The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-02

QGStrOyeQ, save tOr leF machinery. 1uS
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 company 81, ESQ.,
600, and the fittings and cargo were
valued at $3OO,0OO The Saale is beached
at Ellis island and still burning. The
damage to the vessel proper is placed at
about 100000
KAISER DAMAGED SOME.
The damage done to the Kaiser VIII
helm der Crosse is estimated at $4,000.
The three decks of the North German
Lloyd line which were burned to the
waters edge are said to have cost $780,
600. The docks were well filled with
merchandise just received from abroad
and valued at $350,000 The Thingvalla
pier, which was entirely consumed, was
valued at $4,000, counting the stores
which were on 1t.
The Hamburg American line dock,
which had just been lcompleted 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 Sf5,0 ,000 This was the only loss they
sustained, as the steamer Phoenicia, con-
trary to reports, was not even scorched.
The warehouse of Palmer Campbell,
Houses E, F, G, and H were burned
Mr. Campbell said tonight that he could
but the damage to buildings alone would
amount to at least $4,000 and the contents
81, ,250, 600 Had the frye occurred at any
other time of the year, ne said, the loss
would have been much greater, as just
at the present time the imports are very
light, and the houses were not well filled.
This statement accounts for the compar-
atively small loss on the three piers of
the North German Lloyd line.
lighter containing OO0 haOS of
sugar, was destroyed, the loss being $27,-
600.
Eight barges and eleven canal boats
were either burned or sunk, with their
cargoes. Total valuation, $125,0OO.
The Hoboken Shore railway had a num-
Der of cars burned and other property
damaged. Loss, $1,000
Minor losses on floating property burn
ed at the fire proper, or set on fire by
burning driftwood, will amount to about
$40, ,0O0
VESSELMEN MAKE ESTIMATES.
Freight Manager Bonner said tonight:
'"rhe Main had about 5000 tons of cargo
in her hold OF this there were 1000 tons
of grain, LOCO tons of Stag, about 5000
bales of cotton and considerable merchan-
disc.
1.-The Saale had full cargo, including
copper and general merchandise, but the
Of her.
II believe Mr.. Bonner said, that the
loss to the cargo on the three ships will
exceed $1,000,000 AS to the loss of cargo
on the piers, it is difficult to estimate, for
there were both inward and outward
bound cargoes there,
1.-The greatest damage to the cargo Of
the Saale will be that done by water. I
believe the hull of the Saale below the
water line is all right also, as are her en-
gines. AS to the Bremen, We found that
! while the hull is in fine shape, apparently,
the cargo Is lost. The Bremen now has a
list to port, and there is some danger that
she may break if she lists further.
"The Main, like the Bremen, was still
burning when l was there"
Gustav Schwab, the agent. of the North
| German Lloyd Steamship line, said to-
! night:
Things are In a very unsettled condi-
ton as yet, and I have been hard at
work today gathering up the ends. I
have been on a tour of inspection this
! afternoon, and with tug visited all
| three wrecked vessels, as well as the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. She will
leave on her regular trip Tuesday at 10
! a. IN. The Saale was the first vessel we
visited. From this we went to ]Ie Bre-
men and the Main Both are still burn
| ing l 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 will be. Both
| the Bremen and the Saale are, however,
| pretty badly damaged. Wrecking com
panies are already working on the Saale,
and she will be pumped out as soon as
! possible.
81 will not give any figures, nor can I
estimate what the amount will be. The
loss on the ships will be estimated by
| the home office We received a cable
gram this morning from them asking for
information. The home office knows the
value Of the ships 1 can only guess
roughly at the cost. The piers in Ho-
boken are all insured in local companies
| There was on the pier a quantity of car
go, which, Of course, was destroyed. We
| are not responsible for the cargo either
| on the ship or on the piers
! THE cargo on the pier comprised cot
! ton, machinery, measurement goods, to-
bacco, cement and general merchandise"
| Mr.. Sehwab states that there will be
no passengers on board the steamship
| Saale, but If any bodies were found other
| than those of the crew, they were the
remains of visitors, for Saturday was
visiting day with the line, and it was
probable that there were number on