The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01

dock of the Hamburg American line at
| which the steamship Phoenicia, a twin
| screw passenger steamer asof 6,761 gross
tons, was docked. The flames got a good
hold on the Phoenicia and she was towed
out into midstream ablaze.
| The fire had by this time become so
| fierce that the officers of the Hamburg
American line decided that the only way
to prevent the total destruction of their
great pier was to blow. up the side of
! the dock at which the Phoenicia lay, and
this was done. number of barges dock
| ed at the pier also took fire. but in the
eHort to save the other property no at
! Centon was paid to them and they were
! allowed to burn.
1t is feared that the loss of life in the
mold OF the vessels was frightful, as it
Is SAID that many of the crews who
! We're asleep at the time were imprisoned
| there. The worst tale will come from
| the steamship Main, which was unable
| TO be towed from the pier The vessel
mad only arrived this morning, and some
! OF the passengers were still on board
and when the cry of Gre was raised a
number of them were seen to run to the
! burning decks. Most of them jumped
| overheard and, save for the few who
We're picked up by the tugs no one
| has been heard from although every no.
| tel and hospital in the, city of Hoboken
is crowded with injured. Some of the
passengers of the Main tried to escape
| TO the pier, and it was almost certain
that they persisted in the flames.
PANIC ON THE SHIP.
There was a panic Oh each of the
ships. Many persons jumped overheard,
and the water for somes distance along
the docks was lined with people. They
| were ciingtng to the piers and even to
the rudders of the burning vessels Some
were picked up, many We're drowned.
| Peter Quinn, justice OF the peace in
Hoboken, tells a story of having seen
at least thirty people perish. He said:
Il was standing on the edge of one
of the Hamburg-American line piers and
saw about thirty peoples drowned under
Pier No. of the North German Lloyd
| pier. They were calling to some of the
passing tug boats, but their appeals were
| in vain, and when the flames got near
them they dtved into the water. There
was no assistance near them at the
! time. 1 believe that every one either
/ drowned or persisted IN the fiames''
About 200 people were rescued at the
| Hamburg-American line pier. They were
| much overcome from exhaustion, but
soon revived with stimulants.
When the fire broke out, such Roadway
was gained by the time the Hoboken
! nre department arrived that they were
! utterly helpless to cope with the flames.
They were further handicapped by hav-
ing several hundred feet Of hose burned.
Calls were made to the New York fire
| department for assistance, and fire tugs
were sent for. These, however, had lit
tie effect on the great mountain of
flame and smoke.
By Z O'Clock the three piers of the
North German Lloyd Steamship company
had been burned to the ground The
| southern end of the Campbell Storage
company's buildings, consisting of five
| five-story structures, caught fire and
| flames shot from every window in the
| two floors in about ten minutes. The
buildings being filled mainly with jute
and whisky burned rapidly. The fire.
men were unable to- go within fighting
distance and the fire had pretty much its
own way. In these buildings great loss
will be sustained.
DIED IN A FURNACE.
The steamship Saale and Bremen, after
being pulled free from the docks, were
towed ablaze down the bay and beached
off Liberty island. On ehe Bremen as she
blazed out in midstream, six men could
be seen with their heads out of port holes,
waving handkerchiefs for assistance. Tug
boats and small boats darted around the
big steamships, making every effort to