New-York tribune., 1904-05-30
FIRES CAUSE NOT KNOWN THOUSANDS LINE SHORE.
1t Starts on a Barge-Cmnegie
Offices SdUed.

7-,a waterfront Of Jersey City and HobolSen. for
ss14 dozen blocks swept last evening by
e,otrer fire the third since the disastrous North
-er,,en TJoyd fire Of June, 1900. The freight
.er,,,nal Of the Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western Railway was practically wiped out
s,v niers being entirely destroyed. Four men
were seriously injured, and carried to st. Mary's
TIosnital Hoboken in ambulanCes- From twen-
~ 10 thirty barges we're burned and sunk at
their roocrings between the burned piers. Scores
of barge men and their wives and children had
narrow escapes from The doomed boats, and lost
everything they possessed, except a few valu-
ables which they were able 70 carry with them
in their nieht The loss yariously esti-
mated at from 100000 TO 81 ,25OO O0O The in
surance IS large mostly in a mutual insurance
company sustained by the railroads with ter
Ininals on the New-Jersey shore.
The sudden fall Of q trestle on grain pier No.
Z was responsible for the injuries sustained by
four spectators while fully a hundred escaped
narrowly. The injured are:
MAY Joseph. residence unknown twenty-five years
old; crushed on the chest and shoulders.
MAY. ONO, No. SOS Park-ave.. HOboken, fifteen
years old; severe scalp wound.
MILLER Edward, No, 2I2 East Twenty -fourth-st,
Aew-York; burns and bruises.
EOGAA, George Teuth-St.. Jersey City: broken
shoulder and internal injuries.
For two hours the city of Hoboken. with the
great terminal piers OF the Hamburg American,
North German Lloyd and HolIand-Anerica
lines. was in grave danger. Only the stubborn
work Of tie hre-hghters afloat and ashore,
which was concentrated on Pier No 5. which is
on the line between Jersey City and Hoboken,
prevented sweeping fire. In spite of their best
efoEts the fire repeatedly jumped the iron pier,
at which the hremen were determined it should
STOP, and time and again -Hoboken buildings
caught FIRE
The fire started a little before 8 o'clock on
The barge Allen c. Churchill, OF the Starin Line
which lay the south side Of Pier No. u at
Thirteenth-st-. Jersey City No one could be found
kst night who knew any cause for the flames
on the barge. Even before an alarm could be
turned in the flames spread TO Pier No. u Barrels
Ct oil stored on the end Of the pior gave the
FIRE chance, and by the time the first hose
cart Of the Lackawanna's private fire depart-
ment had reached TIE pier the barges which
ehoAed the space between Piers Nos. u and II
were ablaze. Sparks rose high and fell on the ad-
.oihing piers to the northward Soon the entire
freight terminal was ablaze
II is believed that the second mate zvbo was
'ne oiIy person on the Churchill went down
WIN her- John Donovan, the watchman OF the
piei' Hade a patrol trip just before the fire
started and talked for some minutes with the
matt whose name is not known. The mate
lheh went aboard the boat and was not seen
sfterward
-Hosl OF the credit for checking the spread OF
ue names TO the no~thward belongs to the tugs
u nFal railway company, the Erie And Hobo
Aen owes a debt Of gratitude, no one can say
.A0" great. TO the unknown heroes who stood
y their pumps in spite Of sitting smoke and
sASeeFlhg heat, keeping streams OF sea water
AO|lng on the new pier.
1He Ahortness OF Pier gave the tugboat men
sNs chahce TO get alongside Pier 3, at which the
-4e was stopped. The heat from the coal piles,
uie burning trestle and cars on Pier was ter
--'te' YET the tugs Buffalo. Rochester, West
"ooa' Elmira and Dunmore poked their noses
INTO The gap Of clear water and turned on every
possible stream. Again and again the wood
"0iA OF the pier was on fire, and as often It
vas put out by wen directed streams The
paint on the corrugated iron siding and roof
y vas ohstered, but the tons Of water poured upon
:" prevented any fire within
PREPARE TO MOVE THE LINERS
Al the piers Immediately north Of the Hoboken
I1Iy mouse lay the steamships Moltke, Prinz
ssA@'' Pretoria and Phenicia, OF the Hamburg
,a-Aefcan = Line, and the liners Grosser Kurfurst,
-AVh Prinz Wilhelm and Trave, Of the North
S''aSh Lloyd. Remembering the great Hobo
- Aie Of four years ago, when several liners
destroyed before they could be pulled into
saeam the officers rushed men INTO the
iooins and started the blowers going. With
= . ieE minutes every vessel had enough steam
~ 70 back out into the river If the necessity
use Forty lines OF hose were run to the
-0'S q the piers. and for hours 1t
.''uessary TO keep the streams going to put out
Ayng brands
ne tugboat men had 20 take turns at the
"0se so su.locaJing was the smoke. Their hair
ss singed, their faces were blistered. sparks
80 On their shirts and burned through. They
.so 70 their posts in spite of all this. and when
-e Danger was over they put out into the
Nssln without giving their admirers shore
rhahce to learn their names
me DANGER which threatened Hoboken was
-, Dy The way the fire jumped Pier and
a.oAe out In buildings further north At G."
-, Hie tower OF the Hoboken ferry terminal
e Lackawanna was ablaze. The Hoboken
g. department had engines and hose ready. and
.ie was not allowed to gain headway.
-, ie later the Hudson Trust Company
,S'1ins' IN which Andrew Carnegie maintains
,.. eeiefai Offices OF various philanthropic en-
49, "7s caught fire. A burning brand. tossed
- W the wind. fell on the roof OF TrusIow &
go cofK factory No. 110 10 LA River-st.,
es.,, D1iiaing was set on fire. The patrol
,o~.. along the shore by the Hoboken de-
M. discovered the flames, and they were
peione serious damage had been done
piaze was promised when the roof
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