New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
BIG BLAZE ON PIER
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wanted The water tower was brought
/ ing all around two strong streams We're
| soon playing on the flames as they licked
up the upper portion of the building.
/ which, while it had only two stories, rose
to the height Of full three stories Of an
ordinary structure.
While ali this was going on inside and
in front of the pier sheds and Offices the
! flames were eating through the wooden
casing toward the north and the CORFU
! gated iron outer structure was twisting
and falling off. The light materials in
side We're carried by the wind and the
smoke rose in thick volumes. and almost
1 bIotted out the lighters and barges in
! the basin between the Metropolitan COM
pany's pier and Pier 10. formerly used
by the American Line, but now occupied
by the Brunswick Steamship Company.
Men Have Narrow Escape.
The big freighter Altamaha. of that
line, was loading at the pier. and Cap
! tain Patrick Hart. seeing the danger.
moved her out into the stream, taking
along a lighter which was dfscharging
/ into the freighter The Bush terminal
/ lighter Katie was putting freight on
! board the II. F. Dimock and she. like
/ the big steamer. took fire. Two Of the
men on board. Peter johnson, of No.
/ 245 ParEee street Stapleton. Staten Isl
! and. and Charles Holme, of No So West
/ 44th street, Bayonne, y. j. held or as
/ long as they could, but finally decided
/ that they had d better chance in the
water than on board the barge. They
jumped overheard.
They were lost to view il the murky
smoke. and only by accident did Robert
Bardwell, an ironworker, of No. 1 Lib
erty street. who had gone down to Pier
Il. see the two men in the water. He
told the men on the freboat James
Duane. Firemen John Walsh and Will
lam Mareck jumped overheard, and, di-
rected by the voices OF the men who had
got hold of some floating wreckage.
reached them.
They had some difficulty in getting
them to the freboat. and Acting Cap
tain Burke. Of the Brooklyn Bridge
Traffic Squad. jumped Off Pier 10 and
went 10 their aid. While the two fire
men held the drowning men above water
Burke showed the log to which they were
cIincine toward the Duane, and Captain
Kenlon and Battalion Chief Worth
pulled them aboard.
A Portuguese worker on the Morgan
barge No. 81 also jumped overheard to
avoid the flames which were licking up
his craft. He was il a bad plight when
Captains Castrob. OF the United States
Volunteer Lifesaying Corps. of Thros 5
Neck. who happened - be down on Pler
Il. watching the fire, jumped IN ana
dragged him TO safety.
Both were pulled up on the pier with
some difficulty. as the drowning Portu-
guese had Eripped his preserVer and was
pried away with difficulty hy means of
boathooks. Johansou and Ho,me were
taken in ambulauccs to the New York
Hospital. where their burns were
dressed. while the other man went
home.
Two other men jumped overheard
from the Dimock when Sire was being
toved away. on fire. from the pier. They
were pulled out with boathooks by super
lrtendent Pierce and Dock Superinten-
dent Stanley. 0f the Brunswick Line.
They did not give their names. but it is
believed that they were two Portuguese
fremeu. Manuel and Ramon. who. were
the only two missing of the c-ew Of the
Dimock when she was brought back to
Pier - st { p. m.
Try 20 Save Pets.
Some Of the sights on the lighters Of
fered a comic side. One big bearded
man emerged from hrs Htae cabin with
a cage I'm which was canary bird in
his arms. and he cried when the cage
went overheard Another man had
goat which bucked and hacked. but
finally went overheard rs the man took
to the water and was rescued a woman
on enc barge had "a pot OF Eerauiums in .
her arms They were lost overheard as
the woman WAS dragged 10 safety on the
pier Tho captain of one of the barees
bewaue6 ;ls loss of the e8tabl5s and
drinkables which he had brought on
board for a Sunday party. ta which he
had invited "A number Of friends
While the lighters and harEes. includ-