Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-24
SWEPT bY FIRE.

Business Portion Of a Maryland village
Distinguishing fire - Fort Wayne.
PocoMOKE CETY. Nd, Nov "a -Tiitts tom
was swept BY Gre Thursday night Nearly
all the business section was burned, and the
loss via be 500, go. The ere broke out at
p. m In D. o. J. Fruits drug store. The
building was situated in the heart Of the
town, and from the first it was . hopeless
case The bucket and ladder brigade did all
in their power, but their efforts proved
fruitless The town was not provided with
fire apparatus, and . message was sent to
Salisbury for its department A strong
wind sent the flames from one building 70
another.
From the drug store the fire spread TO a
carriage factory, 20 the postoffice and then
to the following stores, all of which were de-
stroyed: Townsend q Stevenson's store, a
general merchandise store, a confectionery
store. to the large brick block occupied by
H. a. Morrell, boots and shoes, Lloyd, Dry
den & Blaine's drug store, Z. @. Polk e.
Company, clothing, boots and shoes, the
millinery store Of Miss Mathews, Smulle &
Paride's merchandise store, Stevens g
Mathews dry goods store, Veasy g. Bsvins
general merchandise. On the north side Of
general merchandise, Capt Husted's store
and dwelling occupied by Mira DeKay;
next the hard ware store of W. Fl. & A. B.
Davis, and q large millinery store by Mrs
Payne, the brick block of w. NJ. Dickinson
g. Son, E. Fountains drug store, and another
hardware stone.
house were then burned The store of Mrs.
GSzl II 4 a A
fred Townsend's residence, ]. Clark's resi-
dence and a number Of othsr houses, Kings
livery stables, a carriage factory, the print
ing offices Of the Times, the Record, the Ga
xette and the Peninsula Ledger were all
burned. This leaves the town without a
newspaper.
AT 8 o'clock the FIRE was considered under
control. The entire business portion of the
town is gone, only two stores remaining.
On the outskirts of the town the sight is one
of great confusion. Loads OF goods are lying
around in disorder. The New York, Phila-
adelphia & Norfolk railway people sent a
train with fifty men to fight the flames from
Cape Charles.
Pocomoke City is in the southern part of
Worcester county, on the Pocomoke river,
on the eastern shore of Chesapeake bay.
Electric Light Works at Fort Wayne.
Fort WAYNE, Ind, Nov 24.-Ths extern
sive works of the Fort Wayne Jenney Elec-
trio Light company, took fire shortly after
midnight Thursday night, and were totally
destroyed. The old building, containing the
costly arc machinery and the engines, and
the new three story building, containing the
stock room, the incandescent depart
tment and the Star Iron Tower com
psny, are q total loss. All of the tools and
the patterns and some of the books Of the
company also are destroyed. The company
is the most prominent Of the arc lights man
ufacturers in America, and has in the past
three years embarked in the business OF
manufacturing incandescenL lights, install
ing plants all over the United States, Canada
and Mexico. The amount of capital invested
is fully $5,O00,O0O.
The loss on buildings, stock and machinery
amounts to over $500, 900, and the insurance
is $l4S, 900. and is divided among nearly
forty companies. Three hundred employees
are temporarily thrown out Of work. The
stock Is mostly held by capitalists, who will
probably rebuild at once The origin Of the
fire is not known, but it is supposed to have
been caused by spontaneous combustion.