The Forrest City times., 1902-03-21
TYE BIG HOBOkEN HAZE.
All of Those Who Were on Board the Steamer British Queen
 Accounted For.
0YE INJURED 'LONGSAOREMAR DEAD.
Several are Known to Have Leaped Into the Water to Escape thel Flames. aud How Many of Them Were Drowned May Never be <noun-The Loss Very Heavy.

Were Drowned May Never be I>novn-The Loss Very Heavy.
 New York. March 20.-No estimate ha- ,,t been made of the loss of life in the fire that started. Tuesday night on the Phoenix line pier in Ho- boken. and it was thought the num- Der of dead never would be known. Patrick IIussey,a 'longshoreman. who was burned while trying to escape from the pier, died, Wednesday,, from the effects of his injuries.
 Dr. lIclfer, the health officer of Ho- boken. says that all the men of the British Queen have been accounted for
 Besides Hussey, four longshore- men were taken to St. Mary's hos 1 pital. and are now under treatment there. All were more or less burned. Some of the 'longshoremen who saved themselves by swimming ashore say they saw 20 or 30 men 1 leap into the river.
 Loss of Life May Never he Known.
 Although some of those who 1 jumped into the water were picked mp by tugs. it k feared that num- ber sank before they could be reached by the rescuers. Many of the 1ongshoremen are single men, and have no relatives who could re- l port them in the event Of their beng missing or having perished in the fire.
 The British Queen has hoe he'd off Communipaw. in the upH #H
 HuSsey. the long gshoremau who died. was 10 years o.d. He leaves large family.
 The Loss Very Heavy.
 Supp. Mason of the Phoenix line said that it would be impossible to definitely state the loss bY the fire in less than two weeks He was asked if he thought S1.2j0o0O would cover fl, and he replied that he did not think it would. The British Queen was worth $so0.0g0. and there Was great quantity of valuable merchandise on that vessel. OH the pier and on lighters that were Ge- stroxed. This included cotton. hides. oils, grains, and quantity of har- vestirg machinery
 incendiary Rumor Secuted
 There was q rumor that the fire Wa of iueendiary origin. but Mir Ma son said he was positive there was nc truth in ii. He said he thought the blaze started in quantity of Belgian wicker baskets Cn the Phoe- nix pier, and this was confirmed by Charles Chri>tianson, who was at work on the lighter CaStleton. which Was lying forward off the dock. Chris tIanson said the flames seemed to burst forth from pile of wicker baskets that had been uuloaGed from the British Queen on Monday. He said the fire spread m an inered- lblN short time over the outer end of the pier. The British queen was ,on abiaze. and the men on board had 10 leap into the water to save their lives. The lines by which the vessel Was moored to the pier were burned away and it was then feared that she might float against some of the docks lower down the river and ~et them atire.
 Tugs Timely Work.
 In spite of the intense heat given out by the burning steamer. a tug ran iE under her stern and made q line fast to her ruGder. Lines were then passed from several other tugs to the first one. and in that way ,he big steamship was hauled out into the stream. The ruins of the bier were still smoldcring.
 Those seriously hurt in the fire are John Jensen. who jumped from the burning pier and struck his head against beam, and Peter Carroll. who Was badly burned
 Chinese Rounded ID. The thinamen who fled from the steamship IIeathburn, when that ves- sel WaN endangered by flames. and who were captured by United States custom officers, have been returned to their ship. The Chinamen were arrested in order to prevent a poSsi- bie violation of the Chinese excltlston 1 act
 Engineer Scott safe
 Chief Engineer Scott. who il was at first reported perished in the British Queen, walked into Hobollep hotel Wednesday, He was aadIy burned about the feet. and said he had dreadful experience.
 Dallas Hotel Burned.
 Dallas, Tex.,March -"IngIeSide."