Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-07-05
200 PERSONS PERISH
Hospitals In Three Cities Crowded
With Injured
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NV YanN June la Almost sio 0oo.-
90 wurth q property was dcs,royri.
many lives were lost. many p~r-ons
were injured anI a. least 8. 500 lives
were impcriled hy a ARE tha, started
among cotton tales under pies b - the
North t.rrnaaa Llsysi Stcamahip Com
rany la ItaboA-n a, O'Clock, In less
than q minutes the flames covered an
area d quarter - mile long. sx.
tsnding outward FROM the actual shore
line L. the baikhvads. from $40 - T. .uoo
feet away. aud had tsnitei four gs.as
oc~an liners aud dozen or more smaller
hartor craft in it, grasr
Staric. ia rvgari tsthe ia-s - life arr
conflicting. tho number being variousiv
estimated AZ from 30 10 800 Twenty
ev- bo,lics have been recovered hut
they are ~ badly hurned that identiHca-
tiou IL impossible.
While the IRE wa. stili burning the
work % relief was begun. Men csm-
10 tho of'cc II the North t'erman Lloyd
line almost naked Ana with their clhsh-
ing raincd By the salt water Men who
had been treated bv doctors. bot " no
were not sas ei~utiv inlurcd A. - h-
taken 20 hospitala aiso gathered n, the
oihce. Every man was given money
aud clothing aud taken ~ temPorary
lodging hcuss The sailors from tho
ships inst absolutely -v-ryt thing they
p''s>esse'i fuliy - per evns - th.
T.. A. A.
and ue relatives m this coantry. Most
Of them lived IN t'crmanv.
Nav NeRs July o. The losses .u.-
tainsh IN the Are a. the dariss % the
North German lloyd Steamship com
Pany AZ Iioboksn yesterday are tonight
eonssrvativeiy placed a, sio coo. 600
The ioSs ~ life. while merely CUES.
work AZ even this late hour. will probs.
biy reach a. high A. apo AMI there arc
m"re than 10 men in the hospitals IN
this city. tIeboisn aud Jersey city
badly burned
The scene - the great Ore today pre-
srnted spectacular but horrible sieht.
Over ia Huhuiscn. here two darN asso
pers reached hundreds ~ feet out into
the river aud risinr IN the air like great
hills. stoosi. alive with outgoing aud in.
coming commercr. a rrvat waste q
burning aud srlouiieriur beams. with
here AMI there a remnant 80 high brick
wall. all that remains % the thouaand.
of dollars worth u property. -Four
large storebnuSe, q the Palmer Camp
bell Company were wrecked. aud thev.
with the piers. 80 T. make ~ the ap-
pallinss mass - debris that lies sraoL
ing. Sizing aud stsaming aeruss North
river. IL covers over four eitv block.
and reaches oat into the river for more
than a thousand feet.
>s-s-- Tsst wss. si.k-atsx
Ihr trrbaat Robert a. Van wvck,
which arrived on the scrue first among
the river fire hghtiug craft. presented
picture ~ horror aud rhastiiness a,
she lay az her dock ia the East river
to'iay. The docks were covered With
cotton. ,atnrate,i with the blood u tho
victims rescued by the bravc men
aboard.
fieers ~ human ssin chung to the
rags. and the dreadful experience ~
the hremsa ~ the day previous va.
brought again to EYES and memsrie,
~ htrh soagat Ia forget the horrible
spectacle. Lieut.. Metiinnts said:
Il stould say there were passenger,
aboard the saaic They looked like
pass n GERS and surely were not mem
eerS - the crew. They we're locked
down in the hold Of the vessel as
securely a. ever n convict was in-
pr.~onsd in cell There was NJ escape
for them after the vessel began 10 take
water. We got thirty out Of there
while We were allowed ~ work from
the dock II was then that We wit.
ueSsed the awful sight of human agony.
A hundred arms with the flesh torn
from them aa5 black~ned with smoke.
protruded from the small port holes
which were but foot or les In diane
ter. lfthese port holes had been larger.
sufficient - admit the passage 81 hu.
man body. the reseues would have been
many more IN number than they were.
/ The thirty men we re.cued we're raving
maniacs when VIC got them aboard
/ They could no. realize that they had
escaped the horrible death that threat
eBed them but a few minutes before.
In their delirium they fought each
other after they were rescued
The most aFonising sight | witnessed
was that Of woman who was burned
We could see her face aud arms as she
reached out and got handful Of water.
with which she washed her face seek
/ ing 10 cool IL and gain relief from the
terrible heat. She never once uttered
a scream We passed her a cup % water.
She grabbed IL eagerly aud drank Il. She
could not speak English but murmured
ia foreign tongue and ia a tone which
| apparently denoted that she was pray
ing. We spoke words of cheer 10 her.
The boat gave lurcb. water filed the
| compartment which she was in. and she
sank from our sight aud We saw her NO
| more.