Big Fire in Erie Basin, 1901 By The Red Hook WaterStories team A huge fire destroyed Beard's Wharf in Erie Basin. The steamship Idlewild was destroyed, but luckily drifted away and prevented further damage to other ships. Tags: Beards' Wharf, Boyer Company, Crooke, Dunstan, Erie Basin, Erie Basin Dry Dock and Repair Company, fire, Idlewild, John N. Robins Company, Manning's yacht basin, Portland, Saint Dunstan, saltpeter, Starin Line Subjects: Erie Basin
