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Show STEAMERS AND DOCK BURN AT BROOKLYN '" ' ' "' ' ' " V "" in i - ii i i i-i I ! iiiiii 1 I .,.,. I Following a series of explosions, tho most spectacular flro of years In Brooklyn dostroyod tho Now York Dock company's 900-foot plor at tho foot of Pioneer streot, almost destroyed tho steamships Bolton Cnstlo, Pacific Castlo, and Bollagio, nnd burned, or partly burned, 37 lighters nnd barges. Tho vossoIb woro bolng loaded with war munitions for tho nllles. Steamship men figure tho loss to bo $4,000,000. Tho photograph shows tho plor and tho Bolton Castlo on flro. |