Show THE PIERS ON FIRE A Heavy Loss to the team SLI People < c TWO OF THE BOAfS TiKE FIEF C And rp Towed Out In MidStream aud tIt Passengers fctemoved Gpiioril News Notes Tho Piers n Fire NEW YORK January 295 pm Piers Eight and Nine North River occupied oc-cupied by the Cromwell line of steamers to New Orleans are on fire a number of engines have been summoned to the fire One steamer burning consider blj has been towed out into the river Pier Nine which is occupied by the Cromwell line WILL BE DESTROYED Pier Eight occupied by the Southern Railroad of New Jersey is on fire but flames there may be extinguished But me steamer the name of which cannot be learned took fire The chances are good for suppressing the flames aboard of her FURTHER PARTICULARS Fire broke out this afterpoon on Cromwell Line pier No North Riven and its contents were destroyed The steamers of this line ply between New York and New Orleans Wmn the i ngine summoned by three alarms of iregot to tile scenethwhoie pier was a mass of flames Alongside the qiier lay the steamer Liuisinny which was just ready to sail and on her deck were passengers waving their adieojto their friends on the shore v IOn I-On the other side of thq dock was the steamer New Orleans Both vessels were towed out to midstream The pasen gers on the Lmiis > ana were taken off by the police officers who are protecting the nonunion worsnen The vessels upper works were in flames while the passengers were being passd down the side The Louisiana was towed out into the stream and the flames extinguished i extin-guished It was reported that thehre I WAS STARTED BY TIJE STRIKERS but the police deny this i The police estimate the damage all told at about SO000 fully insured The cause of the ire is not known 1 |