The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-05
SENSATION AND SEQUEL
OF BROOKLYN FIRE

The first dispatches regarding the fire
at the American Hawaiian steamship
wharyes were as follows:
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-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
8 o'clock, and the damage is roughly
estimated at 100000.
One of the destroyed piers, No. o,
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 A
bale There were many narrow escapes
from the three steamers and lighters
and at this hour it is reported several
lives were lost
At I:3o a. m. the big freight steamers
American. Nebraslean and Arizonan,
which ply between this port and the
Hawaiian islands, and the fre1ghter
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.
7, 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
merchandise.
The steamers Nebraskan, American,
and Arizonan were tied tip at the pier. The
FIRE spread so rapidly that the steamers
were in flames before the crews could be
aroused, and escape by the pier was
cut off All on board the steamers had
to Jump overheard to save their lives.
The barge Victor had been cut adrift
from the pier to try and save the struct-
ure. The flaming barge drifted over to
the other side, alongside the Adelaide,
and in a few moments the Adelaide was
afre and the flames had communicated
to Pier 6, also freighted with cotton ano
general merchandise.
Tied up to this pier was the large
Transatlantic liner City of Palermo, run
ming between New York and Mediter-
ranean ports and loaded with a general
cargo. including a quantity OF cotton,
The flames from the pier communicated
TO the helpless vessel and her crew had
to abandon her and take TO the water
to save their lives.
At 3 o'clock this morning all that re-
NAMED of the piers was cfarred ends
of piles sticking above the water | he
steamers Nebraskan, American and Arr
conan were burned to the waters edge
and the City of Palermo looked like a
total loss. The f1remen were practically
helpless against the flames, as both
piers were ablaze from shore to the ex-
IRENE water end.
1t was the third fire on the piers in
two weeks. The fire1nen could not say
whether they were incendiary Where
such large quantity of cotton is stored
there is always danger of spontaneous !
The last fire on the piers !
occurred two days ago and resulted III |
a damage of $4,000
LOSSES MODIFIED.
The Call the same morning modified /
The losses as follows:
kilograms received in this city yes
erday by the Merchants Exchange and
1y Williams, Dimond & Co announce
hat the steamships American and Ari-
roman, reported to have been destroyed
n the great Brooklyn fire yesterday
morning, escaped the flames. The Ari-
.onan was slightly charred, but the
American was not even scorched.
Four steamers were reported burned
o the waters edge, one of which is the
Nebraskaa. and in her case the report
S doubtless true The Nebraskan,
Alaskan. Oregonian, Hawaiian, Ameri-
an and Arizonan, ships of the Ameri-
line. are bound for San
Francisco, consigned to Williams.
)imonc & Co. The Arizonan and
American have just received new COM
handing officers, and about the first
,ood work these captains did was to
ave their ships. The Nebraskan is