The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-11-08
SENSATION AND SEQUEL
OF BROOKLYN FIRE


The first dispatches regarding the FIRE
at the Amcrican-ll Hawaiian steamship
WharNcs were al follows;
NEW YORK. Oct. 2S.-Two piers,
four large steamships and two lighters
were DESTROYED by fire early this morn.
ing at the foot OF Forty second street.
Brooklyn The fire was still burning at
3 O'Clock, and the damage is roughly
estimated at S3oooooo.
One Of the destroyed piers. No. 8,
which cost $4,000. burned TO the wa
ter's edge and was the largest pier in
New York harbor. The ships were all
laden and the piers were filled with valu-
able merchandise. Part of the loss was
10000 bales OF cotton valued at $50 n
bale. There were many narrow escapes
from the three steamers and lighters
and at this hour it is reported several
lives were lost.
AT 80 a. m. the big freight steamers
American Nebraskan and Arizonan
which ply between this port and the
Hawaiian islands, and the freighter
City of Palermo were on fire. The
tremendous flames that rolled up from
them illuminated the whole southern
sky and attracted attention all over
Manhattan. The barges Victor and
Adelaide, laden with cotton were de-
stroyed. They were lying at Pier No.
T. one of the two destroyed.
The fire started on board the barge
Victor and spread rapidly until the en-
tire barge was ablaze and the flames
had communicated to the pier, stored
to its capacity with cotton and generai
The steamers Nebraskan, American,
md Arizonan were tied up at the pier. The
FIRE spread so rapidly that the steamers
we're in flames before the crews could be
aroused, and escape by the pier was
tut off. All on board the steamers had
% jump overheard to save their lives. |
The barge Victor had been cut adrift |
from the pier to try and save the struct-
ire. The flaming barge drifted over to
he other side, alongside the Adelaide, !
md in a few moments the Adelaide was
fire and the flames had communicated |
o Pier 9, also freighted with cotton ana
general merchandise
Tied UP to this pier was the large
liner City of Palermo, run
ling between New York and Mediter-
anean ports and loaded with general
'argo, including quantity of cotton.
he flames from the pier communicated |
o the helpless vessel and her crew had |
o abandon her and take to the water
o save their lives.
AT 3 o'clock this morning all that re-
NAMED of the piers was charred ends
# piles sticking above the water. The
teamers Nebraskan, American and Ari-
oman were burned to the waters edge
md the City of Palermo looked like a
otal loss. The fremen were practically
,elpless against the flames. as both
,iers were ablaze from shore to the ex-
rene water end.
1t was the third fire on the piers in
wo weeks. The fremen could not say
whether they were incendiary. Where
such a large quantity of cotton is stored |
here is always danger of spontaneous
The last fire on the piers
occurred two days ago and resulted in
A damage of $4,000.
LOSSES MODIFIED.
The Call the same morning modified |
he losses as follows:
Telegrams received in this city yes
erday by the Merchants Exchange and |
~ Williams, Dimond & Co. announce |
hat the steamships American and Arl- |
zonan, reported to have been destroyed |
in the great Brooklyn fire yesterday |
morning, escaped the flames The Ari-
conan was slightly charred, but the
American was not even scorched.
Four steamers were reported burned |
% the waters edge, one of which is the
and in her case the report
S doubtless true. The Nebraskan
Alaskan, Oregonian, Hawaiian, Ameri-
IAN and Arizonan, ships of the Ameri- |
AN Hawaiian line, are bound for San
Francisco, consigned to Williams. |
Dimond & Co. The Arizonan and
American have just received new com
officers, and about the first
good work these captains did was to
save their ships. The Nebraskan is
by Captain Weeden.