Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-03-25
Terrible Fire at New Castle.
LOSS $4,000.

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Nhw eAs Lbs hareh 2V.-At quarter before
| O'Clock, last evening, smoke was seen Issuing
from n lorue frame hu;ld,n, In na,.wora s,r..,
o,vn.d r., r rsa,.,.. ~ - ,'.' -, ~
o"ueu ny E. Leck'er'ana occupied ny John her
| bert, grocer; F. Leckler, tin store and j. vii.
| mot. shoe store Back of this building was n
s-a,,. -. -. ~, .,, r, o..
a1e e'o,s nouoe "uu s'a"io' ihe h'c sPre''u
very rapidly, and in few minutes an immense
fame Illuminated the darkness around. Having
| no water works mr. steam eno;nes-no,b;r, h,,,
~ ,s %s's. "v'ns =, sseau' eus,ues-no'ning ou'
y" oiu "nu 'euhy hanu-cneihe that couid NOT be
Kept supplied with water ten minutes at time
with water from pumps-it was tboncbt that
ro,h;,o oor,d .a,.. H. -, ~. 49,.
"o.ni"s eou'u ea'e 'hc 'o"h put the iinmediate
arrival of steam FIRE engines from Wilmington.
This was soon confirmed by the the row of three
o,o.,, ..,.,. ,. !. =. Wy -" y 'Aies,
e'o'y orick Aouses aoJoining tue stores, and
omucd oy WIN. haines, Elizabeth Daley and
Joel Pedrick, taking fire on their roofs. and the
wort of a.s,rro,,on a;a 40, ao,. -, 49,
we're desrovsd nnd or u'u Nv. .eaoe un.', .nree
nIica,ion NJ ,va,sr y, hi, oy ."'eI 'ao up
lime 4 three -atoru brici, h,sa on ul,a, y. an,'
"wnsd ~, W;ss ureh n"use on Market street
Williams. widow of the late Edward Williams.
LOOK nre from sparks, and although every effort
was inaue 10 stay the IRE win buckets, nothing
could De done and II was soon burnt entirely
out. Ihe families Ia the neighborhood all moved
out, and furniture, bedding, beds, and every
an ,,r,';',a ~ ,' seiu ~, naseno goous eha k'ch-
The citizens of the town worked nohIv with
the means they had and recciv. tho thanks ~
those whose bro. eriy they saved '''""' VI
The gloom was lighted and hearts rpioiced
when the Wilmington firemen arrived with in.
Steam Engines. and they will lony be remember-
cd as the men who saved the town.
at this writing we Iearn Thai the fol,ow;no we m
insured -
John Herbert ON contents of store soO0O. r
Leckler ON Buildings $1,000. +. lecklrr m siore
u, 600; j. Wilmot, on store. 81 900 Miss Darab
on house al o0O. JoeI PsdricL on hors. a,au n,
goods $500 Widow Andersen loses a,i h,.r s Su
niture, no insurance. Mir. William Hainrs, two
houses were insured fur five hundred do,i,rs
each. Mrs. Dalbys house insnrrd far s.O0
The total amount of nronrrtv d.syroved
amnuuts 10 a95 00O Ibongb so,,o sy,,,a.,n 4; W ~
low as $4,000. '' - -
Thomas Early. furniture no inspronce
Mr.. Thomas Frazier had inst moved ont of ono
of Mr. Haines' hnnses tbe Snturdav haS,,ra AN
Mrs. Williams Insurance On furnilnre II .5O0
The wind was Southeast. and The oniv ,Sond,r
IL that the whole fown ,v,s M, 5as,rn,yd y ny,
Town Hall was on fire several times ard soveraI
other bnldnys. ''-'N' "'e '''e'a'
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.
:, The origin of the fire is not known, bt Mr.. !
covered, supposcs that a coal oil lamp. which
was lighted in the store exploded and the flames
spread very rapidly.
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NJ, ine wliiingtoh nrchen arrived Just at the
,i-ns i noihcut' as tney were on tntlr way from
,ne ,. uep1. tne SPARKS from Mrs Williams house
a,',, ~,e i"ihg vtry rapidly on Inc fresbyterian
Suuicn wnlcn was only II lew fcet OIL, but |
ueiuge !. ol wafer was Immediately poured upon |
, y anu lne ohrnihg ouliding, The ua,nes were sub
uueu, unu tne cnufcn saved.