The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-02-28
70 AT ONCE REBUILD:
Illinois Central Will Promptly Re-
construct Terminals
SHIPS TOWED AWAY.
Tugs Went to the Assistance Of the
Vessels, and Of the Ten In Port
All Except Two Escaped
With ut Damage.

| New Orleans. Feb. 7s.-With the fir;
that destroyed its immense expor
terminals still burning Monday, though
beyond power to do further damage
| the Illinois Central railroad announced
that as soon as the ruins cooled force
would be put to work to clear ava,
the debris and the Stuyvesant dock!
and elevators would be promptly f.
built on a more elaborate and substan.
tial scale than before. Meantime Off.
Gals Of the road were engaged in tn.
formulation Of plans that would enabl.
them to handle the traffic now on it.
| way here from the west and avoid any
material diversion of freight from this
city. -
| Conservative estimates figure the i'm
mediate loss by the fire at $5,000,0 600
divided as follows: Two elevators
warehouses. sheds, s2,5oo.ooe; ""s,oot
bales of cotton $4,000: zoo, 900 bushels
of grain. $385,eee; $4,000 barrels Of su-
gar. 100000; cotton seed cake, 1870 car.
loads. ss7,500: lumber. 1865: cement
s56,250; meal, 20 cars, 10000: sundries,
s15o.006: 500 freight cars, 1916, 600;
damage to ships, $4,000: city fire de-
partment. two engines and six horses
$500; private PROF. and other dam
age, $216,0o0. = l
The railroad company carried It's own
insurance and contents OF various ele-
vators and sheds were insured in local
and foreign agencies. The wharves
covered 1850 feet, over a distance Of
ten blocks. There is wharfage of 35,-
coo feet, the remainder at the upper
end of the terminals being saved
through the fact that the wind blew
strongly in the opposite direction The
destroyed wharf cost $500. geo. Elevator
b. leased to Harris, Section 4 Co, Chi
Ecago. cost 100000 when built, and Ele-
vator e, which was operated by the H.
linois Central railroad, cost 100000.
Apparently no lives were lost in the
fire, though there were many narrow
escapes Of these who engaged in fight
ing the flames, owing TO their rapid
spread and lives were constantly en-
dangered by debris of all kinds that
whirled through the air. The escape Of
two fire engines were cut oft and their
crews had to run for, their lives. Driver
Charles Richardson OF No. 8 was PAIN
fully hurt. 49,.
Insurance will approximate $4,000. :
SEQ.
The fire started In one OF thu con-
veyors to elevator D. II spread with
rapidity. sparks dropping
into oil barrels on the wharf and ex-
tending the flames in every direction.
Ten ships were lying at the docks
when the fire started and all escaped
except two. The Indian OF the Leyland
line had her rails, cabin house, masts,
etc. wiped clean OFF, and the Cycle was
burned about the prov and sides. All
tugs In the harbor steamed up and hur-
ried to the scene when the fire started
and by heroic efforts succeeded in pull
ing the steamers In the river out Of
reach Of the flames.
superintendent o. M. Dunno directed
the forces of the railroad company for
several hours, and when the fre was
under control went to the once OF tn.
company, where he spent the night in
wire communication with officials east
and west and in setting lines for clear
ing the wreckage away. Ee said that
L was probable the piers, elevators and
sheds would be restored within 4 wear.
md they would ha more s1rhNf q NJ ial