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Show STEAMERS AND DOCK BURN AT BROOKLYN : : ' : ' : : ' ' ' . I v! BiA 'JP&r v - In Following a series of explosions, the most spectacular Are of years in Brooklyn destroyed the New York Dock company's 900-foot pier at the foot of Pioneer street, almost destroyed the steamships Bolton Castle, Pacific Castle, and Bellagio, and burned, or partly burned, 37 lighters and barges. The vessels were being loaded with war munitions for the allies. Steamship men figure the loss to be $4,000,000. The photograph shows the pier and the Bolton Castle on fire. |