Show mG FIRE ATDUUN PitA I OUR BLOCK OP WATEII FRONT ALE Lose Will Reach Kaif a Mlon iDol 18raior Compelled to Jump Into the River For Safety New York Oct 4Fir broke out shortly after 3 oclock this afternoon at pier No El East river Brooklyn and did damcge to the amount of hat a million dollars Pier No 39 adjoins the naval stores of John Hammond extendIng from Coffey to Valcott streets At pier No 39 the fourmasted BritIsh ship ndorenha was lying discharging dis-charging a cargo composed principally butts saltpetre shellac and rav of jute salpetre shelac rw I silk A north wind fanned tht lame fiercely and In a few minutes the waterfront for four blocks exteltdln from Van Dyke to YalcCtt streets was ablaze Three alarms anti special cal were sent out bringing to the scene of the conflagration aU the fire apparatus In the lower half of the city together with four freboats from Manhattan I and two belonging to Brooklyn Heavy black smoke settled over the Eat river as far as Long Island sound and extended ever the lower part of Brooklyn so that It became necessary to Ught lampE In business houses Among the heaviest lossesis that of George Hammond owner of the naval stores hlch is estimated at S1000GO The Andorenha Is owned by F W Roberts Rob-erts ot Liverpool England and valued at 00Ot She was consigned to Rally Brothers commission mecat Th blazing vessel was towed down to the Gowanus fats and probably wi prove a total loss The Brooklyn Wharf Warehouse company according to the best estimates wi lose liOOOO An Inspectr of the lire department tonight said thrt a number of the employees I em-ployees of the Hammond stores said neat fr fs I the lire I dar the hold of the Andorenha The sailors however say that the fire started In the bales of jute on the pier So rapidly did the fire spread that the saior aboard the craft were compelled to jump into the water to sac themselves them-selves The GeranAmerIcan stores had 503 bales of cotton and IOa bales of jute stored In pier No 29 all of which was destroyed The names ot the owners ot this could not be learned |