New York Feb. 16.
A fire, believed to have, been caused by an incendiary, has destroyed the strs. Bolton Castle (5,826 tons: 1914: Lancashire Shipping Ca., Liverpool) ud Pacific (1 4210 for 914: W. H. Cocker-line & Ca., Hull), scores of scows and lighters and 900 feet of the Pier at Brook!
The steamers were loading for An explosion of the boilers forced the seamen to jump overboard. Over twenty-five firemen belonging to the Bolton Castle are missing.
The loss amounts to. over
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