Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-11-29

IVY through tho burned district yeste,.
day morning could be seen piles Of coal
VI som ono TO i've tona on FIRE. Tba
toEA was full OF people from the oonn
Try. Many colured per6ons yere there
ana much piileging was done. Mnch
me2ohhudise OF ali kinds was ,uinaa h1
water and trRmpled on by peop!e In nc
ni6die of the streets. 'No
Along Market street manv fam;,;o,
lived over thoir storeu Al s,nn a. NJ
NE broke out great excitement prevailed
ohsits tseies, wash bowls and pitchera
Wese thrown from the second. story win,
doWe on the pavements below and demoi
ishaa. Men and women ran up and down
me strests crying and wringing their
hands in anguish. ~
tae city consists principally OF frame
dwellings and stores, only six brick storaa
being in the town. The streets are ysrs
narrow, and as the wind blew a a,iT
oreeza from the north east the business
portion of the town was doomed. MANY
guests were ct the hotels and they had "a
%alt until midnight without snpner. The
most OF them LETT on the midnight train.
Az the femilies that are destitute are
being Looked after by tie citizens and
furnished with comfortable quarters,
80 far as known, no accident happened
with tho exception OF that TO William 4
Dlokenson. de was standing under the
store window when some one tbreg a roll
% osfpehng from the second story, strik.
ing nun on the back. knocking him down
and injuring his back.
Pooonloke City has been more fortunate
than some OF her sister towns In REGARD
70 ftes, and the people had become 10
consider themselves safe in the brick
biock on either side of Market street ~
no other season would the fire have been
70 destructive as at the present time.
Every store III the town had either inst
lall In q stock OF fall and holiday q ,ods.
and not one OF them had Increased their
insurance. 1he firms Of LLOYD. DRYDEN
q Blair aud Edgar Fontaine, both 6rno-
eis;s, each had stock worth &l GOD
Lloyd, Dryden & Blair saved most az
their goods, all their show bottles. poedi.
cine bottles, and gold and silyeryare.
with the exception Of one tray of gold
watches. Most OF their holiday goods
were also saved. Edgar FontAine Paved
little Of his stock OF drugs and medinjnes
and none Of his holiday goods. w. III
Dickinson & Son aud q. q. Polk a Go.
the latter merchant tailors, saved almost
their entire stock. The business portion
OF the town will not auffer greatly BY ina
IRE, although some of the merchants
conld hardly get insurance at any price,
Preparations have slready been made
70 put up temporary shanties for the
transaction Of business until the burned
hnildipgs can bsreplacca. Il 10 said tl,at
no action will be taken to have the streets
widsnsd
Among the insu,apcss Effected wore tho
following: In The Fatm0ss' MUTUAL Of
Dslswars, 81 500; in the Kept county
(Delswere) Mu.usl 81 500; in the Cecil
county (Maryland) Mutual, S. 800.
Several safes were token from the debris
Friday and the contents were found in
good condition. The town was in dark
meas Friday night, as all the electric wires
were down. A number of citizens watched
the fire to prevent any spread There ars
hut three stores lott in the town. A slight
snow fell Friday morning,