Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-02
MARYLAND ITEMS.

GREAT FIRE AT PoRT DEPoSIT.-Destructioa Of the
Sash factorv-AQg0O feet Of Lap5er, us tons Of Hqv
Loss S15000-About half past one O'Clock on We'd
nesday morning last the watchman of the sash fac
tory at Port Deposit was alarmed by the barking of
his dog at the door of the engine room, and look
ing out he discovered fire in the rear of Stebbings
butcher shop, which was soon communicated to some
nnlsned woodwork that had been piled near where
the fire first discovered Before the alarm could
be given the fire had got under such Roadway that all
efforts to subdue it frutless To aid in the mis-
fortune the fire engine had been allowed to repose
IN its house unmOestd for months and the hose
so dried that it required three-quarters of an hour
to get them in working order, by which time the
flames were beyond all control and the sash factory
together with about 100000 feet Of lum0e totally
destroyed: hay barrack belonging to j. Tome &
Co., caught lire and was consumed. with about l75
tons of hay.
The. warehouse of Davis & Pugh, which was very
near the sash factory, was saved by throwing water
against the shutters from the inside: the building
being of stone and the shutters heavily lined with
iron, resisted the deyourng clements with the assist
ance OF water from the inside. The warehouse of
Tome 4 Co., which is Of wood, was on fire several
times but it was saved by the efforts of the citizens
The dwelling of Dr. Wakemar saved by an ice
house IN tho rear, which, when consumed, left eX-
posed pill of ice forming an impenetrable barrier
between the flames and the Doctors residence.
Several small buildings--shOps and stables and two
dwellings we're destroyed, tho particulars of which
we could not learn.
The loss is estimated at $4,000, with an insurance
Of $1,000 on the factory, but with no insurance on
the finished w-rk, and mber;-Csca Wing.
fiRE.|On Sunday evening last, the barn. grarary,
Gilpin, residing on the Cherry Hill road about 81
miles northwest of Elkton, were destroyed by fire.
The ire was discovered by the family about o'clock
bursting cut OF the barn on all Sides the wind blow
ing gale at the time ii impossible to save any
thing Five horses, four head of CATTLE eight sheep
and lambs, new reaper. two carriages, nearly new,
wagon, p!ow and carriage harness. together with al!
the farming utensils with the exception of fan and
corn shellerD and lot OF provender were consumed
The animals were burned intO chaTred heaps. The
loss is estimated at nearly $1,000 with an insurance
on the barn in the Cecil Mutual Fire Insurance Com
o e.
Stroyed had no insurance on 1t. Two sragglers who
had been about the roads through the day were
supposed to have set the barn fire. but of this there
no evidence-Ib.
The CHESAPEAKE AND POrOMAo CANAL.-On Tues
day last the Directors Of the Chesapeake and Potomac
Tide Water Canal Company held q meeting at the
banking mouse OF Jay Cooke Co., at which several
routes Tor the proposed canal were discussed. The
following surveys and estimates for each were ordered
to be made From the Eastern BRANCH, by way of
Jones Gap, TO the PatuxeLt crossing probably above
the Forks, to the Severn; by same route to the Pa
tuXent and thence to the head Of South River; from
Beaver Dam on the Eastern Branch BY Queen Anne
10 S0uth Fiver, thence up Crabs Creek ard Spa
GeorGtdA
SAP pFATH'-Tti is our painful duty to chronicle the
death OF Mr.. Edwin Robertson, son of our fellow
t0WnSman Mr.. Thomas robertson, which occurred in
Calvert county few daySsince. 1t appears that lyo
negroes app; cached a gentleman in very insulting
manner, ana upon beng demonstrated with, one of
them drew pistol and gave vent TO thccats The
next day the gentleman who had thus been insulted
procured 2 writ for the arrest of the negroes Mr.
Euwln robertson 1t appears was in company with
me omcer making the arrest, and was shot through
ne brain BY one OF the negroes, dying in few hours
ne leaves large circle friends to his loss
SoltSbUIp Nelg Era.
:. Bua&EDT TO DEAgH.A little daughter named VIII
he' Of Mr. James &. Wimbrough, of this town. three
years old was burned to death Sunday last in con-
sequence of her clothes taking fire accidentally
She fingered but "a hours after the accident which
was IN every respect distressing one to her parents
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