The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 5, 1900, Page 1

F Bremen and >: | the water's ede * Jars’ worth of proper ed, and probably 200 persons lost| | their lives | | Thefire began at 3:45 p. m. Atl that hour the pier was « rowded 4 1 There were at least Eman Lloyd steamers, and fully 900] » other persons flow many of these escaped is prob- if bmatical. The steamship officials say that at ‘yeast ed ba: all ir 8 the Vacant. ed Eh hatch were from twelve to four- o lieved 200 Lives are Lost. New York, Ji acotton bale North Germ in ee y boken projet “por to-day an unparalleled catastro- Phen this—a pificant cause- jp six minute had i the | “eompany’s envit m of wharves. | Three great « liners—the Main, where burned to} employes. ~ Jongshoremen at andinthe holds of the Nc work on the piers ¢ is three times that of those that perished betwee louble deaths of fire and water. The cotton in which the f piled up awaiting joining it was a pyramid of whisky gand screamed a ky exploded, casting directions. With incredible ra- dity the blazing spirits flooded the piers, igniting all in its ed a the mad haste to escape. d women s salmpere ‘di for wine Board the ships the ble. rsheds t rard. arly every port in flanks was open to the on ht of the flames. Their tarre canvass awnings, were tin in the path. Their -ned is’ very e pier w @covered driveway. It acted as lfor the fire. Ina flash the had traversed this outles and Seizing upon therein. @-Line pier, just bought from that Amillion in her ‘and on the Men at work. On the Kaiser elm was her crew, a force num- be at least 400 men. On the e Kaiser Wilhelm was the first to iB (of dollars were invested he Butler Week VOL. XXII. R OCEAN GREYHOUNDS BURNED. men, Main, Saale and the Phoenica Destroyed at New York Piers. 30.—A flash of fire} of the} in Ho- vy York har- on pier I harves d upon Ne apparently fir n that owed a . Thenty million dol- was destroy- rth Ger- be dead, and eighty must ind v number estarted shipment. Ad. A pay clerk first saw the Al- the ire rrels warning asifanechoto his words, jets of Horses and trucks were aban- men lives. was uproar ip the sides of the ie flames burst their wa Rushi1 V great steamers at the mer- for the burning yawned following osion r oth az agents depths. rere the started is the north tire to its neighbor on the cargoes piled In aminute—not more that—the ed. ve the ships !"’ the worth was the second pier was was the ery. old Thing- yy. Onits south side lay the @ brand news teamship, valued 500,000, and with a cargo of hold. South of north side of pier 1 e Bremen. On the south side 1 was the aship, Kaiser the second great eXpress Wilhelm der largest liner in Saale, and the other piers} e are on anaverage six hatches ks of each of these ships. In m was a force of 250 and onthe 300. Onthe Main 300 ms. 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FARM LOANS. 209 COOV9EPOOO LD COOOOPPOOODD U0 e drove slowly out into the stream, and as she emerged at this snail-like pace, the fire leaped for- ward and she was ablaze in the bow. Beyond were the Saale, the Main ingulifed. Herded on creatures fought lay before und and the Bremen, her decks, frantic for life. Their alternative them. They must jump d or burn. Seores leaped into the 1 by the drowned tempt ath by drowning, remain and, Hudson. passing The attempted to Some were ti re but many were sailors of the Bremen launch a lifeboat, but burned before the boat ace of the pants, numbering the ropes were reached the | the t water, and perhaps score, were precipitated into the river. No help could reach them, to the intense heat, not n building As the Saale was oceu- | owing who could | the those and from burning W away were drowned. into the h hauled streams men were seen at port Is and shrieking > Was no and the majority for as- waving ha sistance. for escape se unfortunates, of the the: In tow of tugs the Saale and Bre- | into the stream, which men were dragged flames, and funnels; from one a fierce of went licking the other every part of th ture. In the engine and fire room of the thirty Some of these man mass | up masts tire over-heated struc- en bursting Bremen about persons were | ged im- imprisoned. to escape, but nineteen men wer prisoned in this compartment while working the bilge pumps. All after. noon and until late to-night fireboats were pouring streams of water into the hold of the Bremen, which these unfortunates were pump out in order to prevent from To-night rescuers are at work with cold chisels in an effort to penetrate the steel bulkhead which confines the gallant nen was beached to-nig sey flats. -night the Saale is a total wreck. How many of he not be determined, but only total compelled to death drowning nineteen. it on sr crew perished can 37 men were rescued out of a force of about 125 or 150. The steamship Main was burned at her pier in Hoboken, the tugs being unable to haul her from the scene of | the original fire. Meanwhile the flames had spread | from the north German Lloyd piers in Hoboken to adjoining warehouses, | factories and wharves. The local firemen were overwhelmed | by the magnitude of the fire, but for the assistance rendered by the fire-| boats from New York the properth damage would have been mucy greater. Dynamite was freely used to check We lave the cheapest money to loan ever offered in the county. | ter of the town and relieved him | young men pounded the robber into | Later in the n | leg. Cail on us. AAR RAD RAANDARDADLA AAD NO ROR EOOD the progress of the flames, and this expedient probably saved the city of Hoboken At dusk the whole water front was still ablaze, but at = this mid- night, the tire is under control. The steamships Main and Saale had been chartered by the hour, Christian Endeavor society to carry 300 members to Lon- None of the on board, not sche dul ed to sailuntil July AN INSURANCE AGENT. don. Endeavorers were however, as the vessel wis 2 TAYLOR Late Governor of Kentucky Will New Write Life Risks. Indianapolis, Ind., June 29.—W. 3. late to-day closed a Paylor governor of Kent deal which he of insur: by now special agent m ince company. Mr. Ts made the ment himself, and said he would Monday. is the first statement h iylor annoul sume his new duties garding his deal with Mr. ecutive ivlor will org of several quarters in t cit He declines to discuss Kentucky fairs. He would not say whether he would respond to a summons to t tify in the i with complicity in the Goebel mur- trials of the men charg der. Hold-Up at Brookfield. Brookfield, Mo., June 20.—Three highwaymen held up Jack Nicholson last night almost in the business cen- of his watch. Nicholson grabbed one of the robbers and yelled for the po- Officer McCune was just around the corner and when he appeared the other two robbers fled. Charley Williamson heard the alarm and hur- ried to the scene. The robber was a big. burly fellow and put up adesper- ate fight. The officer and the two lice. insensibility nd locked him up. this two associates | They were sent to] iit the action of the} The highwaymen gave their names as Frank Sullivan, Jas Williams and Joseph Ellsworth. The latter is a cripple, having only one were captured. jail to-day toa grand jury. People that are annoyed by flies should remember that clusters of the fragrant clover that grows by nearly every road side, if hungin the room and let dry and shed its faint per- | fume through the air, will driveaway more flies than saucers of molasses and fly traps and fly papers ean col- lect.—Ex, THU RSDAY. is | JULY 1900. os WHY YOUNG MEN FAIL. | TWO HEIRESSES RUN A TRAIN. Hetty Green Says the Scarcest Thing Man. POOR RICHARD. Reliable and Miss Josephine Reynolds Miss Van Buren Replace men Ww try to do too1 | says Hetty Green, t Engineer and Fireman € jin America Ji e | Journal sult is that t A BANK | don't kr rus t RESULT OF BANTERING WAGER . I ; ap ele . 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