Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27
NEW CASTLE.

Preparing 90 Unload the sunkcn
Schooner r. Notes, Personal and
Otberwise.
| Special Correspondence Of Gazette and journal.
New CASTLE. Aug. 20.--A rain storm
which passed Just below this place last
evening was accompanied with consider
nble hail. Stones as large as peas fell
just outside of the city. Mrs. james NJ.
Wise, Jr., Misses Annie and Fannie Sher-
wood and Mrs. james Cannon left for
Ocean Grove yesterday. Mrs. William
Herbert and son have gone to Atlantic
City.
New CASTLE, Aug. 22.-The steamer
Chester, with large barge, has arrived
from New York and will Immediately
commence the work of unloading the
schooner Amelia G. Ireland, sunk by the
British Princess on the 18th instant, The
Chester, upon her arrival here, was found
to need some repairs about her propeller
and was accordingly run up on the beach
near the Delaware iron works and diver
set TO work to make the necessary repairs.
The Chester, which is owned by New
York wrecking company, has on board
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coal from sunken vessel Mt the rate of
from rs to 100 tons per hour. The
sunken schooner contains about 470 tons
of egg coal.
Antony Hall, ian employee in the machine
shops of the Delaware iron works. had
his right hand caught in some machinery
yesterday morning and the end of one of
the fingers was torn off.
James Carrick, for several years an
employee of the Delaware iron works ut
this place, has removed with his family to
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Frank p. Richardson, who has
been on visit to her parents at this place
left for her home, Minneapolis, Mime
sofa, in company with her little daughter
yesterday morning.
j. III. George, the new public school
superintendent was in town on Thursday
and rented house preparatory to NOV
ing his family here from Milford.
New CASTLE, Aug. 24.-Christ A. Spear,
aged IA years, died of dysentery on Sat
urday morning. His funeral took place
yesterday afternoon at O'Clock,
services being held at the Methodist
church.
Miss Louisa D. johnson, aged rs years,
died yesterday morning. Her funeral
will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 4
O'Clock, from her late home, the residence
of the Misses Young on Orange street.
Interment at the Presbyterian cemetery.
Reuben Van Fossen, time keeper at the
Delaware iron works, was taken suddenly
ill with dysentery on Saturday morning
and is confined to his bed. Several cases
of this illness have been reported in this
city during the past few weeks, the cause
of which is thought, by many, to be the
impure condition of the hydrant water.
Walter F. Wolfkiel of the Camden, N.
j., iron works, was in this city on Satur-
day evening on short visit to friends.
O. E. Eckles left his home at this place
on Thursday for Philadelphia, from
which place he started on an ocean trip to
Boston and other eastern ports.
John b. Yining, ST., on Saturday even
ing, presented Watson Post, No. 5, G. A.
r., with fine portrait of the late Gen.
U. s. Grant, handsomely framed. The
portrait will be placed in position of
honor in the post headquarters.
The vestry of the Episcopal Church
have had the Glebe farm, owned by the
church, surveyed with view TO laying
out cemetery. The proposed burying
ground will cover an area of about two
acres and will lie between the lines of
Union and Sixth streets.
Repairs to the steamer Chester were
completed on Saturday and the steamer
proceeded to the scene of the wrecked
schooner Amelia G. Ireland, and work at
raising the coal from the sunken vessel
was immediately commenced. Two hun
dred and fifty tons have already been re-
moved.