Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-21

heard all over the island. and in the
hospitals and buildings of the other in
situations there was a panic, which was
quoted with difficulty by the nurses. ply
sicians and keepers.
The fire was confined to the womens
worNhouse.
Although only part of the convicts were
| used In rescuing the women, those who
| remained locked in their cells made fran
| tic appeals to be allowed TO help As
the screams OF the women penetrated to
their cells some of the convicts fell upon
| their knees. beating the bars with their
! fists and imploring the guards to let them
| out 10 fight the fire. When refused they
! begged that at least the guards go to the
| rescue, promising that they would be their
| own iailers.
| The fire, lasting over two hours, and
| consuming all OF the women's prison, the
hospital and half OF the workhousc. lighted
up the shores Of Long Island and the
shipping in the East river and gilded the
tall buildings on the New York side Of
| the river. The wood work in the work
| house, being fifty years old burned almost
| like paper. The loss is estimated at $50 600
| Ferry Houses Burn.
! Two OF the immense terminal buildings at
|
the Hudson river. were burned today. The
! loss was estimated at $4,000 Crowded
ferryboats and hundreds Of passengers were
unloading at the terminals when a series of
| explosions were heard and Immediately
dense volumes of smoke filled the gree
buildings, followed quickly by flames. Great
! alarm prevailed and the ferryboats,
| despite the flames. kept landing passengers
from New Jersey at portions OF the docks,
and terminals which were not on fire. The
! police from four stations had to be sum-
moned TO keep order, Several employees Of
the railroads were severely burned and five
men were reported missing after the FIRE vas
under control. The new ferryhouse of the
| Delaware, I.ackawanna & Western and OF
the Jersey Central railroads We're almost
! total losses. They were the newest ferry
f! terminals in the city, the Lackawanna
! building still undergoing its finishing
touches, and the Jersey Central having been
completed only two months ago. The ter
minals of the Erie railroad and of the
Pennsylvania were in such danger for a
time that the fire department centered a.
most all its efforts on saving there. One
small freight shed belonging TO the. Erie
and part OF the dock was damaged.
starts in Paint shop.
! The FIRE started in paint shop in the
Lackawanna building, presumably from a
defective electric wire, 4 ferrybost was
Just discharging 900 passengers into this
building. when smoke, flames and a series
of explosions burst from the paint shor
nearby. So rapidly did the flames spread
that when the fire department had gutter
TO the work the intense heat was already
melting the copper sheathing on the wall.
of the building A 24O-foot tower OF the
Lackawanna building, burning from top &c
bottom. fell into the Hudson river. carry,
ing a direction clock down with it, TIL,
roof of this building fell, leaving little ex
cept walls standing, and the Jersey Cen
trail building was almost badly wrecked
The rescue Of $4,000 worth of tickets ant
cash from safe in the Jersey Contra
offices was a feature Of the fire. A II
Jacldn. an officer Of the road, ran into tn
office and got possession Of the valuable
before he was overcome by smoke. Som
clerks carried him out OF the buildings
Hundreds of trunks are reported 10 hav
been destroyed in the two burned terminals
w. G. Pesler, vice president and genera
manager Of the Jersey Central, announce
that the ferryhouse OF his company was
total loss.