Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-10-02

ADDITIONAL PARTIoULARs-THE WESTERN PART Oh
THE TOWN uN1NJuRED- HAsTy TRIP TO PRINCESS
ANNE FOR LADDERS.
Correspondence of the Commercial
CRIsFrELD, Md, Oct /.
The main facts in the confagration which
swept the eastern portion of this town, this
morning, have already been sent you. now
furnish additional particulars, as follows
| The oyster-packing houses were nearly all two
story buildings, divided into rooms and were
rented in suits to different families. The house
occupied by Mr.. Ballard as clothing store was
| owned by firm in Baltimore. 1t had Just been
| enlarged and had no insurance upon it,
| The town is destitute of any kind of fire ap-
paratus, and has ardly ladder in it. Soon af-
| ter the fire broke out Joseph Hyde, Master Me-
| chanic of the Eastern Shore r. r., started OH an
engine for Princess Anne, the county seat, for
ladders-a distance of thirty-eight miles. He
| was gone tifty-five minutes, and on the way the
| locomotive struck a cow, carrying her about a
| quarter OF q mile on the cow catcher when she
rolled off and walked away apparently un-
harmed
Richard II. Loockerman had just opened a
grocery store IN the building owned by Milling
ton Il Son, and lost nearly all his goods.
About twenty large oyster houses remain
standing. This was the first day. under the law,
on which dredging is allowable, consequently
but few boats were in the harbor, and the pack
ers had small stocks on hand. schooner
which had been libeled, was lying at the wharf
and aground i'll easy reach of the flames, but q
hawser was attached to q locomotive on the rail
road and by this means size was hauled away out
of danger.
The fire was confined to that part of the town
which lies east of the railroad, and all the build
lngs on that side were burned, except the railroad
ticket office. All the stores except LocLe erman's
and Billiards. and the business part of the town
generally are on the West side of the railroad,
and by the free use Of wet blankets and water
everything on that side was saved.
w.Y.s.
STILL FURTHER rARTIoULARs-MR. HYDE's HAsTY
TRIP TO PRINCESS ANNE.
From Joseph Hyde, Esq, who came up from
Crisfield by the afternoon train, yesterday, we
have the following additional particulars
There were probably dozen buildings east of
the Railroad. They were two-story structures,
the upper part being divided off into apartments
for families. The fire originated in one of the
tenements in Joseph Coulbourn's building, and
ID supposed to have caught from a stoYe-pipe
somewhere near the entrance to the flue. This
building, like the most of its class, had no Chin
neys but flues supplied their places extending
down through the roof and resting upon the
girders. strong wind was blowing at the
time, setting the flames in the direction of the
other buildings, Mr.. Coulbourns being on the
outside, and the whole line was swept away.
OF Mr.. Hydes hasty trip to the county-seat
he says left Crisfeld at 20 minutes before 8
o clock on locomotive with nothing attached
but the tender, and twenty-five minutes after
wards was in Princess Anne-19 miles Distant
l hurried into the town, procured the ladders
and started on the return, reaching Crisfeld at
25 minutes before 9 o'clock, having been gone
55 minutes. A portion of the time was consum-
ed in waiting oil the road for a hot box to cool
of. When the COW was struck, the locomotive
was running at the rate of about so miles an
hour. She was carried on the pilot about 700
yards when she rolled Off and scrambled
up the embankment and started away into the
woods, without lmpng OR showing the least sign
OF having been hurt.
Mr.. Hyde was the firstto discover the fire. and
says that had he had ladd ,r and bucket of
water convenient at the time he could have saw
ed 95as a9e are lefu homeless by tne
fir