The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-02

being subsequently, removed 10 the Belle
vtie. where there wcre already twenty four
Injured. The sufferers Were taken 10 ST
Nincent's Hospital
Crowds Inquire for Friends.
Crowds bcsiegcd the offices Of the North
German lloyd Line on lower broadway TO
day. made up mainly Of women. From th"ir
inquiries il was estimated that seventy al
least Were missing who have friends mere
while as - per cent of the crews vt the
vessels have no homes in this country. II
is presumed that an even greater number
have persisted for whom no inquiries have
been made here, and 20 no FISTS of the crews
are kept Roy the New York agents. these
a board ship We're destroyed. il il impossible
TO approximate by elimination q the names
OF those found the number OF those still
missing.
The company is making heroic efforts To
retrieve the damage done. Probably the
most serious outcome in a business way
Will be found 10 bc the pfuNlulnS OF TEN
lOrary wharfage facilities. The only pisa
and docks in tine harhor of New York Caia-
BILE OF aCCommoG i'ii = craft OF the SIZE
which now carry most Of the company :
traffic ere those built especially for the nIs
liners aHd which are. oi course. required
by them.
For vessels of the smaller class which go
to make up the cumranys New York BGc-
men fleet il may be hardly less difficult "a
provide. since the docking facilities OF the
port taxed already ~ their utmost.
Many Visitors on the Bremcn.
The fearful havoc to life and property
caused by the fire which broke CUT at the
docks of the North German Lloyd Company
in HobOken yesterday cannot I've apprnNi-
mated with any degree of certainty. Con-
sentative people who have had experience
along the docks axe of the opinion that
more than -, lives Were lost. ,ine of the
officers Of the steamship Bremen saiI to-
udy that there were fully 80 visitors on
board the vessel. the majority of them be-
ing women. \ boat Was lowered from the
Bremen shortly after the alarm had been
Inn sh4A FnzH ~
the water. This would Indicate that the list
of dead may be larger than i was first
thought TO be.
The property loss can simply be approx
mated at this lime
None OF the officials around the docks
could give anything like a precise estimate
of their losses. and none We're prepared 10
make statement on this point. \ conserv-
ative estimate. made by prominent fire
underwater. places the entire damage at
not over sl0,01.eD0.
The three docks OF the North German
Lloyd Line are total losses. with all their
contents. and they are still smolderng
with msny streams from fire hose playing
continually on the debris. The pier OF the
Thingvalla line Is totally wiped away. anu
an extension which had just been built on
the Hamburg A r.erican Lines expanse Ut
piers WAS burned down 20 the pile tops.
The warehouses of Palmer Campbell
which were across the street from ting
North German Lloyd Line docks, suffered
greatly. and number OF houses along the
street were scorched badly.
steamship property Loss.
The loss on the steamship properties and
10 other companies Is estimated to-nigh;
approximately follows:
The steamship Main Of the North German
Lloyd Line cost $l.S.V9. outside of the
cargo fitting and stores. The loss Is placed
at sl.2co.0eo for the vessel and about 500
60 for the fitting and stores and the ca:go
that was aboard her
The steamship 2iemen of the North Ger
man Lloyd Line cost $l.go.Io, and her
FaFNey mad
The cargo and stores Were entirely con-
sumed and the loss TO the vessel proper
will amount to at least s!c.cco. She is
beached off Weehawken Tonight and still
smoldering. apparently destroyed save her
machinery
the most horrible story OF death TO unfold
when the divers go down In her cost the
North German Lloyd Company sI.25o.tSJ
$4,000. The Saale is beached at EIlis
Island and still burning. The damage to
the vessel proper is placed at about $4,000
der Crosse is estimated at $3.50.
The three docks Of the German Lloyd Line
which were burned ia the waters edge are
estimated to have cost ssoo.Oo. The docks
were filed with merchandise just received
from abroad and valued at $3jo.1o.
The ThiEgvaila pier which entirely
consumed, was valued at sJ00o. counting
the stores which were on II.
The Hamhurg-Amcrican Line dock which
rad just been completed as an extension
TO their great pier. and which was de
stroyed in order to prevent the spread OF
s g. James was damaged to the extent of
This was the , only loss they sustained.
ports, was not even ScorChei.
Damage on shore.
The warehouses of Palmer Campbell
houses +. +, q and II. re burned. Mr.
Campbell said tonight that he could not
give definite estimate of his losses hut
the damage TO buildings alone woIild amount
leo n h.
co Had the fire occurred at any 1th.r
time of the year. he said. the loss would
have been much greater. as just at the
present time the imports are very light, AMI
the houses were not well flied. This state
ment accounts for the comparatively small
loss on the three piers of the North German
Lloyd Line.
One lighter. containing 5cO bags Of sus IT,
was destroyed. the loss being s2s."a
Eight barges and eleven canaiboats were
either burned or sunk with tchir carsoes.
Total valuation. si25.0)o.
The HobOken Shore Railroad had a hunl-
Der Of cars burned and other property 'l-ni-
Minor losses on floating property. burned
at the fire proper or set on fire by burn
Ing driftwood. will amount to about s2o.eoo
The personal losses sustained by those
on board the steamships can simply be sur
missed. as there is no way OF ascertaining
this at present.
Freight Manager Bonner said Tonight
that the Main had about 5000 tons of
cargo In her hold. OF this there were eco
tpnS OF gram. lpV' tpUS ti dDOLl s,hp
bales of cotton and considerable general
merchandise.
The Saale had full cargo. including
copper and general mercha ndisa. but the
Bremen had hardly any cargo aboard Of
her.
ships still burning.
ct believe said Mr. Bonner. that the
iosa to the cargo on the three ships will
exceed s1.cp1a. AS to the loss of cargo
the piers II is difficult to estimate. for
there was both inward and outward bound
cargo there.
The greatest damage ia the cargo of
the Saale will be that done 10y the water.
l believe that the hull of the Saale below
the water line is all right and also her
engines. In visit to the Bremen we found
that while the hull is IN good shape ap-
parently. the cargo Is lost. The Bremen
now has list 10 port. and there Is some
danger that she may break If she lists
further. The Main, like the Bremen, was
still burning when was there"
Gustav Schwab. the agent for the North
German Lloyd Steamship Line, said to-
night:
Things are I'm a very unsettled condition
as yet. and | have been hard at work to-
day gathering UP the ends ] have been
tour of inspection this morning and in
a tug visited all three of the wrecked YES
sells az we'll as the Kaiser Wilhelm 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 10 the
Bremen and the Main.
Both of the vessels are still burning. I
should not say that any OF the vessels
would be "A total loss. They look worse
from the outside than they really are. At
ter they are pumped out can tell better
what the loss will be. Both the Bremen
and the Saale are. however. pretty badly