Deseret Evening News | 1905-12-20 | Page 1 | New York City Has a $650,000 Fire

NEW YORK I A OOOO FIRE r New Nc York Deo 20 Fire started l to today todo day do In the tie o ces of or tho Delaware Western Wester at It th tot of ot West Int spread rapidly to the tho ollee of ot the iho Cen trial of ot New Jersey and the fer ferry reI ry r houses s on the south sou tho thoI Uy I noon tho th tire was brought r and the tl fer of ot tho II Uric and an the thc P railroads werd werl out of or the clanger dangel The rhe ferry house of or the Delaware u I Western was in lulus and almost allU t a I complete while that lOlS of the Jersey Jeney Central was very er badly damaged One shed and section of oC the tie dock doek belonging to o the railroad nere re also Ilso pat dally burned The fire fro started under th floor of or tho ferry terr house where noni som rl were at work ork It I la I that one of ot the thc lamps used by h a exploded The ho feiry felT house hout was us Immediately filed fed with smoke and the tho painters had rent great In reaching the Iw floor above A ferry C rr boat with th more than thun WO tOO passengers pO aboard was 13 Ju t coming Into Info the slip when the fm started Vol limes ules of ot smoke rolled up UI through the stairway lending to the street Pas i were Hr but they were told lo to run for Cor the street the Imolee This they the did amid great confusion The hl ferry bout boat then backed Into the river The flames made rapid headway and andal nil al the tho lire lre boats boat were pressed presed Into ser pcr service vice which In I volunteered addition to several tugS tuga Tho rhe big ferry houses built buit mostly of or wood wool burned Many 1 n boats on UI their a to the I way Jersey Ildo were held hel up II In midstream Thorp here was wal great tOe e of ot commuters who were landing when the fire In started crowded Iho th blazing building extra policemen wore were called to give the firemen a n chance to work The loss los Is at ut