.
1t is feared that the loss of life in
the holds of the vessels was frighsful,
as 1t was said that many Of tho o~ews
who were asleep at the time were I'm
prisoned there The worst tale will
come from the steamship Maine, which
could not be towed from the pier.
The vessel had only arrived during
Saturday morning and some OF the pas
sengers were still on board, and when
the cry of fire was raised number of
them were seen to run to the bridge
decks. Most of them jumped overheard
and save for the few who were picked
up by the tugs not one has been heard
from, although every hotel and hospital
in the city OF Hoboken is crowded with
the injured. Some of the passengers
tried to escape to the pier, and it was
almost certain that they perished in
the flames.
Thete was a panic on each of the
steamships. Many persons jumped
overheard and the water for some dis
tance along the docks was liened
with people.
An idea Of the intensity of the
heat was given by the fact that the
steamship fireman, men who are used
to working in the fire-room of ves-
sci, supposed to be the hottest place
where any human being works, fell
back from the work of fighting the
names, overcome Dy the heat.
MEN WENT INSANE.
Some of those who went into the
water and were rescued and brought
out slightly injured say that when
others were caught between the fire
and water and saw death coming, they
went insane. Men babbled of home
and friends during the few brief min
utes that they and the others faced
death. The fear Of the furnace which
lay between them and the land bereft
them OF their senses. There we're acts
OF cowardice as we'll as of heroism.
Men clung to others and refused toilet
60, even though the act meant death
to both.
Later Jersey City stripped itself of
all the bose possibls and sent 1t to the
Hoboken iremen. With this streams
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