The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-02
There Are Over Three Hundred
Men in the City Hospitals.
Scene Of Fire Presented a Spectacular
But Horrible Sight.

the cargo, fittings and stores. The loss
is placed at $1,000, 600 for the vessel and
about $780, 0OO for the stores and cargo
and fittings.
The steamship Bremen, of the North
German Lloyd line, cost 81. .250, 900, and
her fittings and cargo were valued at
$500, 900. The cargo and stores were en-
tirely consumed and the loss to the vessel
proper will amount to at least $500, 900.
She is beaehed off Weehawken tonight
and still smouldering, apparently de-
stroyed, 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 81, 250, 900, and the fittings and
cargo were valued at $500, COO The Saale
is beached at Ellis Island and still burn
ing. The damage to the vessel proper is
placed at about $500, 000
The damage to the Kaiser Wilhelm de
Crosse IS estimated at $25, 900.
The three docks of the North German
Lloyd line, which where blrned to the
waters edge, are estimated to have cost
$500, 000 The docks were well filed
with merchandise just received from
aboard and valued at $3.50, ,000
The Thingvalla pier, which was entire
" consumed, was valued at 500, ,000
counting the stores which were on it,
The Hamburg American line dock,
which had just been completed as an ex-
tension to their great pier, and which was
destroyed in order to prevent the spread
of the flames, was damaged to the extent
of 50, 600 This was the only loss they
sustained, as the steamer Phoenicia, con-
trary to reports, was not even scorched.
The warehouses of Palmer Campbell,
houses e, F, G, and II, were burned
Mr.. Campbell said tonight that he could
not give any defnits estimate of his
losses, but the damage to building alone
would amount to at least $5O, 600 and to
the contents s., ,250, 900. One lighter, CON
tanning 5000 bags of sugar was destroyed,
the loss being $s7, 600.
Eight barges and II canal boats were
either burned or sunk with their cargoes.
Total valuation, 1926, 600.
The y Hoboken Shore railroad had a
number OF cars burned and other proper
ty damaged. Total loss So, GOO.
Minor losses on floating property
burned at the fire proper, or set on fire
hy burning driftwood, viii amount to
about $780, coo.
The personal losses sustained by those
aboard the steamships can simply be
surmised, as there is no way Of ascer-
tanning at the present time.
Freight Manager Bonner said tonight
that the Main had abo1t 5000 tons Of car
go In her hold.
The Saale had fun cargo, including
copper and general merchandise, but the
Bremen had hardly any cargo.
81 believe" " Mr.. Bonner said, ''that
Che total loss to the cargo on the three
ships viii exceed 81, 100000,
Mr.. Gustave Schwab, agent Of the
North German Lloyd steamship line,
when seen tonight about the losses to his
company, said:
s'Things are in a very unsettled condi-
tion as yet and have been hard at work
today gathering up the ends. have
been on tour of inspection Of all three
of the wrecked vessels as well as the
Kaiser Wilhelm de Crosse, which was
docksd at pier 50 North river. She will
leave on her regular trip Tuesday at
a. m.
''The saale was the first vessel we Wis
ited From there we went to the Bre
men and the Main. should not say that
any OF the vessels would be total loss.
They look worse from the outside than
they really are. After they are pumped
out, we can tell better what the loss win
be-"
MIR. sohwab stated that there were no
passengers on board the Saale and that
if any bodies were found other than
those of the crew, they were the remains
of visitors.
1t is estimated that from three to four
hundred persons were injured and TAX
en- to the different hospitals in this city,
Jersey City and Hoboken. Many Of them
were found to be not seriously hurt and
were discharged today Many others are