The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
Turbine Harvard In Danger,
but lowed Out Of II.
DUE r0lONGsnOREMAN'S PIPE


Five Ftrrboats and 10 Land EngIn Ines
Keep the FLAMES From spreading
fire al over the pier n va
Ntnnies and Z inter Control N I.Isu,.
The big Harvard. one Of the Metropol-
itan Lines turbine sisters. took 10 the
North River Yesterday pft-rnoor a Juntu
ahead Of a fire which ate zap IN. oil Re I
star pier az West and Fulton streets
burned away the superstructuTe 81 the
Metropolitan Lines fr-ig ht carrier n. =
Dimock. destroyed lighters and coal
bargss ant ruined vast quantity 81
valuable freight and a good deal II Lag
gage Two men from bargeS went tn
hosrital with faces and hands burned,
and long after tire tire was out ILeat.
Adam Neubsrt Of Truck. who Wa co.
gagged With Others IN looking over IN.
debris Oh the pier to see # ther" We" any
bode~ there dislodged packing boN
that fell on ham and disloCated his
shoulder The fremen found no bodies
A chuckle headed Ion gshoreman was
responsible for a $3.50 cDo fire. 80 far ~
Chief Croker could gather. This husky
person selected the river end Of Pier 10
a. a comfortable place 10 fll himself
with beef sandwiches and COLI coffee.
After disposing Of the snack he sneAksi
a smoke in violation Of the rules. There
was young mountain Of rattan chairs
near him. and the plAnking Of the pier WAS
oil soaked. All around wereapiled stacks
of Georgia pine. bales OF cotton. barrels
Of oil. groceries IN wooden boxes. fruit in
crates - masses ami masses OF mixed
frsights that proved fine eating for the
flames. Neither the fremen nor the
steamship people were able to find out
who The longshoremAn was. but several
OF the roustabouts who had been wo rking
on Fourteen said that they had seen a big
fellow smoking near the rattan furniture.
When the FIRE started at 27O p. NJ.
the old pier and the one just to the north.
Pier IS, once used 10y the American Line.
were humming with activity. On the
south side Of Fourteen the Harvard was
tied up with her nose To Manhattan.
taxing on perishable and high grade
freight for Boston She was due TO sail
a. p. NJ On the north side Of the pier
icy hhF Nth ~ bceN flhtD' n NlAA'Ni W.
charged the fret ght she hrou Eht in ye-ter-
day from Boston aud was loaiing up for
a trip up last night. Across wide slip.
near the south sid. Of Pier Is. was the
Brunswick Line steam-h ip Altamahs.
taking on cargo. The buukers of the
Dmock aud the Altamaha were bein & file I
from coal barge-. and eight lighters were
shooting freight into the two freighterS
Imme lately TO the north Of Pier Is j.,
the Barclay street. ferryhouse Of til.
l-ackawannR railroad. and thousands Of
paople were hu-tling away at the bexil-
ming Of the half holiday To get their boats
To the south 81 Pier ~ il the Starin TrAr
portstIon LIiie- pier. u-ei for freight by
the LackawaDna.
Pier ~. a two story FRAME structure
tall aS an ordinary three story building
was choked with freight Gangs Of mon
were working a, the river snd derricking
boxes and barrels INTO the holds OF IN.
Harvard and the Dinhock All ~ ono.
there was yell from the far end of tho
pier. The Harvard's whistle Iet go and
started heavy chorus from The Dimock
the AHamaha and the tugs Less than
"A minute after the uprosr ~ yelling and
whistling began the river end of /, Wa
soldly sblaze and spewing up thick smoke
which drifted lazily toward the northeast
Capt. Crowsll Of the HAIRY ard saw tha'
there was no time to dawde. The whit"
paint on the port side OF his vessel wa-
beginning to- blister Luckily the breeze
swept the smoke away from the Harvard
and the engineers crew didn't have that
To- contend with. Crowell megAphonei
60 al excited little tug that was bobbing
along a few rods from the HarvArd's
stern The tug ran in. took line and
yanked out the tuTbIner stern first. They
were getting up steam so fast in the
HArvArd's stokehold that inky columns
rolled up from the boat 3 ST ck- and people
ashore thought At first that the Harvard
was afire
There hasn't been a fire in years that
travelled so fast. In five minutes the FAR
end 81 Pier II was all ahRme. In less than
fifteen minutes red waves had rolled clear
TO the West street end. As the fire got
90 the stacks Of pine or swept over tiers
Of oil barrels you could hear the cracking
and popping above the yslls Of excited
dockmen and the shrieking Of the rivsr
craft. An extraordinary amount OF smoke
was produced. IL mAntled West strest
and the waterfront for blocks above and
below the burning pier. Red and yellow
stre&ks IeApeu ntty or sixty Feet up INTO
the smoke. . spectacle that was enjoyed
by the thousands who crowded the
windows and roofs OF the skyscrapsrs.
The heat was singing a. far away from
the pier even - the store fronts along
West street.
That was about the situation when
Battalion Chief Worth sent In q second
and a third alarm. Chief Croker. driving
A. - a.
a fourth alarm. which drew all ths hrs
fighters below Fourteenth street. put the
rest of the Manhattan crews in reserve
and pulled the hreboats from their sta
tons. Croker saw in a fash that saving
Pier 10 was a job for an archAngel. not
n fireman. and he disposed has men 20 stall
OF the flames from the piers adjoining.