The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-19
at LEAST Two lives
LOST In HOBOKEN FIRE
Several Men Have Not Been
Accounted For.
MOST OF MISSING TURN UP
Great COnhagratiOn Was Probably Start
ed by an Electric Light Wire Defee-
lively STANDARDIZATION Dollars Will
Hardly Cover the Loss to Wharves.

NEW YORK March 1.-Two men lost
their lives and several others have not
yet been accounted for as a result OF the
fire which broke out on the Phoenix Line
pier in Hoboken last night.
Patrick Hussey. = longshoreman. died
in St Mary's Hospital at I O'Clock this
morning and a fireman. Thomas J. CoOney.
while at work trying 20 extinsuish the
flames on the burning steamship, fell
overheard and was drowned.
one OF the piers Of the Phoenix line is
totally destroyed, nothing but a pile of
charred timbers remaining.
The adjoining pier belonging TO the
same company, is almost wholly burned
down. too, and portion of the Barber
steamship Company pier. directly south
OF 1t, is partially burned away.
Only HuIks Remain.
Three lighters and barge that were
tied up TO the pier at which the fire start
ed. were also burned. and the only traces
OF them that remained this morning wese
/ the blackened hulks and burned timbers
that coated down the river with the tide,
{ y
No definite estimate Of the damage
caused by the fire has yet been made.
but it is believed that the total loss will
foot up nearly 81. COO. 600.
The dreboats are stiU at work pump
ing water into the British Queen, and If
any portion Of her cargo is saved the loss
viii be considerably Iessened.
List Of Injured.
The injured are
Herman Anderson, a Swede. captain Of
the barge Towanda; his wife. Matilda.
and their eighteen months-oId child, Ma
RE.
Peter Carroll. Icngshoreman, 20 CharI-
ton Street, New York city.
John Jansen, sailor. OF the British
Queen.
Harry Benson, Waterman. OF the lighter
Mystic
Chief Engineer Robert Scott. Of the
British Queen. who was thought to have
persisted in the IRE. turned up shortly
after 10 o'clock this morning. He had
been rescued by the steamship Heath
burn.
Three members Of the crew OF the Brit
I ish Queen were still missing today. but.
as the crew had been reporting in twos
/ and threes since midnight. il is expected
that they will yet turn up.
Two longshoremen were also reported
missing at the pier this morning, but il
( is not believed that they have lost their
I lives.
How COOney Persisted.
Thomas !, COoney was drowned while
the freboat Seth Low was trying to ex-
tinguish the flames on the British Queen.
after she had been towed down the river
to Bedloe's Island.
He was working on the deck Of the FIRE
boat and wore a heavy rubber coat and
a pair Of rubber shoes The fremen had
been forcing streams Of water into the
burning steamship since o'clock this
morning and the boat was enyeloped in
such cloud Of smoke that It was with
difficulty the hremen could see one an
other as they worked.
Cooney lost his balance and fell over
board.
He sank before anyone could throw
him line. and his body was not seen
" ND-4AS 10 inc surface again
Forty Men IN Crew.
The officers and crew OF the British
Queen consisted Of forty men
Twenty-Five Of the men were cared for
at the Salvation Army headquarters in
Hoboken last night and this morning.
Two others got shelter after the fire in
a hotel Another. John Jansen. was
D er.fs
were under arrest at police Headquarters
on charge Of being drunk and assault
I ing the third officer, Chief Engineer
Scott was accounted for later in The day.
and the eight officers who were on duty
at the time Of the fire all reported short
" after midnight at Meyers Hotel, where
! they stayed all night
The captain Of the British Queen WAS
I not on board since she docked in Ho-
/ bOken. He was taken to St Marv's Hos
/ pital On Friday last, suffering from
I dropsy.
One Of the stories circulated last night
/ IN regard TO the origin Of the fire was
| that IL had been started by some Of the
sailors who had a grievance against the
| officers.
All the officers said this morning that
/ the story was ridiculous.
Electric Wires the Cause.
/ me hre started at the river end Of
the pier, and from what could be learned
today from the brief investigation which
had been made, IL was caused by cleo
trio light wires.
The pier was built Of wood. there was a
great deal Of infammabIe material stored
| IN II. and spark was enough TO start
| a blaze.
| The high wind carried the flames across
TO the steamship which was tied along
| side
| The fire spread so rapidly that the Off
| GERS and men had the race Of their lives
/ 10 jump on board the lighters that were
| mOOred close by.
| Both men and officers lost all their af-
! tects. Some Of them tried TO save their
| clothing and valuables and I'm doing so
had many narrow escapes from SelnR
| caught IN the burning gangways.
! million dollars viii hardly cover. the
/ i9ss to wharfs. property and shipping
THE 0RlEBUND TREATIES
Negotiations for Them Are Progressing
FavOrably.
TERTTN NIL.