American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-05-07
FIRE AT NEW CASTLE.


At meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia, anc
the adjoining districts. held at the City Hail. on the
S0th day of April 1894, in pursuance of public
notice. to devise means for the relief of the fer
ers by the late Fire at Newcastle; JOSEPH
WATSON, Mayor Of the City, was called to the
Chair, and john C. Lowber was appointed Secre-
tary.
The following communications were laid before
the meeting, by the chairman:
Newcastle, April 28th, 1924.
SIR, The very severe calamity that has befallen
this town is no doubt known to you. meeting
of hose citizens who have not suffered by this dis.
tressing event has been this day held, and in add.
ton 10 the aid that can be obtained in this place and
its vicinity, it has been deemed proper to ask ia
behalf Of the unfortunate sufferers some assistance
from the benevolent OF our sister states. BY that
meeting have been appointed Committee of Cor
respondence, and through you, as Mayor of the CT
~, we submit to The inhabitants of Philadelphia,
the address and Resolutions which were adopted.
Our town now bears the aspect Of sorrow and desc
lation More than twenty families and those a.
mongst our most industrious and worthy citizens,
without any shelter except that which has been
promptly rendered them by those whose houses rs
capped the coDHagration-but a lew days since they
were in easy circumstances and engaged in business
that afforded them comfortable support.
calamity has deprived them of their property, and
LEFT them without the of again establishing
themselves or acquiring subsistence. Should their
destitute situation interest las we have doubt ii
wilD the sympathy and charity Of your citizens,
we, on their behalf will gratefully acknowledge the
assistance that may be offered them.
We are very respectfully, your o6dt servts'
KENSEY JOHNS, Jr, K, ]. VAN DYKE,
CHARLES THOMAS.
JosEPH WATSON, ESQ.
Mayor of the Civ of PHILADELPHIA.
Here follows the Resolutions &c. published in
the Waterman of the Soth ul.
The following preamble and resolutions were
then offered and unanimously adopted.
Whereas our synpathes have been warmly ex
cited by very distressing and destructive fire in
the town Of Newcastle, Delaware, which has de-
pived upwards OF twenty families of 8 comfortable
home and the means OF subsistence And whereas
at a town meeting held in Newcastle on the 28th
instant, sundry resolutions were adopted and an ap
peal made to q generous public stating the q.
mount of the loss and the peculiar situation OF the
sufferers copy oil which proceedings has been
forwarded by the Committee of Correspondence
and received by the Mayor of this city ;-And
whereas we feel ourselves called upon to follow the
iaudable practice hitherto pursued, in similar cases
% distress. and stretch forth the hand OF assistance
to those who mourn over the ashes OF their habta-
tio1s--Therelore
Resolued, That Committees be appointed 10 each
Of the city wards and the adjoining districts, TO
Iic the aid Of all charitable and sympahsing cisi-
zens, for the relief OF the unfortunate sufferers in
Newcastle.
Resotved, Tha, Committee be appointed to SUI
perintend the collections, to correspond with the
committee OF the citizens of Newcastle to pre-
pare end publish report Of the proceedings when
the business is closed, and to adopt such measures
as they may deem necessary Tor etfecting the object
Of this meeting.
Resolved, That ELInU CHAuHcEY, Esq Cash
Ter Of the Bank Of Pennsylvania, be appointed
Treasurer Of this meeting, TO receive the several
deposits Of The committees of collection.
Resolred That the Captains o. the Steam Boats
respectively, be appointed TO receive any donations
from passengers Tor the relief of the sufferers and
that the committee Of superintendent furnish them
with subscription papers tor that purpose
The Committees mentioned in the foregoing re-
solutions then appointed.
Resolved, That each of the foregoing Commit
sees be empowered to fill all vacancies which shall
occur ia its number.
JOSEPH WATSON, Chairman.
JoHN. G. LowBER, Secretery.
An opinion Of Judge Frsnklin's which corrects a
sery generally received opinion touching the return
of EXECUTIONS is reported in our paper TO day.
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