Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1902 — FLAMES VISIT JERSEY CITY. [ARTICLE]

FLAMES VISIT JERSEY CITY.

Mammoth Pier and Other Property Worth *500,000 Im Destroyed.

Jersey City had a $500,000 fire Sunday. One of the eight mammoth piers of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, on the south side of what is known as the "gap,” and located west of Washington street, was burned to the water's edge. It was built twelve years ago at a cost of SIOO,OOO. In it were stored when the fire sirrted 200 car loads of dour, valued at $200,000; 8,000 bags of sugar, 5,000 bagv of peas, thousands of boxes of flaked oats and innumerable cases of canned beans and other vegetables.