Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1905 — Big Fire in the Docks. [ARTICLE]

Big Fire in the Docks.

New York, Aug. 8. —Inside of threequarters of an hour tire swept away the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad company’s terminal in Hoboken, seized two ferryboats and practically ruined them, and for half an hour threatened the destruction of the entire water front in the vincinity, including the Hamburg-American and North German Llyod steamship docks, at which several big ships were lying. The estimate of the property damage is $500,000. No lives were lost, and only one fireman was severely injured.