| Show LOSS HALF A MILLION FortyThree Passenger Coaches Were Destroyed All of Them New and Modern San Francisco Cal Nov 20Time Southern Pacific depot and ferry slips at time end of the Alameda mole which extends ex-tends fur Into the bay from the eastern shore were totally destroyed by lire early this morning A large number ot passenger passen-ger coaches were also buined The lire broke out from some unknown cause soon after time ferryboat Oakland hud reached the Blip on her nn trip from this city It was about 1 oclock and tin kitchen crew of the steamer had retired to their lodgings In a small structure near the end ol the pIer Suddenly the Humes burst out quickly spreading through the depot a big building of wood and class The upper works of the Oakland Oak-land caught lire und her captain was forced to cut loose ami leave hSs men behind be-hind Tho burning buildings and flips were Inaccessible for lire engines it omit the Alameda Ala-meda county shore but two llroboals were dispatched to time sceii from this oily and aided In confining the Humes to the end of time mole Nothing else could br done howiver and everything on the t broad extension of the liter wait soon totally to-tally destroyed Train Dispatcher Walker estimates the loss at from IWe > lo JoOOGCO Upside tile slips and buildings eighteen broad gauge passenger coacne and twentyfive narrowgaiiBu coaches were burned Tin ferry steamer Enclnal which was moored to the mole was towed to a place of safety The depot wits the terminal for traIns to Santa Crun and also for the trains to Oakland md AlanirdJt The depot was coiiKtructed on Mlledln ground studdnd b > piles and was used as an approach for Ito Oakland and Alameda trains The cars In uio on time line are of the most am > roved pattern During time hint year the Southern Pu elllc company has expended many thousands thou-sands ot dollar In repairing the ap pfouches lo the mole and the wharf proper The ferry bulldlugti proper covered cov-ered several aeies and contained iho well lilted ofllces of the railroad operatives |
