The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-08-25
FIRE IN ELKTON.
Several Buildings in the Centre of the
Town Burned-Narrow Escape From
Great CopiiagratiOn.

Several Buildings in the Centre of the
Town Burned-Narrow Escape From
Great Copiiagration.
The cry of I" fire - on the streets and the
ringing of the Court House bell awakened
the citizens of Elkton from their slu.nbe
about three O'Clock yesterday morning. The
Howard House stables had been discovered
to be on fire and it had gained great head
way before the fact was known to any one.
1t was a foregone conclusion that these
stables and the stable of Marks Lieberman
in the rear were doomed to destruction and
all the efforts of those who arrived early on
the scene was directed to keeping the fire
from burning buildings in the neighborhood
and rescuing the horses and carriages from
the stables.
There were fifteen horses in the Howard
House stables when discovered to be Oh fire.
Of these but three were saved. Two of
those rescued were valuable trotters which
had arrived in the stables but an hour or
two before. having been brought from Ches-
apeake City, where they arrived on steamer
from Baltimore. One was Grey Morrill,, the
well-known trotter, belonging to William
Hops, Baltimore, and the other Velox, be-
longing to Mr.. Job, Baltimore. Velox con-
sderably injured the hostler that rescued
hin. The other horse saved was Texas
pony belonging to Mr.. Falls. Eight horses
belonging to Mr.. Falls were destroyed. Six
were used in his livery business. Willow
Switch, the well-known trotter which Mr..
Falls valued so highly, was lost. The stable
boy N AIDE An unsuccessful effort to save the
animal. Star, the fine horse driven by Miss
Mollie Falls, was also burned. A number
of sets of harness belonging to Mr.. Falls
were destroyed we'll as much feed, etc.
Four carriages We're burned and several
damaged. An extension-top and no-top
wagon, almost new, were included. The
loss to Mr.. Falls amounts to about 81, 800.
He had no insurance on the property burned.
Two horses belonging to j. Barkley 81
Bro, confectioners, of Wilmington, Del,
were burned. VIM. HI. Wiswell, who was
in charge of the team, states that they were
worth $500. valuable driving horse be-
longing to Mr.. Geo. Campbell was burned.
This was a fine animal and Mr.. Campbell
states that he would not have sold him for
5000. A good driving horse belonging to
VIM II. Eddy, of Hagerstown, Md, agent
| for Western agricultural firm, was burned.
The loss of 5000 falls on Mr.. Eddy and not
on the firm. 1t will probably cost over $1,000
to build new stables but DIR. Mitchell being
called oct OF town we were unable to ascer-
tain his loss on the building. 1t was insured
in the Farmers and Mechanics of Cecil
county for $3.50 90.
The sheds adjoining the brick houses of
Mr.. Gallaher on Street ignited several
times and it was only by the prompt APP.
plication of water that these buildings and
valuable residences and offices adjoining
were saved.
The fire was at first fought entirely by
men carrying buckets of water from neigh
boring pumps. The two old fire engines
of the town were put in operation after
some delay. The principal difficulty ex-
perienced was in providing water for the
engines, which had to be furnished by a
bucket brigade
The new addition to the dwelling house
of Marks Lieberman was consumed This
was occupied by Andrew Enos an ELL
ployee OF Singerly's pulp works, who lost
all his furniture. Considerable damage
was also done to other portions of the
building. The damage to the house amounts
to several hundred dollars. The building
is insured in the Farmers Mutual of Del
eware for $500 in the Mutual of Cecil
county for $500. These companies will
share the loss in proportion to the amount
of insurance. Mr. Lieberman's barn was
insured in the Mutual of Cecil for $500.
MIR. Drennen secretary of this company
states that it loses only $500. The cause
of the fire is not known. 1t originated
either in the of the Howard House
stables or,in Mr.. Lieberman's stable.
1t was generally thought that the dwell
ing of Mr.. LebermaI would be destroyed.
If this had been the case the Howard
House would have probably gone and also
large portion of the business center of
town. Several business men on Main street
arranged to have their goods removed and
in several cases some were taken out.
Furniture was also removed from one or
two dwellings.
A telegram was sent to Wilmington for
aid. Two steamers we're placed on board
a special. Word was sent to Iron Hill
that the fire was under control and the
train stopped there. The town commits
sioners should pay the Wilmington re-
men literally for their trouble. Our citi
zens certainly worked industriously and
intelligently to sxtinguish the fire and to
this earnest effort we owe the saving of
much valuable property.
Among those who did efficient service
were Messrs. David Sloan, John Perkins,
l.. M. ,ines, Thomas bremen, Adam
Meisel, George II. Ash, WIN. j. Jones, DIR.
II. Q. Wells, Stuart Smith, c NJ Boulder,
A M. Strickland, George L. King, Robert
f. Strickland, Henry NJ. Mccullough, G.
Z. Strickland, Amos Pearson, Wilmer Wit
worth, George McQuilkin, Chas. FL. Smith,
Grace Bennett, Rev. William Schouler,
Daniel Bratton, Joseph l.. Wells, Charles G.
Crothers, Frank p. Price, George w. Cruik
shank, A. Palmer Shockley, Chas. Foard
Clinton j. w bite, Arthur Mcknight, Perry
Litzenberg, Herbert ID. Litzenbe-g, Harry
p. Hinchliffe, Chas. b. FINLEY, Harry Giles,
Clinton Mccullough, William Meisel, Jos.
Sloan, John Wilkinson, Charles Bennett,
Charles G. Wells, WIN. McNamee, Charles
j. Thawley, WIN. Brown, Winfield Lewis,
Thomas Biddle, William G. Purnell. John
Gilpin, WIN. Grow, VIM. Sumers, Frank
+ Pennington. Among the colored men
who did particularly good service were
Henry Chase, George w. Gordon and VIM.
Brown.