The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-02
but there were so many Of them that It
was Impossible for us to rescue them
TWO HUNDRED LOST

49, tAS @CAA4Ulo Gie lluu LuB Properly
Loss Will Amount to $1o,ooo,ooo.
Steamers and the Three Docks "a
up in the Flames. H
NEW YORK, July 1.-The fcnrfu,
havoc to life and property caused by
the fire which broke out at the docks Of
the North German Lloyd company In
Hoboken yesterday, cannot be approx
mated with any degree Of certainty.
Conservative people who have had ex.
'perience along the docks. are OF the
opinion that not over two hundred lives
were lost. 5.s
One OF the officers OF the steamship
Bremen said to-day that there were
fully two hundred visitors on. board
that vessel when the fire, touched there
the majority OF them being women. A
boat was lowered from the Bremen
shortly after the alarm had been given
but the craft capsized as 1t touched the
water and all hands were precipitated
into the water, and nore of them was
saved by those remaining on the ves-
sci. This in Itself would indicate that
the list of dead may be larger than II
was at first thought to be. @
The property loss Gun simply be ap-
proxlmated at this time. None Of the
officials around the docks could give
anything like u precise estimate Of their
loss and none was prepared to make a
statement on this point. A conserva-
tive estimate, made by a prominent fire
underwater places. the entire damage
at less than slo,oOo,ooo
Three Docks Total Losses.
The three, docks Of the North German
Lloyd line are total losses, with all their
contents and they are still smoderlng,
with many streams from fire hose play
Ing continually on the debris. The pier
Of the Thingvilln line Is s4totally wiped
out and an extension which had Just
been built on tEei Hamburg American
lines expanse of plets sHps burned
down to- the pile tops.
The warehouses of PalmeiF Campbell,
which were across THE street from the
North German Lloyd line docks, suf-
fered greatly and a number OF houses
along the street were scorched badly.
The loss on the steamship properties
and to other companies is estimnted to-
night. approximately as follows.ySisS
The steamship Main. Of the North
German Lloyd line cost sl,5op. 900 outside
Of the cargo, fitting and stores. The
loss is placed at Sl,2oo,oO for:the vessel
and about 100000 for the fitting and
stores and cargo that was. aboard OF
her. ,sss ta.j '45l
Bremen Apparently Destroyed.
The steamship Bremen, Of the North
German Lloyd's line, cost s1.250 900. and
her fittings and cargo were. value, at
s$oo,oQo The cargo ana stores were en-
tirely consumed and the loss to the
vessel proper will amount to. at least
100000. She is beached off Weehawken
tonight and still smoldering. appar-
emily destroyed save her machinery.
The Saale, the steamship which will
have the most horrible story Of death
to unfold when the divers go down In
her. cost the North German Lloyd COM
pany sl,a5o.0oo and the fittings and car
go were valued at ss0o,OoO. The saale
is beachcd at Ellis Island gand still
burning. The damage to the vessel
proper is placed at about ssoO,o0O.
The damage done to the kaiser VIII
helm der Crosse is estimated at SOS 900.
The three docks of theNorth German
Lloyd line which were fburned to the
waters edge. are estimated to have cost
100000. The docks were well filled with
merchandise just received from abroad
and valued at s35O.O0O
The ThingVllla pier. which was en-
tircly consumed, was valued at Is5O. 900,
counting the stores which:were on 1t.
The Hamburg American line dock,
which had Just been completed! as an
wh,cb Voc ~ 1a,tna,.a @ s'eH. p@ pp.s.t nnu
-w''eh was destroyed in order to pre-
vent the spread of the ilames,s was
damaged to the extent OF $4,000. sThis
tho sto,r,nr ny n,o ,oss .,les sus.hlneu us
nor,s ras 49, e,a' a,.a.' e1''', ~ - te te'-
-, 80 :, 81 ,>eote''tu' '''' y
Warehouses Completely iGutted.
The warehouses Of Palmer Campbell.
houses Z, +, G, and II. were burned,
Mr.. Campbell said Tonight that ghe
could NOT rtvo n dod,t,o a,,,,,o, !, I, ,,,,
losses, but the damage 10 bnild,ncs q